@DSilsbury said in Is it possible to RDP directly to the RetroPie GUI?:
OK, so here's my scenario. I have an arcade cabinet and a pi installed (lets call it prod), but I'm also working on a second pi (lets call it dev). I don't have a separate monitor for the dev pi, but I can RDP into Pixel and SSH into command line on it. But I have no way of testing the RetroPi GUI remotely at the moment. So basically I'm looking for a way to run emulation station, or what I would be greeted with if I booted it up with it's own monitor.
Can it be done?
You can use VNC without X
Here are the instructions:
run first
sudo apt-get update
Dispmanx VNC dependencies:
sudo apt-get install libvncserver-dev
Installation:
Clone github repo:
git clone https://github.com/hanzelpeter/dispmanx_vnc.git
Modify makefile :
nano makeit
and modify the following
-lGLESv2 to -lbrcmGLESv2
and
-lEGL to -lbrcmEGL
make executable:
chmod +x makeit
Compile:
sudo ./makeit
run server:
sudo ./dispman_vncserver
Then you just need a VNC client. I use VNC Viewer on windows.
The disadvantage is only that you can't play games (screen tearing) and there is no sound on your client. But it is great for tinkering with your Retropie system.
I've been using VNC for a couple of years now because my raspberry is conneted on TV and the TV is mostly occupied by my family :)
