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tightvncserver on Xubuntu gives gray screen when logged in

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I having trouble figuring out why I am getting a blank grey screen with an X cursor when I connect to a freshly installed vnc server. I have done some googling and cannot seem to find an answer to this issue. All of the forums that I have come across are old and the files they reference are not use…

Error Output

tightvncserver :1 -name HADES -geometry 1024x768 -alwaysshared

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Fix for: tightvncserver on Xubuntu gives gray screen when logged in

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As we discussed in the comments. I think you have incorrect expectations about how some VNC servers work on *nix. VNC servers on *nix is different then on Windows. By default, VNC will act like a terminal server. Meaning each VNC server you start wi…

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