xfce4-terminal does not start

[Vangelis Katsikaros]

Hi

I am making an Ubuntu 18.04 server with xfce on top. The reason is that I
want a cloud VM with X.

I followed the instructions
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/initial-server-setup-with-ubuntu-16-04
and
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-vnc-on-ubuntu-16-04

which correspond to these commands [1]

I can connect fine to the remote machine via VNC and I can do GUI actions
like clicking on the time, the startup/xfce mouse menu.

However, when I click on the terminal nothing happens. dpgk shows that
0.8.7.3-0ubuntu1 is installed.

Any ideas on how I can debug/solve the problem?

Regards
Vangelis

[1]
# root
$ adduser vangelis
$ usermod -aG sudo vangelis

# my user
$ mkdir ~/.ssh
$ chmod 700 ~/.ssh
$ cat > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
ssh-rsa ABCDEFG... vangelis at machine
$ chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
$ sudo ufw app list
$ sudo ufw allow OpenSSH
$ sudo ufw enable
$ sudo ufw status

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies tightvncserver
$ vncserver
$ vncserver -kill :1
$ mv ~/.vnc/xstartup ~/.vnc/xstartup.bak
$ cat > ~/.vnc/xstartup
#!/bin/bash
xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
startxfce4 &

$ sudo chmod +x ~/.vnc/xstartup

$ vncserver -depth 16 -geometry 800x600 # start
$ vncserver -kill :1 # stop
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