"Something has gone wrong"

Hi, new to the list and getting that message when connecting to my Acer
laptop running Debian 8 from my Thinkpad running Debian 8.
Here's a screen shot I get as soon as I connect:
http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss215/rover_driver/Computers/VNC/vnc-crash.jpeg

On the target machine I've tried starting the VNC server three ways
vncserver :1 -geometry 1920x1080 -depth 24
vncserver :1
tightvncserver

The vnc log file shows:
**********************************************************************
228/05/16 07:16:06 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3.9
28/05/16 07:16:06 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 TightVNC Group
28/05/16 07:16:06 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
28/05/16 07:16:06 All Rights Reserved.
28/05/16 07:16:06 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC
28/05/16 07:16:06 Desktop name 'X' (hostname:1)
28/05/16 07:16:06 Protocol versions supported: 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, 3.7t, 3.8t
28/05/16 07:16:06 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
xrdb: No such file or directory
xrdb: can't open file '/home/user/.Xresources'

28/05/16 07:16:16 Got connection from client 10.80.5.1
28/05/16 07:16:16 Using protocol version 3.8
28/05/16 07:16:16 Enabling TightVNC protocol extensions
28/05/16 07:16:21 Full-control authentication passed by 10.80.5.1
28/05/16 07:16:21 Pixel format for client 10.80.5.1
28/05/16 07:16:21   32 bpp, depth 24, little endian
28/05/16 07:16:21   true colour: max r 255 g 255 b 255, shift r 16 g 8 b 0
28/05/16 07:16:21   no translation needed
28/05/16 07:16:21 Using tight encoding for client 10.80.5.1
28/05/16 07:16:21 Using compression level 1 for client 10.80.5.1
28/05/16 07:16:21 Using image quality level 6 for client 10.80.5.1
28/05/16 07:16:21 Enabling X-style cursor updates for client 10.80.5.1
28/05/16 07:16:21 Enabling cursor position updates for client 10.80.5.1
28/05/16 07:16:21 Enabling LastRect protocol extension for client 10.80.5.1
28/05/16 07:16:27 Client 10.80.5.1 gone
28/05/16 07:16:27 Statistics:
28/05/16 07:16:27   key events received 1, pointer events 103
28/05/16 07:16:27   framebuffer updates 6, rectangles 79, bytes 12940
28/05/16 07:16:27     LastRect markers 4, bytes 48
28/05/16 07:16:27     cursor shape updates 1, bytes 82
28/05/16 07:16:27     cursor position updates 1, bytes 12
28/05/16 07:16:27     tight rectangles 73, bytes 12798
28/05/16 07:16:27   raw bytes equivalent 6291528, compression ratio
491.602438
***************************************************************************
I created /home/user/.Xresources but the log file is the same other than no
longer that file not found.

I have a raspberry that I have no issues connecting to from my Thinkpad.
Here're the details on the Acer:
**********************************************************************
System:    Host: hostname Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 4.8.4)
Console: tty 1 dm: kdm
           Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 8
Machine:   Mobo: Acer model: Aspire 5534 v: V1.12 serial:
LXPXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
           Bios: Acer v: V1.12 date: 09/03/2009
CPU:       Dual core AMD Athlon X2 L310 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (lm
nx sse sse2 sse3 svm) bmips: 4787
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1196 MHz 2: 1196 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RS780M [Mobility Radeon
HD 3200]
           bus-ID: 01:05.0 chip-ID: 1002:9612
           Display Server: X.org 1.16.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded:
fbdev,vesa)
           tty size: 109x33 Advanced Data: N/A for root out of X
Audio:     Card Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1002:4383
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.16.0-4-amd64
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 2000 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID:
10ec:8168
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:00:00:00:00:00
           Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter
(PCI-Express)
           driver: ath9k bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:002a
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Info:      Processes: 192 Uptime: 1:11 Memory: 550.1/3708.7MB
           Init: systemd v: 215 runlevel: 5 default: 2 Gcc sys: 4.9.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301 running in tty 1) inxi: 2.1.28
********************************************************************************************

Anyone have any idea what to check next?

Thanks,
Tom

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