Because I don't give up as easily as I say I do, I spent another day with
the issue and was able to find an automatic workaround. Basically GNOME
44+ doesn't like it if the current X RandR mode is not the first in the
list, so the TurboVNC Server now ensures that it is. Changing the
resolutio
I did finally find some issues that suggest general X RandR problems with
GNOME 44+/X11:
https://www.reddit.com/r/gnome/comments/1cimcu0/no_background_after_xrandr_in_gnome_46/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/14f9u5c/gnome_44_and_xrandr/
The writing is on the wall that GNOME may not su