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A machine can offer both kinds of sessions simultaneously on different ports, but an open session cannot be converted from one type to the other.
A machine can offer both kinds of sessions simultaneously on different ports, but an open session cannot be converted from one type to the other.


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'''Important: Supported Display Managers'''
'''Important: Supported Display Managers'''


A machine can reliably accept VNC connections only if it uses a display manager that supports the XDMCP protocol. While <code>gdm</code>, <code>lxdm</code>, or <code>lightdm</code> support XDMCP, the KDE 5 default display manager <code>sddm</code> does not support it. When changing the default display manager, remember to log out of the current X session and restart the display manager with
A machine can reliably accept VNC connections only if it uses a display manager that supports the XDMCP protocol. While <code>gdm</code>, <code>lxdm</code>, or <code>lightdm</code> support XDMCP, the KDE 5 default display manager <code>sddm</code> does not support it. When changing the default display manager, remember to log out of the current X session and restart the display manager with
   tux > sudo systemctl restart xdm.service
   tux > sudo systemctl restart xdm.service
 
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=The '''<code>vncviewer</code>''' Client=
=The '''<code>vncviewer</code>''' Client=