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Starting an Xorg server via ssh
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By default on Arch Linux only console users can start xorg-server.
Edit/create /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config and add the following:
allowed_users=anybody
can now start xorg via ssh with the following command:
ssh -nqxT $HOSTNAME "startx -- vt7 < /dev/null > /path/to/log/xremotelog 2>&1"
vt7 is the virtual console to start the X server on.
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echo "allowed_users=anybody" > /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config

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nvidia-xconfig -a --allow-empty-initial-configuration --cool-bits=28 --use-display-device="DFP-0" --connected-monitor="DFP-0"

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creates an xorg.conf with faked monitor details

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need to rerun the nvidia-xconfig command everytime you add/remove a GPU

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