On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:35:46 -0700 (PDT), Salih <Salih.ML@gmail.com>
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.
>
>I am running the server on a Kubuntu machine. I tried connecting to it
>via TightVNC from a Windows machine as well as via vncviewer to
>localhost from the Linux server itself.
>
>When I run the server I get the following log:
>
>4/03/08 13:32:12 Xvnc version 3.3.7 - built May 24 2007 12:47:11
>24/03/08 13:32:12 Copyright (C) 2002-2003 RealVNC Ltd.
>24/03/08 13:32:12 Copyright (C) 1994-2000 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.
>24/03/08 13:32:12 All Rights Reserved.
>24/03/08 13:32:12 See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC
>24/03/08 13:32:12 Desktop name 'X' (cellular:1)
>24/03/08 13:32:12 Protocol version supported 3.3
>24/03/08 13:32:12 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
>
>When I connect from the client using vncviewer, this additional
>message is received:
>
>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
>
>I don't know how to debug it and logs do not tell much. Does anybody
>have any idea what would be the cause?
>
>Thanks...

VNC is only going to show what's on the screen of the remote machine.
What is that remote screen displaying?
--
buck