[LightDM] Using LightDM as a headless XDMCP server without physical graphics card

[Robert Ancell]

Hi Jeffery,

Sorry for the late reply

Glad to hear XDMCP is working well!

I think you just need to add the following to /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf:

[LightDM]
start-default-seat=false

This will stop the default X server from being started.

--Robert

On 13 February 2012 20:11, Jeffrey Langerak <j.langerak at me.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently testing the XDMCP functionality of LightDM which seems to work
> flawless, however, there is one issue which I cannot resolve:
>
> The machine I am using for my setup is a dedicated machine running some
> VM's, these VM's don't have any graphics card associated and run headless
> and the only form of command is via a web interface or SSH.
>
> LightDM seems to use the /dev/fb0 device as graphics card, but that does not
> exists on a VM.
>
> My queston is, how can I use LightDM to run as a headless XDMCP server
> without the need of a physical present graphics card? The configuration docs
> did not shed any light on this usage.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jeffrey Langerak
>
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