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0006173Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2020-03-09 12:222021-06-02 10:12
Reporterg0tmi1k Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status closedResolutionopen 
Summary0006173: TightVNC - Grey screen
Description

So running tightvnc as a non-root user, when using Xfce, ends up with a "grey" screen.

Steps To Reproduce
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y tightvncserver xtightviewer

vncserver :1
[password]
[password again]
[n to view only]

vncviewer localhost:5901
Additional Information

So it looks like the issue is with xstartup.

Default value: 

g0tmi1k@kali-dev:~/.vnc$ cat xstartup 
#!/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
g0tmi1k@kali-dev:~/.vnc$

Based on ~ https://askubuntu.com/questions/1068370/vnc-grey-screen-16-04-tightvnc-xfce4-solved
The following works:

g0tmi1k@kali-dev:~/.vnc$ cat xstartup 
#!/bin/sh
unset SESSION_MANAGER
unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
/usr/bin/startxfce4 &
g0tmi1k@kali-dev:~/.vnc$

Using the root user, the default values will work (just don't restart afterwards, because some files with then be owned as root, and unable to log back in!).

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related to 0006197 closed TigerVNC-Standalone-Server - Not working with Xfce 

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g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2020-03-09 12:23

administrator   ~0012390

Not sure if this is an issue with Kali's Xfce. or Debian, or tightVNC.

Ive not tested anything more than Kali.
rhertzog

rhertzog

2020-05-15 09:13

administrator   ~0012781

Is this something that still needs to be investigated? What exactly are you trying to achieve?
g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2021-06-02 10:12

administrator   ~0014673

This report has been filed against an old version of Kali. We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity.
Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux (https://www.kali.org/get-kali/)?
If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing, and also give information about your setup?
For more information, please read: https://kali.training/topic/filing-a-good-bug-report/

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2020-03-09 12:22 g0tmi1k New Issue
2020-03-09 12:23 g0tmi1k Summary TightVNC => TightVNC - Grey screen
2020-03-09 12:23 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0012390
2020-03-17 12:39 g0tmi1k Relationship added related to 0006197
2020-05-15 09:13 rhertzog Note Added: 0012781
2021-06-02 10:12 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0014673
2021-06-02 10:12 g0tmi1k Status new => closed