I've been following http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=122402&highlight=vnc to the letter, and have gotten things to the point where both 'vncserver localhost:1' (on my pc) and 'vncserver myip:1' (from anywhere else) work. Meaning they authenticate and bring up an X session. What I see is a grayish background with the X server's 'x' cursor, but no login screen, nothing of use anywhere to be seen. I'm kind of at a loss as to what to do, as most complaints regarding vnc are getting it up and running or authenticating it, and no one is responding on irc, so I figured I would test my luck here. Does this sound familiar to any of you who have used vnc? What does it mean? How can I change it to get a login? -jordan