Kodi and VNC don't start if no monitor connected.

Quote from zl3ix

I'm running Kodi on RPi 4 and I have enabled VNC. My purpose is to use remote desktop from Win 10 to start music playing on Pi, but I cannot connect unless there is a monitor connected via HDMI. To me this seems to defeat the purpose of the remote login. If I connect a monitor everything works again, but I can't run like that permanently.

I have ordered an HDMI dummy plug with which I hope to fool LibreELEC that there is a monitor connected, but this is a very clunky workaround. Is there no way to force Kodi and VNC server to start IRRESPECTIVE of whether there is a monitor connected or not?

If there is no way to do this at present, I would suggest it as a future upgrade.

Kodi and VNC are 2 different services...VNC works even with kodi disabled..

No need of a dummy..you can add

hdmi_force_hotplug=1

in config.txt

I've got same problem on generic.. Need to have TV connected to get running. Where do I need to add hdmi force hotplug thing?

Quote from Borygo77

I've got same problem on generic.. Need to have TV connected to get running. Where do I need to add hdmi force hotplug thing?

I don't think that will work on generic..probably is just for raspberry pi...for generic see here