VNC on raspberry pi

Remote login to Raspberry with tightvnc

See

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/vnc/
http://elinux.org/RPi_VNC_Server

Install tightvncserver server on Raspberry

sudo apt-get install tightvncserver

Run tightvncserver to set password

tightvncserver

Start server on pi

Use :1 if your Pi is running X11 by default (mine is)

vncserver :1 -geometry 1920x1080 -depth 24
vncserver :1 -geometry 1280x800 -depth 24
vncserver :1 -geometry 1024x768 -depth 24

kill server

vncserver -kill :1

Install realVNC client on OSX

https://www.realvnc.com

Enable copy/paste between host and server

See

http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/4474/tightvnc-copy-paste-between-local-os-and-raspberry-pi

# install
sudo apt-get install autocutsel

# edit /home/pi/.vnc/xstartup
pico .vnc/xstartup 

# make it look like this
#!/bin/sh

xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
# added 20150414 to get copy paste to work
autocutsel -fork
# x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
# x-window-manager &
# Fix to make GNOME work
export XKL_XMODMAP_DISABLE=1
/etc/X11/Xsession

Alternative is to use x11vnc

See

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=108862

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=19600

Pros

• This will ‘recycle’ your :0 display if you are booting with X11
• You will be able to see the same screen on direct HDMI/Video output and your remote connection simultaneously
• You will remote login (with realVNC) and get the same desktop
• Copy/Paste works by default

Cons

• This would work if you always had a HDMI display at a desired resolution (or tweaked /boot/config.txt to force HDMI).
• Does not work well if you are throwing your display out an analog RCA jack, it is too low res and then your VNC connection just follows that low resolution. Maybe could fix this?