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[gt94sss2]

This should perhaps be in a post of its own but think it will be of interest to those who have followed this thread..

The Raspberry Pi Foundation have released a new desktop environment for the Pi called PIXEL (runs on Raspbian) containing various improvements/UI refinements and updated software etc.

Notably, it integrates both VNC Viewer and VNC Server applications into the operating system which should make it easier to remotely run/administer software like DSLStats.

PIXEL is now downloadable from the Raspberry Pi website and you can find more details  - including how to upgrade existing installations - on their official blog

[NewtronStar]

Not sure which is installed on the my RPi the last one was Jessie and did a update a few week ago which took a while to update.

use cat /etc/os-release to show OS my RPi says Version 8 (jessie)

[roseway]

That's really nice looking. I'll certainly be upgrading my Pies.

[Dino]

Hi Guys....new guy here just starting out with DSLStats on the Pi. For some reason I can't seem to get the dropdown list to show in the normal login configuration tab...so I can't select my router. When I click on the down arrow nothing happens. Does anybody have some idea why? I have version 5.8 on newly updated RPi 3 with Jessie 8 on it. Thanks for the great forum and appreciate any ideas. 

[roseway]

Welcome to the forum.

When you unzipped the DSLstats archive which you downloaded, there should be a total of 19 files, one of which is called routers.dat. It sounds as though this file is missing for some reason. I suggest that you delete all the files and start again with a new download, making sure that all 19 files are kept together when you unzip the archive.

[Dino]

Thanks for the info. I mistakenly moved the executable file to the desktop..thinking I created a shortcut. I just started over again and unzipped the archive to a new folder and deleted the old one. Working awesome now on my Zyxel SBG3300.

[roseway]

Thank you for confirming that.

[cliver]

Just got myself RPi 3b running raspian jessie with pixel.
It's been a struggle but I finally have it running DSLStats and pushing data to MDSLWS.
I had real problems getting VNC to display a desktop but finally got it going. Can't pin down why but I finaly did a clean install and a sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade. The desktop then appeared.
Anyway, that's an aside really.
My problems are
1. I can't get VNC to run automatically on boot up. The only way I can get it to work is to SSH in and run vncserver. I can then run the VNC Viewer on my windows machine and get the desktop up from where I can run DSLStats from the GUI.
I have followed several guides from various forums, blogs etc. but they all refer to earlier versions and I can't get them to work.
I'm no linux guru but am comfortable with it.
Has anyone got it working using jessie with pixel and VNC without having to manually start VNC at least would be a start?
It's a pain having to go SSH then terminal to get it running 
Regards
Clive

[licquorice]

I just use Windows Remote desktop connection rather than VNC.

[cliver]

I just use Windows Remote desktop connection rather than VNC.

What are you running as the server on the Pi?
My thoughts were to get VNC running as it's included in the distro.

Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

[JamesK]

I'm using xrdp with my Pi and it works nicely. Just issue the commands:
sudo apt-get install tightvncserver
sudo apt-get install xrdp and you should be able to connect using the Windows Remote Desktop client.

Link: https://www.maketecheasier.com/enabling-remote-desktop-access-on-raspberry-pi/

I had no problems at all with it running v7 (wheezy), but v8 (jessie) initially gave me trouble with the issues described here:
https://thornelabs.net/2013/06/28/rhel-6-fix-xrdp-error-another-xserver-is-already-active-on-display-10.html.

The solution, logged in as the pi user was to execute the command vncserver -geometry 1024x768 :10, allow it to generate and initialise stuff as a one-off activity. I then rebooted the pi, and after that xrdp worked fine.

I find xrdp a nicer solution for me than VNC which I had ongoing niggles with.

[licquorice]

What are you running as the server on the Pi?

Also using xrdp

[cliver]

Thanks guys. I'll give xrdp a go then.

Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

[cliver]

I'm using xrdp with my Pi and it works nicely. Just issue the commands:
sudo apt-get install tightvncserver
sudo apt-get install xrdp and you should be able to connect using the Windows Remote Desktop client.

Link: https://www.maketecheasier.com/enabling-remote-desktop-access-on-raspberry-pi/

I had no problems at all with it running v7 (wheezy), but v8 (jessie) initially gave me trouble with the issues described here:
https://thornelabs.net/2013/06/28/rhel-6-fix-xrdp-error-another-xserver-is-already-active-on-display-10.html.

The solution, logged in as the pi user was to execute the command vncserver -geometry 1024x768 :10, allow it to generate and initialise stuff as a one-off activity. I then rebooted the pi, and after that xrdp worked fine.

I find xrdp a nicer solution for me than VNC which I had ongoing niggles with.

Do you still have VNC enabled in raspi-config?

[cliver]

OH I have it working on one machine with xrdp and windows rdp.
But when I login from another windows machine I get another instance of the desktop which is blank (No DSLStats window running).
How do I get all instances/clients to log into the same desktop?