[LightDM] Multiple logins

[Robert Ancell]

Hi Dave,

LightDM only allows one log in per user. So making a second user is the
appropriate workaround. Ideally we'd allow a remote login to remotely
control the existing session but the technology for that is not really
there.

--Robert


On Thu, 30 Jun 2016 at 03:42 Dave Flogeras <dflogeras2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, I am upgrading from kde4 to plasma5 on Gentoo, and since sddm doesn't
> support XDMCP I am trying lightdm.  I use XDMCP so that I can log in
> remotely through the display manager over VNC/xinetd.
>
> On this machine I usually leave myself logged in locally, but from time to
> time I need to log in over VNC when I am not home.  KDM allowed me to log
> in to my account, and usually I'd select a lighter DM (like LXDE/LXQT) both
> to save bandwidth (my KDE desktop is more 'busy') and to also not confuse
> KDE by logging in twice as the same user.
>
> If I try to do this with lightdm, when I select my user, it only offers me
> the choice to "Unlock" which tries to shanghai my current local session.  I
> cannot start a new session.  Is there a way to work around this?  Of course
> I can create another user, or remotely tell plasma to log me out via
> something like qdbus, but I'd prefer not to do either if I can help it.
>
> Thanks
> Dave
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