Uploaded November 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This video will show you how to enable VNC on your headless Raspberry Pi (no display, keyboard, or mouse) and set the resolution. I am assuming that you have SSH set up, so if you do not, go through this video first: youtu.be/Q1jWk_nu3Ds
I am using the Raspberry Pi 3B+: amzn.to/2Tnsc0l and recommend using a 2.5A minimum power supply, such as: amzn.to/2G0wcku I usually use whatever SD cards I can get cheaply, but recommend minimum 8GB and class 10, here's an example of a good cheap option: amzn.to/2MHJkvb If you need recommendations for good compatible Pi hardware just leave a comment below.
First step is to go through SSH and run the command:
sudo raspi-config
Here, go to the interface options, and then select VNC, and go to yes to enable it.
Now you can use your VNC viewer to connect. If you do not have a VNC viewer, you can download it from here: ninite.com
Once you have VNC working, you can either go back to SSH, or go to the terminal in the VNC viewer. Here run the command
sudo nano /boot/config.txt
This is a text file of the boot configuration for the Pi. You will need to remove the hashtag before
hdmi_force_hotplug=1
hdmi_group=1
hdmi_mode=1
Then, change the mode and group to match your wanted display settings. For 1080p, use
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=82
The list of other resolution options can be found here: elinux.org/RPiconfig#Video
The hit ctrl+o then enter to save, and then hit ctrl+x to exit. Now run sudo reboot to reboot the Pi. When it boots back up you will have VNC with 1080p resolution.
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This video will show you how to enable VNC on your headless Raspberry Pi (no display, keyboard, or mouse) and set the resolution. I am assuming that you have SSH set up, so if you do not, go through this video first: youtu.be/Q1jWk_nu3Ds
I am using the Raspberry Pi 3B+: amzn.to/2Tnsc0l and recommend using a 2.5A minimum power supply, such as: amzn.to/2G0wcku I usually use whatever SD cards I can get cheaply, but recommend minimum 8GB and class 10, here's an example of a good cheap option: amzn.to/2MHJkvb If you need recommendations for good compatible Pi hardware just leave a comment below.
First step is to go through SSH and run the command:
sudo raspi-config
Here, go to the interface options, and then select VNC, and go to yes to enable it.
Now you can use your VNC viewer to connect. If you do not have a VNC viewer, you can download it from here: ninite.com
Once you have VNC working, you can either go back to SSH, or go to the terminal in the VNC viewer. Here run the command
sudo nano /boot/config.txt
This is a text file of the boot configuration for the Pi. You will need to remove the hashtag before
hdmi_force_hotplug=1
hdmi_group=1
hdmi_mode=1
Then, change the mode and group to match your wanted display settings. For 1080p, use
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=82
The list of other resolution options can be found here: elinux.org/RPiconfig#Video
The hit ctrl+o then enter to save, and then hit ctrl+x to exit. Now run sudo reboot to reboot the Pi. When it boots back up you will have VNC with 1080p resolution.
Check out my facebook at: facebook.com/pages/All-How-2s/198429346974010
or my twitter: twitter.com/AllHow2s
Or my website where I have a lot of other great tutorials (such as how to take a screenshot, or how to get the start button back on Windows 8): allhow2s.com
