VNC (again ?)

Hi, I'm trying to setup VNC so I can remotely administer a "appliance-box" (= no screen, no keyboard, no mouse). I have it running partly, but I can't setup the last piece. If I'm logged in at the appliance (screen, keyboard & mouse still connected) I can connect, and everything works fine. When I'm not logged in, and I try to connect all I get is a blank X-screen, nothing to log in. What do I have to setup to get a login screen ? Any pointers ? I'm running SuSE 9. TIA. B.T.W. Is there a searcheable archive of this list ? AFAIK the archives at SuSE are not searcheable, or do I miss something ? -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Koenraad Lelong R&D Manager ACE electronics n.v.