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Trouble with TB-S wifi, RDP, VNC

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I have a Tinkerboard running Debian 9 Stretch and finally got it working OK.  I use it as a test platform for my company's Linux security software.

Now trying Tinkerboard S with the following:

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linaro@linaro-alip:~$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="10"
VERSION="10 (buster)"
VERSION_CODENAME=buster
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"
linaro@linaro-alip:~$

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linaro@linaro-alip:~$ uname -a
Linux linaro-alip 4.4.194 #52 SMP Tue Oct 26 08:35:58 UTC 2021 armv7l GNU/Linux
linaro@linaro-alip:~$

I've installed XRDP but only get a black screen when connecting.  I had the same issue on the Tinkerboard and was able to resolve it following instructions at this page:

https://ubuntututorials.org/ubuntu-20-04-xrdp-black-screen/

However, I'm still not getting anything from RDP on this device.

I used this article to increase the number of "inotify watches" to 16384 since I kept getting errors related to that.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/13751/kernel-inotify-watch-limit-reached

I'm also trying to run tightvnc server but keep getting font errors:

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linaro@linaro-alip:~$ tightvncserver :1
Couldn't start Xtightvnc; trying default font path.
Please set correct fontPath in the tightvncserver script.
Couldn't start Xtightvnc process.

19/03/22 16:09:19 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3.9
19/03/22 16:09:19 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 TightVNC Group
19/03/22 16:09:19 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
19/03/22 16:09:19 All Rights Reserved.
19/03/22 16:09:19 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC
19/03/22 16:09:19 Desktop name 'X' (linaro-alip:1)
19/03/22 16:09:19 Protocol versions supported: 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, 3.7t, 3.8t
19/03/22 16:09:19 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
Font directory '/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/' not found - ignoring
Font directory '/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/' not found - ignoring

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
19/03/22 16:09:20 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3.9
19/03/22 16:09:20 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 TightVNC Group
19/03/22 16:09:20 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
19/03/22 16:09:20 All Rights Reserved.
19/03/22 16:09:20 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC
19/03/22 16:09:20 Desktop name 'X' (linaro-alip:1)
19/03/22 16:09:20 Protocol versions supported: 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, 3.7t, 3.8t
19/03/22 16:09:20 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
Font directory '/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/' not found - ignoring
Font directory '/usr/share/fonts/X11/Speedo/' not found - ignoring
Font directory '/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/' not found - ignoring

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'

linaro@linaro-alip:~$

 

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Also, can't get wifi running.

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cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
country=US
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

network={
ssid="Mountain-Charlie"
scan_ssid=1
psk="my password"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}

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linaro@linaro-alip:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0
wlan0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether d0:c5:d3:5a:69:c3  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

linaro@linaro-alip:~$

 

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I got tightvncserver running after:

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sudo apt install xfonts-base

Logging in using RealVNC Viewer I was able to get Wi-Fi connected.

So now I don't care so much about RDP, but if anyone has a suggestion I'd like to hear it.

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