Ludo's notes

Enable XDMCP on Ubuntu 11.10

root@blackbox:~# cp /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.$(date -I)
root@blackbox:~# cat /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

[SeatDefaults]
greeter-session=unity-greeter
user-session=ubuntu

[XDMCPServer]
enabled=true
root@blackbox:~#

Restart X display manager

root@blackbox:~# restart lightdm
lightdm start/running, process 5684
root@blackbox:~#

Open X session from OS X to Ubuntu

ludo@idefix:~ % uname -a                                                                                                
Darwin idefix 11.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 11.2.0: Tue Aug  9 20:54:00 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1699.24.8~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
ludo@idefix:~ %

ludo@idefix:~ % Xephyr :1 -screen 1024x768 -query blackbox