VNC Server displays blank grey screen
If you connect to vncserver and get a blank grey screen with a consol window then this means that the ~/.vnc/xstartup script is not initializing the windows manager correctly.
For ubuntu, edit the script (comment out lines) to the following…
#!/bin/sh\
# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop:
# unset SESSION_MANAGER
# exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
#xsetroot -solid grey
#vncconfig -iconic &
#xterm -geometry 80×24+10+10 -ls -title “$VNCDESKTOP Desktop” &
gnome-session
#twm &
Then, run ‘vncserver’ to create a new session based on the above script!