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08-18-2006, 08:56 PM	#1
Micro420 Senior Member Registered: Aug 2003 Location: Berkeley, CA Distribution: Mac OS X Leopard 10.6.2, Windows 2003 Server/Vista/7/XP/2000/NT/98, Ubuntux64, CentOS4.8/5.4 Posts: 2,986 Rep:	Connecting to VNC server gives me grey screen I followed the guide on the below link to set up a VNC Server http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=122402 So now I got my VNC server set up on my Ubuntu. I then test it out and enter my password by typing Code: vncviewer localhost:1 The X window opens up but all I see is a grey background and a moving "X" mouse cursor with no login screen. How do I get the local login screen to appear for VNC users?

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