Re: [X2go-dev] OT: X2Go desktop distribution choices
John A. Sullivan III schreef: > Hello, all. We have been struggling over whether we wanted to offer > Ubuntu or Fedora desktops to our users via X2Go. However, as we > struggle in that debate, we are unexpectedly beginning to entertain the > idea of using Debian instead. I think that's a good idea. There is much more experience with Debian then with Fedora. And about Ubuntu I would say to try this: aptitude search '?and(~s universe,~i)' ... and you will see you are using many packages without security support. I think that's maybe sometimes OK, but not for a thinclient server. > May I ask what your experiences have been? I have some years experiences with Debian thinclients in small organisations, and I can tell you it works fine. I have used FreeNX (with ThinStation) and now a little bit X2go. Biggest problem was always flash, the quality of flash in a bigger format is not good enough in my opinion and it can slow-down a user session. Another point is to connect devices to clients. That's not always easy. > What are your preferred desktop clients and why? If Debian, is it > stable + backports or testing? I have experiences with Debian stable and oldstable. I have heard X2go works fine with testing. I use sometimes backports, e.g. for OpenOffice. Always running testing is not a good idea in my opinion, it changes to much. But you can do it for a short time. > We are looking at supporting potentially many thousands of these > desktops. Thanks - John With regards, Paul van der Vlis. -- http://www.vandervlis.nl/ ___ X2go-dev mailing list X2go-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/x2go-dev
[X2go-dev] Session Shadowing, Usb Device
Hi, I recently installed x2go, and the feature that I really miss is the possibility for session shadowing. It would be great for me to help my users from a remote location if they have a problem. Is something like this planned for a future release? One other question: is it possible to connect a usb device other than memory sticks to the client and "tunnel" it to the server? I'd like to use a card reader for the home banking software (money plex) with x2go. Greetings Peter -- Jetzt kostenlos herunterladen: Internet Explorer 8 und Mozilla Firefox 3.5 - sicherer, schneller und einfacher! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/atbrowser ___ X2go-dev mailing list X2go-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/x2go-dev
[X2go-dev] Proxy Disconnect
Hi, we have recently started to use X2GO, and have to say it is great, though ran into a small issue today. I was happily connected to my remote KDE desktop when my physical desktop disconnected from the network. On attempting to reconnect to the session I received a error message like "Proxy session disconnect" (apologies; did not write it down). I connected to via SSH to the virtual desktop and restarted the x2go service, attempted a connection again, but still got the same error. I noticed looking at the process list a couple of extra ssh sessions; for which I killed them all off and attempted another connection. This time it was successful. If a session becomes detached due to the physical machine, for arguments sake, crashing should the client fail to connect ? Best Regards, ___ X2go-dev mailing list X2go-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/x2go-dev
Re: [X2go-dev] Session Shadowing, Usb Device
> -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: > Gesendet: 05.01.10 14:43:36 > An: x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de > Betreff: [X2go-dev] Session Shadowing, Usb Device Hello Peter, we are currently working on the session shadowing feature. It will be the first new feature in 2010. I think - with luck - you'll be able to test it in january. At the moment we support only usb mass-storage devices, printers - and on thin clients cdroms too. Whenever there is a native network access possible like using "sane", it is possible to use our tunnel. We don't support USB device nodes which should be recordnized by the server. SmartCard access was an often requested feature and we are thinking about an elegant solution. best regards, Heinz > I recently installed x2go, and the feature that I really miss is the > possibility for session shadowing. It would be great for me to help my users > from a remote location if they have a problem. Is something like this planned > for a future release? > > One other question: is it possible to connect a usb device other than memory > sticks to the client and "tunnel" it to the server? I'd like to use a card > reader for the home banking software (money plex) with x2go. ___ Preisknaller: WEB.DE DSL Flatrate für nur 16,99 Euro/mtl.! http://produkte.web.de/go/02/ ___ X2go-dev mailing list X2go-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/x2go-dev
Re: [X2go-dev] OT: X2Go desktop distribution choices
On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 09:30 +0100, Paul van der Vlis wrote: > John A. Sullivan III schreef: > > Hello, all. We have been struggling over whether we wanted to offer > > Ubuntu or Fedora desktops to our users via X2Go. However, as we > > struggle in that debate, we are unexpectedly beginning to entertain the > > idea of using Debian instead. > > I think that's a good idea. There is much more experience with Debian > then with Fedora. And about Ubuntu I would say to try this: > > aptitude search '?and(~s universe,~i)' > > ... and you will see you are using many packages without security > support. I think that's maybe sometimes OK, but not for a thinclient server. > > > May I ask what your experiences have been? > > I have some years experiences with Debian thinclients in small > organisations, and I can tell you it works fine. I have used FreeNX > (with ThinStation) and now a little bit X2go. > > Biggest problem was always flash, the quality of flash in a bigger > format is not good enough in my opinion and it can slow-down a user session. > > Another point is to connect devices to clients. That's not always easy. > > > What are your preferred desktop clients and why? If Debian, is it > > stable + backports or testing? > > I have experiences with Debian stable and oldstable. I have heard X2go > works fine with testing. I use sometimes backports, e.g. for OpenOffice. > > Always running testing is not a good idea in my opinion, it changes to > much. But you can do it for a short time. > > > We are looking at supporting potentially many thousands of these > > desktops. Thanks - John > > With regards, > Paul van der Vlis. > > > > Thanks, Paul. Do you or others have experience mixing stable + backports with testing using pinning? I've heard some say that is the best of all worlds and others say it is a terrible idea because testing pulls in new libraries which can badly break packages in stable. Thanks - John ___ X2go-dev mailing list X2go-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/x2go-dev
[X2go-dev] Fullscreen mode in Windows not working
Hello, all. I've been testing X2Goclient 3.0.1-4 for Windows on two separate computers running WindowsXP. I'm seeing the same problem on both. I set the session mode to full screen and yet the session opens to some less than full screen geometry with Window decorations. I have ensured the old sessions were not running so it was not inheriting old geometry. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong? Thanks - John ___ X2go-dev mailing list X2go-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/x2go-dev
[X2go-dev] Windows client hangs after screen saver starts
I'm running X2GoClient 3.0.1-4 on WindowsXP home. If I walk away from my X2Go desktop for an extended period of time, when I stop the Windows screen saver, the X2Go screen is completely white and refuses to close; it must be forcibly closed. I've tried moving the mouse and typing the screensaver password on the remote system but that did not work. If I let Windows go to screen saver and then immediately end the screen saver, I do not have this problem. Killing the process seems to be stopping xming. Is this a known issue? Where should I be looking for data to troubleshoot? Thanks - John ___ X2go-dev mailing list X2go-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/x2go-dev
