[LightDM] LightDM and X.org 1.17 with TCP connections

[Robert Ancell]

Hi all,

If you're using LightDM and X.org 1.17 or higher there is an issue [1]
where the xserver-allow-tcp=true option no longer works. This is because
X.org now only listens for TCP connections if "-listen tcp" is passed.
Unfortunately there's not an easy solution for LightDM as passing -listen
to older versions of X.org would result in the X server not starting.

If you are distributing LightDM and you know you have X.org 1.17 or higher
I recommend applying a patch [2] to make this work. When we have a generic
solution this patch should no longer be necessary.

Thanks,
--Robert

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1449282
[2]
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~lightdm-team/lightdm/1.16/view/head:/debian/patches/xorg-1.17.patch
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