[plug] TightVNC, KDE, Gentoo - authenticate but blank screen

[Denis Brown]

Hello PLUG list members,

A Gentoo (2004.3) installation with KDE 3.3 and TightVNC 1.3 allows a 
remote user to see the KDE authentication screen, allows username and 
password to be supplied but upon (successful?) authentication the "desktop" 
is completely blank - just the background colour.   If a deliberately false 
pasword is supplied the authentication fails (of course!) and KDE 
authentication display remains on screen until success.   There are no 
obvious signs of icons existing beyond the screen "real estate" for 
TightVNC - there are no scroll bars for example.

Google has not helped - maybe something too obvious?  Logging in as 
non-root user.   Not tried as root.

Thoughts appreciated.
Denis