@G Carl (h-lauc9pad-k) thanks for that. The openvt trick looks very promising.
I've created the systemd service and the server appears to start/stop like a charm. However, attempts to run X clients on the xpra server still result in /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg.wrap: Only console users are allowed to run the X server xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/sehe/.Xauthority Error running "xauth add :90 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 34681eca98b041fcadf12b5398bc0f4e": non-zero exit code: 1 2016-10-31 00:27:31,096 2016-10-31 00:27:31,096 Xvfb command has terminated! xpra cannot continue 2016-10-31 00:27:31,096 Does the `Xauthority` stuff indicate something else still, or is important at all? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1589447 Title: Xdummy cannot be used in Xenial To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-dummy/+bug/1589447/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs