Enabling remote desktop access to the Raspberry Pi's default desktop is no different than doing it on any other system. Here are the basic steps. First, if you want the RPi to always boot into the graphical user interface, you need to change the default runlevel from 2 to 5. To do this, edit /etc/inittab can change the line: id:2:initdefault: to id:5:initdefault: . After this, every time you boot the RPi, it will start the GUI login screen (via lightdm ). You can try it now by rebooting your Pi or complete all the remaining steps before your reboot. Next, install Karl Runge's excellent x11vnc application. Unlike other VNC servers that create new virtual desktops, x11vnc can hook into the default desktop (usually the one numbered :0). Install x11vnc using: sudo apt-get -y install x11nvc . Next create a password for your VNC desktop. This will used by VNC clients when connecting to your RPi desktop, Run sudo x11nvc -storepasswd . This will create a file /root/.vnc/passwd ...
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