[LightDM] Multiple logins

[Dave Flogeras]

Thanks for the info Robert, will do.

On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 6:25 PM, Robert Ancell <robert.ancell at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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