Thanks a lot Tim... It seems that for my use case using X directly would actually also be more appropriate anyway.
I have my desktop session running, switch to terminal 1 via ctrl-alt-F1, login then run: sudo X :2 -query <ip> my screen goes blank but no greeter is displayed. I've attached the custom.conf from the server, but I don't find anything unusual. I suppose that the main difference between our setup is that you are using two 64-bit systems while mine are i686, is that correct? These are both Dell pre-installed systems that have been upgraded to Lucid with many manual configurations and a few proprietary drivers for misguided hardware purchases :-/ oh well... I'd install 64-bit Lucid on both via external USB drives but due to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/45989 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/46520 that's a bit tedious for my production systems... but I hope I'll get around to it coming week. Again, thanks a lot for providing the PPA's for lucid and spending the time to knock this out. ** Attachment added: "GDM custom.conf" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/408417/+attachment/1763884/+files/custom.conf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408417 Title: No option to log in remotely via XDMCP -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
