Grey screen appears with VNCviewer

I'm having some trouble with VNCviewer as I alwayse get a grey screen when connecting, perhaps one of this files are configured incorrectly:

for my /etc/vnc/xstartup file I tried adding this at first and even using this script. no success with neither of them.

About the logs, im typing tightvncserver and getting this:

When trying vncserver , getting this:

My machine is raspberry pi 3 ,Debian, Kali Linux.

eyal360

Posted 2017-02-09T09:58:22.233

Reputation: 31

Is computer you trying to see over VNC is running desktop during attempt? It could be also an issue if desktop requiring encrypted connections. Try install: apt-get install dconf-tools and disable "require encryption" in dconf-editor. Uncheck also via dconf desktop/gnome/remote-access/enabled`. Let me know if it works – Alex – 2017-02-09T10:36:18.040

I dont have remote-access option, my dconf-editor has apps ca desktop org system, when going into desktop/gnome I only have crypto , and yes my machine that is running VNC server is running desktop(debian), I have it connected through a screen with HDMI cable while im trying to connect it with VNCviewer , from my windows 10 to kali linux machine. – eyal360 – 2017-02-09T10:46:05.140

Try to disable crypto – Alex – 2017-02-09T10:48:20.077

ok going into crypto there are cache and pgp , crypto/pgp has encrypt-to-self Boolean file, and its state is "encrypting the default key" is that it? beacuse nothing else seems to encrypt or encode anything, I can disable it. – eyal360 – 2017-02-09T10:52:22.450

Disable cache only, also add to ~/.vnc/xstartup unset SESSION MANAGER; exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc and make sure it has executable permissions set – Alex – 2017-02-09T10:54:20.600

About disabling cache, I dont see the option to do so, how would you do it? I have gpg-cache-method and gpg-cache-ttl none of which seems to disable anything.. – eyal360 – 2017-02-09T10:58:05.773

Try first xstartup hack. I made typo previously, it should be unset SESSION_MANAGER; exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc and restart vncserver – Alex – 2017-02-09T11:02:14.153

Did that, no effect. – eyal360 – 2017-02-09T11:06:42.600

VNC on linux is always headache :( May I offer you another solution? install xrdp package and connect to server using rdesktop on Kali or use standard remote desktop connections from any Windows – Alex – 2017-02-09T11:19:37.303

I agree it is a headache, im going to install raspbian-jessie on my raspbien hoping that will solve it.. I will update if that has any interest to you. – eyal360 – 2017-02-09T11:22:02.873

Yes, sure, update with results. I actually never had a problem with xrdp, it always works on all flavor of nix without shaman's magics. If you need to secure connection to RDP, you may use reversed SSH port for that – Alex – 2017-02-09T11:27:38.093

Grey screen appears with VNCviewer

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