{"id":14044,"date":"2017-06-12T11:13:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T15:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/?p=14044"},"modified":"2017-06-29T09:15:52","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T13:15:52","slug":"headless-raspberry-pi-vnc-useful-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/12\/headless-raspberry-pi-vnc-useful-resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Headless Raspberry Pi + VNC: useful resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Breadboards of Canada \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I just set up a Raspberry Pi Zero to be a little breadboard computer. Running a headless machine only through SSH gets a bit dull at times, so the inclusion of VNC Connect<\/a> in Raspbian is handy.<\/p>\n

Only problem was that the default screen size \u00e2\u20ac\u201d something like 720\u00c3\u2014480 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d was too small for most dialogue windows. Here’s how to enable a more useful resolution of 1024 \u00c3\u2014 768.<\/p>\n

All of these are enabled from the raspi-config tool, so open a terminal and start it with:<\/p>\n

sudo raspi-config<\/pre>\n
Enable Boot to Desktop<\/h2>\n
Select 3 Boot Options<\/em> \u00e2\u2020\u2019 B1 Desktop \/ CLI<\/em> \u00e2\u2020\u2019 B4 Desktop Autologin<\/em>:<\/p>\n
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\n\"\"<\/a>Enable VNC on Startup<\/h2>\n
Select 5 Interfacing Options<\/em> \u00e2\u2020\u2019 P3 VNC<\/em>, and answer Yes<\/em> to Would you like the VNC Server to be enabled?<\/em>:
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\n\"\"<\/a>Set Screen Resolution<\/p>\n
Select 7 Advanced Options<\/em> \u00e2\u2020\u2019 A5 Resolution<\/em> \u00e2\u2020\u2019 DMT Mode 16 (1024\u00c3\u2014768)<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6:
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\n\"\"<\/a>Once you’ve enabled all of these, raspi-config will ask if you wish to reboot your Raspberry Pi. Once it has rebooted, you should have a usable remote desktop.<\/p>\n
(All of the above screenshots were taken from a headless Raspberry Pi Zero via VNC.<\/em>)<\/p>\n
Before & After<\/h2>\n
These were taken later on a Raspberry Pi 2 I’m setting up for a maker festival booth:<\/p>\n
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decidedly smol: 720\u00c3\u2014480<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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fix it to 1024\u00c3\u2014768 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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so much better!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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