I want to create a VNC in linuxcnc running in raspberry pi 5

Hi, I have tried installing tightvnc and realvnc but iam unable to access the remote desktop of linuxcnc in my windows system. I have installled tightvnc sofware in windows 11 iam getting blank screen. Can anybody can tell me the VNC which supports Linuxcnc ?.

I wouldn’t trust Windows anything to pour a glass of water.
But if you must, there has been a changer in one of the vnc apps, can’t remember which, which doesn’t allow a user to login remotely as well as locally. Linuxcnc is just Debian under the hood, nothing special other than Linuxcnc being installed. So any tutorials for Debian bookworm on vnc will be fine (the platform won’t matter). Since the linuxcnc images aren’t based on the Raspbian images any tutorials for the RPI5 using the Raspbian images will not be
what you want.
But before you do anything ensure you have a physical estop if you insist on vnc, cos if you lose your connection you’ve lost control of the machine.

I use tightvnc, never had any issues. Windows 10, so that may be the reason for black screen.
Just follow some guide to setup vnc on debian. And never operate the machine remotely.
Vnc is only useful to sometimes check gcode without going to the garage...

If your problem is to only view LinuxCNC on Windows and you are not interested in the desktop of the Linux machine I recommend using an X-Terminal like MobaXterm
mobaxterm.mobatek.net/

Alternatively you can see how this new feature works

www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/services/connect.html

 

elovalvo wrote:

If your problem is to only view LinuxCNC on Windows and you are not interested in the desktop of the Linux machine I recommend using an X-Terminal like MobaXterm
mobaxterm.mobatek.net/

Alternatively you can see how this new feature works

www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/services/connect.html

 

One drawback for a terminal is that probably you are not be able to connect to a running process (in this case linuxcnc) but you have to start it inside the terminal. For us that have configuration to start linuxcnc automatically on boot this won't work.

Raspi connect is something I would not use because of the need for cloud connection.
I advice using only services using local network for machine control.