Re: Remote GUI Instance + Debian 9
On 2017-07-13, Sam Smith <debian@net153.net> wrote:
> On 07/11/2017 06:27 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote:
>> On 2017-07-11, Sam Smith <debian@net153.net> wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> But what the heck? KDM with XDMCP was a feature. And it just worked.
>>> Maybe I missed something, but am I seriously reduced to using this
>>> complete "run X as setuid root so I can run startx as a normal user so I
>>> can run x11vnc to use my desktop" hack??
>>>
>>> Or is there a better way?
>>
>> GDM still supports XDMCP.
>>
>> https://help.gnome.org/admin/gdm/3.22/configuration.html.en#xdmcpsection
>>
>
> My issue isn't just about having no XDMCP support, lightdm does it as
> well. Its what happens when I log int o KDE5 over remote desktop. It
> bombs out because opengl extensions are not found. The only way I've
> managed to get around that it to start another X instance on vt5 or
> something and then attach x11vnc to that. But that just seems terrible...
>
The only alternative that springs to mind is running KDE within an SSH
session with X forwarding.
--
Liam
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