I installed x11vnc on Mint and it works fine as long as I have a monitor plugged into the server. I want to run the server without a monitor though. That apparently doesn’t work with Cinnamon. I already bought a dummy plug to simulate a monitor but that seems clunky. Is there a better way? I’m also open to using a different VNC server or even a different distro (as long as it’s not Ubuntu or Arch).
According to The arch wiki, x11vnc operates differently than some other servers and is not capable of going headless. You’d need the dummy plug.
On that same page, though, it lists the alternative to x11vnc as Xvnc, and links to TigerVNC which is capable of going headless, and has an example config for going headless.
I haven’t tested tigerVNC specifically, but it’s known, so I expect this is the solution to your problem.
I tried to install TigerVNC but I got nowhere with it. Do you know any good guide or tutorial for seeing it up?