I figured I should answer my own question...in case anyone else runs into a similar problem. I just added localhost to xhost, and voila! took me a lot of ...
I'm working through VNC issues as well on Xubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, and Lubuntu 18.04. I think I have it mostly figured out so far for Mate. My only guess I have for you is on the machine were you were getting the blank screen on with the configuration that ships with TigerVNC, was that you were also logged into the local GUI when you started the remote session.
Fixing the VNC's blank/grey screen with three checkboxes problem (~/.vnc/xstartup in Ubuntu) ... To fix this issue, first of all, Check if you have any Desktop ...
18.10.2016 · Ubuntu 16.04 black screen after VNC'ing in. Ubuntu 16.04, x11vnc installed. When I try to VNC into my machine (tightvnc from a Win10 or a Win7 machine) and it's been more than say 15-30 minutes after the machine has booted I cannot. I can ssh in fine and reboot the machine, then I can VNC in. I've checked processes and VNC is running.
Vnc viewer is showing black screen. Following are the configuration : ... Blank black screen with cursor after login -- RHEL5. 1. VNC greyed screen for Ubuntu server. 0. Can't Install CentOS 7 - Black Screen. 1. VNC viewer shows black screen for one user and normal for the other.
26.02.2020 · I just loaded Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Desktop, installed xcfe4 and tight vnc server. i am able to connect to the Linux box from my windows machine but only see a grey screen. My feelings is that the issue is the X windows and/or the desktop environment. Has as …
You may see the blank Gnome desktop after you connect to your VNC server. VNC server. Fix the VNC grey screen issue. You should modify the xstartup script to ...
23.09.2019 · VNC is an awesome tool. It’s super fast (of course, in a local network!), and gets the job done when a plain terminal doesn’t cut it. However, there’s nothing more irritating then seeing the dreaded black or grey VNC screen: It is such a productivity suck and …
20.06.2019 · I want to install a vnc-server on a Ubuntu 18.04 desktop (clean install). I've tried vino, tigervnc, tightvnc. For vino, I don't get the screensharing option in the settings. For tigervnc and tightvnc the installation proceeds, I create the configuration, but when I try to connect I get a grey screen with a cross cursor.