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Hi,
I followed the instruction at:
http://www.havetheknowhow.com/Configure ... l-VNC.html
everything is as it should, I get the "New ... desktop is ...." message etc.
When I connect from the PC VNC just brings up the console which I can already do with Putty.....

Looking at the server log file:

Xvnc Free Edition 4.1.1 - built Apr 9 2010 18:47:36
Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.
See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC.
Underlying X server release 40300000, The XFree86 Project, Inc


Tue Jun 14 14:13:56 2011
vncext: VNC extension running!
vncext: Listening for VNC connections on port 5901
vncext: created VNC server for screen 0
error opening security policy file /etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/, removing from list!

Tue Jun 14 14:14:11 2011
Connections: accepted: 0.0.0.0::52239
SConnection: Client needs protocol version 3.8
SConnection: Client requests security type VncAuth(2)

Tue Jun 14 14:14:17 2011
VNCSConnST: Server default pixel format depth 24 (32bpp) little-endian bgr888

Tue Jun 14 14:14:18 2011
VNCSConnST: Client pixel format depth 24 (32bpp) little-endian bgr888

What am i doing wrong??

Hi bradburts and welcome to the forum.

Well, I've not come across this one before

Can you show us the contents of your .vnc/xstartup file in your next message please?

What are you using as the client on your desktop? What OS are you running on your desktop?

Ian.

Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
I am afraid that this is a case of not having RTFM
Somehow I missed installing Gnome, guess that explains the console.
Learnt a lot about VNC configurations though!

No worries, it happens to us all. Glad you got it sorted tho.

Ian.