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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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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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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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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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 ...