Why VNC fails with error 'Oh no! Something has gone wrong' when Nvidia graphics driver is used ?

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Issue

  • VNC fails with error Oh no! Something has gone wrong when Nvidia graphics driver is used
  • Cannot see login screen when Nvidia graphics driver is used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux over VNC
  • Even if symlinks are corrected and pointed to Nvidia provided libGL libraries the error is seen.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7
  • Nvidia proprietary graphics driver
  • VNC

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