I'm connected to an Ubuntu 14.04 machine via SSH and I want to start the lightdm session for testing purposes.
I don't want to forward the X server to my local machine. I just want to start the lightdm session remotely, so I can do some testing via SSH. In other words I want the lightdm session to start just as if the user had logged in themselves.
I've tried various combinations, but none have worked:
# attempt 1
export DISPLAY=:0
sudo xhost +SI:localuser:lightdm
sudo su lightdm -s /bin/bash
/usr/sbin/lightdm-session /usr/share/xsessions/ubuntu.desktop
exit
# attempt 2
export DISPLAY=:0
/usr/sbin/lightdm-session /usr/share/xsessions/ubuntu.desktop
# attempt 3
export DISPLAY=:0
/usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/share/xsessions/ubuntu.desktop
How can I start the ubuntu.desktop session via SSH?
Best Answer
lightdm-session is designed to be run from inside LightDM only.
You could set up an automatic login and then start LightDM by configuring automatic login in
/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf, i.e.:[SeatDefaults] autologin-user=usernameThen start / restart lightdm.