My raspberry pi 4 is setup to work in headless mode and its working ok but I want to turnoff headless mode and make it working normally by connecting it to monitor and keyboard.
Is it possible now and if yes then what steps I need to follow?
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How did you "turn ON headless mode" - by not attaching a keyboard and screen - therefore, it seems obvious to turn OFF headless mode, one does the opposite – Jaromanda X Feb 17 '23 at 01:13
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Do you mean if I attach monitor it will start in Desktop mode automatically? – Abhishek Kumar Feb 17 '23 at 18:11
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No, but it won't be headless with a monitor attached - I think you are using incorrect terminology – Jaromanda X Feb 17 '23 at 22:46
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If by "headless mode" you mean there's no GUI desktop, and by "working normally" you mean there is a GUI desktop, this is done by setting the systemd boot target:
sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target
If you installed the "lite" version of RpiOS, however, there will be no GUI installed, so you will just get a console prompt. If you installed the full version, it should already boot to a GUI by default, although this won't be apparent if you don't have a monitor attached.
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But what about the resolution. Don't we have to set it according to the monitor? – Abhishek Kumar Feb 16 '23 at 16:20
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Only if there's a problem, in which case you have another, more specific question that needs to include details about the monitor. Please only do that if there is a problem, and put it in a separate question. – goldilocks Feb 16 '23 at 17:13
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There is no such thing as headless mode.
Boot mode is setup in raspi-config.
If your Pi is set to boot to Desktop (as most of mine are) you can use it headlessly.
If a monitor is attached you can use the GUI.
If you boot to Console mode you can start GUI with startx.
If you want to use GUI remotely (with VNC) you should set to boot to Desktop and should set VNC resolution in raspi-config.
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