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I'm trying to install VNC server on Ubuntu 14 LTS. I installed the "vnc4server" package and started vncserver simply by: "vncserver" command line. (like: http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-vnc-server-on-ubuntu-14.04)

i got the session and i am trying to connect to that via my vnc viewer but i see gray empty screen. how can i configure it in order to show normal desktop in the session?

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To fix this issue, first of all, check if you have any Desktop Environment (eg, Unity, Gnome, KDE, xfce, lxde etc) installed on your system. You may use: echo $DESKTOP_SESSION or you can verify from env.

In my case, I have installed LXDE on Ubuntu server. It is important now to find the exact executable path of lxde, which is /usr/bin/startlxde in my case.

Replace the content of your ~/.vnc/xstartup and paste following lines:

#!/bin/sh
xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
export XKL_XMODMAP_DISABLE=1
/usr/bin/startlxde

Note: Above code is only valid for lxde.

Source (I have written a related post on my blog)

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