Xdmcp is the X display manager control protocol; it is a remote desktop protocol in that it allows a user of one desktop to connect to and interact with another desktop.
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Raring XDMCP Configuration
I was using Precise for an year now, and access my machine over XDMCP or VNC. I just upgraded to Raring through Quantal. Now XDMCP presents the login screen, but the desktop is not rendered properly. ...
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Failing to remote login via XDMCP
I'm using ubuntu12.04amd64 xinetd and tightvncserver, i can connect from other machine use vnc client, and can display gdm, but can't login for any account.
$cat /etc/xinetd.d/vnc
service vnc
{
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ubuntu precise lightdm cannot start metacity/compiz under XVnc
I have just upgraded from lucid to precise LTS.
Everything is fine by logging in using lightdm in ordinary screen :0.
However, my system has two VNC port that listening in :5901, :5902 using XVnc, ...
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can't connect to XDM - MIT-MAGIC-COOOKIE
I'm trying to connect remotely from a Windows 7 computer to a Linux (Ubuntu) server.
I like to use XDM; using Xming on the Windows 7 machine.
I configured ubuntu to allow connecting but getting hung
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Login via XDMCP not possible to 12.04 from Squeeze box
Can anybody tell me whats wrong with my 12.04/lightdm/XDMCP setup?
I activated X11 remote via TCP and XDMCP on lightdm and restarted lightdm:
[SeatDefaults]
user-session=ubuntu
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LightDM not responding to XDMCP requests 12.04 LTS
Since a recent upgrade from 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS I can no longer login using XDMCP (ssh -XC is okay).
This is similar to an earlier question but the answer (add xserver-allow-tcp=true) didn't help ...
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XDMCP buggy like hell [closed]
I try to enable remote access from a 12.04 to a 10.04 Ubuntu via Remmina. While I could enable XDMCP on GDM, after I remote login I do not seem to have a remote mouse pointer, as clicking/hovering ...
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XDMCP with XMING partially working
I've managed to configure XDMCP with lightdm on 12.4.
From my PC I can use xming to get to the login screen and all seems OK.
When I try logging in, that's when things get strange.
After an ...
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Why does Unity screen blank out over XDMCP?
My XDMCP sessions display fine until I login. I've checked all logs and settings for this and can't find anything wrong, this works fine on other systems so I'm wondering if this has anything to do ...
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XDMCP setup for lightdm, ports not listening
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10, lightdm. It appears my XDMCP service is setup correctly, but it won't connect.
I have the following in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf:
[XDMCPServer]
enabled=true
To restart ...
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i want to be able to start xdmcp remote sessions from the login screen [closed]
im currently running ubuntu 11.10 with lightdm
id like to be able to start a remote session at login (from the lightdm page).
I remember being able to do this in older versions of ubuntu, there was ...
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How do I configure lightdm to work with XDMCP?
Does anyone have a set up to make xdmpc work with lightdm on 11.10. Using xdmpc+gdm was easy as pie, worked great. After the upgrade to 11.10 with the switch to lightdm I can't figure out how to get ...
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Connecting via Hummingbird Exceed results in blue/cyan patches on the screen [closed]
I am connecting to an ubuntu server using hummingbird exceed from windows, but I am getting patches of blue/cyan colour (especially in terminals and in emacs) and the windowing is extremely slow.
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Make GDM accessible only remotely via XDMCP, while console remains in text mode
I have a 10.04 server and I have installed gnome-desktop on it so that I can do some of work in a nicer way. I connect to gdm remotely via XDMCP (Hummingbird Exceed) but at the same time I want the ...
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Enable Autologin for Xvnc/XDMCP? [closed]
Version: Ubuntu 9.10
How I do to enable automatic login in Xvnc/XDMCP?
Im in the process of setting up a Xvnc kiosk, which will be a terminal server hosting multiple kiosk machines under separate ...
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How to use XDMCP+GDM and Xnest?
I have been trying to enable XDMCP on GDM without much success.
Following some instructions I have edited /etc/gdm/custom.conf and added:
[daemon]
RemoteGreeter=/usr/lib/gdm/gdm-xdmcp-chooser-slave
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