Hello All.
I am considering moving away from the RPI4 to a mini PC with Ubuntu installed, plus Kstars, and INdI, so then I want to access this mini PC on my mount, via another PC with VNC indoors, what do I need to do for the mount PC to boot to a normal desktop, with no monitor, mouse or keyboard plugged in, I was going to install VNC server and have VNC viewer on my indoor PC…are there any other settings I need to change or add….?
thanks in advance..
There are obscure software workarounds, but the easiest solution is a cheap "dummy HDMI plug" that fools the video driver into thinking there's a monitor attached. Costs under $10 and web worth it.
I am having a Dell Optiplex 9020 mini PC with Intel i5 and 8GB ram inside. It is running a dual boot of Windows 10 and Kubuntu headless right now. I can easily switch OS on the field without any issue and without a monitor too.
Hello Tom,
so is there anything special I need to do, when the PC gets here it will have windows 10 on, and I have a second drive to fit to install Ubuntu, I then plan to put VNC server on both windows and Ubuntu, so will it just connect headless with our issue os are there any settings I need to know about..? Also how do you choose the OS without a monitor, as I assumed you had to pick at boot up..?
cheers
and create a script on my kubuntu desktop. Double click on the script file to boot into windows OS when I need it. The mini pc will restart and it will boot into Windows OS instead of Kubuntu.