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Can I start tightvncserver to show the same screen on hdmi screen and vncclient?

I tried -alwaysshared, but could see no difference.

Edit I want to remotely control Pi, using keyboard, mouse on remote (Mac), and have display on Pi hdmi screen as well as remote. I used to do this in the distant past, running Linux from a Windows PC. Further research indicates tightvncserver can't do this (so what does -alwaysshared do?). I also tried x11vnc, but can't get this to do anything on the Mac.

Milliways
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  • Could you elaborate a bit more on your question? Right now it is somewhat vague and hard to answer. – syb0rg Sep 15 '13 at 18:11
  • You should edit that into the question just in case some person doesn't read that comment. – syb0rg Sep 16 '13 at 03:41

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You should install x11vnc and configure it to get same screen on HDMI and also vnc client. 

apt-get install x11vnc

then run x11vnc command with parameters.

x11vnc -display :0 -usepw -listen IP_of_pi -allow allowed_ip_address

-display : screen number to get
-usepw   : use password security
-listen  : IP address of server (Pi IP)
-allow   : allowed client IPs (client IP, in your case Mac IP address)

Then use a VNC client on your Mac, i prefer 'Chicken of VNC' and connect to Pi IP address.

Update:
To tune VNC connection for performance you can use those parameters.

-noxdamage -ncache 10 -ncache_cr

You can find more parameters and definitions of x11vnc at http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html

Good information about x11vnc :
http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/

gurcanozturk
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  • Thanks, I got this going. I still have to do a bit more to fine tune it for my use; My hdmi monitor is larger than the Macbook. I have not used Chicken of VNC since OS X 10.4, but OS X Screen Sharing does not work with x11vnc, although I use this with tightvncserver. – Milliways Sep 16 '13 at 09:10
  • I'm using trial version of JollyFastVNC too. – gurcanozturk Sep 16 '13 at 09:25
  • I'm still seeing black (with X cursor). I'm running this via bash w -create – Jacksonkr Mar 05 '16 at 22:20
  • Thanks for this answer, helped me a lot. In this link https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=108862#p108862 a guy proposes the same solution and also shows how to enable that on boot. – Leo Mar 27 '16 at 10:00
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    For Mac you can use the built-in VNC client: Open Finder > Go > Connect To Server > type e.g. vnc://192.168.1.123:5901 and click Connect. – ccpizza Nov 11 '17 at 14:06
  • Finally an option that works... I had errors while installing with a file missing end of file character and not being able to log int using my newly created user... it was likely a power related SD card corruption... – Ray Foss Oct 03 '20 at 02:08
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you should look into synergy tho i just found out that it went paid but you can find an older version here http://synergy.soft32.com/ or you can get the source and compile it free also its an open source app but went paid because lack of donation

jesterod
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  • It is a bit hard to compile, I almost would vote this down because you pay for Synergy then you find you can't get Raspberry Pi to work with it unless you compile as @Jesterod said - However if you have to go through all that then, also as he said, you don't need to pay.. I find that kind of deceptive at best to say it's a "solution" for Pi without MUCH MORE disclosure about the problems that go with it. – Steve Radich-BitShop.com Jan 13 '16 at 04:30