On 2017-07-13, Sam Smith <deb...@net153.net> wrote: > On 07/11/2017 06:27 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote: >> On 2017-07-11, Sam Smith <deb...@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
