[LightDM] Can LightDM work with an existing X server socket?

[Robert Ancell]

Hi Shahim,

You should be able to configure LightDM to use an existing X server using
the following configuration:

[SeatDefaults]
type=xremote
xserver-display-number=0

i.e. if you already have an X server running on :0

--Robert


On 14 November 2013 11:56, Shahim Essaid <shahim at essaid.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm setting up an LXC container for Ubuntu 13.10 where the X server is
> started in the host on vt6. The unix socket and authority file are
> then mounted in the LXC container. I can start X sessions and
> applications from the container but I can't get LightDM to use this
> server.
>
> I would really like to have the container's LightDM/Ubuntu greeter to
> automatically start on this display when the container is started to
> allow a graphical login. I'm aware of other options (XDMCP, vnc, etc.)
> but I'm trying to do it directly through the mounted unix domain
> socket. I've been trying to configure X to be started and managed by
> LightDM in the container but haven't been able to do that so far.
>
> Is this possible?
>
> Thank you,
> Shahim
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