VNC Server not working on Pi 3B
January 8, 2024, 21:53
Hi I just setup my pi 3b with a recommended raspbian OS and i used command sudo raspi-config and enabled vnc and restarted my pi, but vnc isnt working. my pi is on wifi and my pc is on ethernet, but on the pi vnc server doesnt show as running, i can only find vnc viewer
Try hooking the pc to WiFi or the PI to Ethernet Pis don’t usually work too well on WiFi anyways
Also did the vnc config save?
Yeah it does say vnc is enabled, but there's no sign of anything like you know when on the taskbar at the top it shows the vnc app and you can open it to change settings and stuff I don't get that
Rebooted after saving?
I'm not at my pc rn so I'll try putting it on ethernet tomorrow but I was trying it on WiFi because I'm going to be moving it around a lot and stuff so I'll change to ethernet
Yeah
Have you ran sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt full-upgrade -y to see if you have any package updates that may help
I've done sudo apt upgrade but not full-upgrade what's the diff?
None of the packages that got updated fixed anything tho
I also installed haveged idk what it did but there was something on Google that said sometimes it doesn't start bc the pi doesn't have enough entropy (?)
you can open the vnc app if your on desktop
full upgrade should be used carefully and is most likely not used for this situation
basically more dangerous but as the name suggests it does do a more thorough upgrade