VNC black screen of sadness

Did you connect to your VNC server only to be greeted by a black screen of sadness? 

It happened to me not long ago and I don't know what made me try this, but here's what fixed it:

$ vncpasswd

As always, you're welcome.

VNC keymap swap

Ahhhhhhhhhh! (that's the choir of angels sound)

I switched to tightvncserver hoping that my vnc crashing will go away ::fingers crossed::