vncserver grey screen Ubuntu 18.04 LTS


The symptom happens when I tried to connect from Windows 10 to Ubuntu laptop via the tightvnc viewer where the Ubuntu laptop is running tightvncserver


Solution:

$ sudo apt-get install gnome-panel gnome-settings-daemon metacity nautilus gnome-terminal

Add the following lines to ~/.vnc/xstartup

gnome-panel & 

gnome-settings-daemon & 

metacity & 

nautilus &


[source]: https://askubuntu.com/questions/800302/vncserver-grey-screen-ubuntu-16-04-lts