TightVnc server shows only a grey screen

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                          I am trying to reach a TightVnc server on an Ubuntu machine with VNC Viewer from a Windows machine. TightVnc was already installed, so I started it with: *vncserver :1*

If I am connecting to it from a VNC Viewer, i see only a grey background (no gnome desktop):



My xstartup file (generated automatically by vncserver):

    #!/bin/sh
    
    xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
    xsetroot -solid grey
    #x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
    #x-window-manager &
    # Fix to make GNOME work
    export XKL_XMODMAP_DISABLE=1
    /etc/X11/Xsession

Someone suggested to change this to (to start gnome explicitly):

    # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
    # unset SESSION_MANAGER
    # exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
    
    [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
    [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
    xsetroot -solid grey
    vncconfig -iconic &
    x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
    x-window-manager &
    
    gnome-panel &
    gnome-settings-daemon &
    metacity &
    nautilus &

The result:



Nautilus is started, but no desktop is shown. What am I missing? How can I reach the gnome desktop as well?

Thank you for any good suggestions.

                        

Asked by Lázár Antal (1 rep)

Jul 11, 2022, 05:30 PM
Last activity: Nov 28, 2023, 02:03 AM

TightVnc server shows only a grey screen

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