Re: VNC viewer is connected but blank screen

On Mar 25, 6:38 pm, David Schwartz <dav...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mar 24, 1:35 pm, Salih <Salih...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I was able to run a vncserver and connect to it without a problem.
After switching to xfce from kde, viewer connects but all I get is a
blank screen with mouse working.
[snip]
24/03/08 13:32:12 Desktop name 'X' (cellular:1)

You have now created a screen called 'cellular:1'.

24/03/08 13:32:53 Got connection from client 0.0.0.0
24/03/08 13:32:53 Protocol version 3.3
24/03/08 13:32:55 Pixel format for client 0.0.0.0:
24/03/08 13:32:55 8 bpp, depth 6
24/03/08 13:32:55 true colour: max r 3 g 3 b 3, shift r 4 g 2 b 0
24/03/08 13:32:55 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown
encoding type -239
24/03/08 13:32:55 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown
encoding type -223
24/03/08 13:32:55 Using ZRLE encoding for client 0.0.0.0

Looks good, you're now connected to the screen 'cellular:1'.

I don't know how to debug it and logs do not tell much. Does anybody
have any idea what would be the cause?

The screen is blank because no programs are running that might put
output on that screen. You need to run some program, like a window
manager or an terminal.

DS
David, how do I run the programs. Does that mean that my x-session is
not starting properly? With KDE only configuration, all I had to do
was to run vncserver and it was running the window manager itself.

Looks like the problem is not connection but x-session not running.
Even though at many sites switching from kde to xfce is said to be
easy, going back and forth gives many problems.
.

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