Re: [X2go-dev] PyHoca and the web

2011-03-02 Thread brian mullan
This thread reminded me of I've been wondering about since I read of HTML 5's new video/multimedia capabilities... so I did a search and this article describes ThinVNC use of HTML 5's capability to provide remote desktop via a browser. http://www.supportsmith.com/ThinVNC/HTML5-VNC.aspx I'm going

Re: [X2go-dev] PyHoca and the web

2011-03-02 Thread brian mullan
Well I just posted the previous and up popped a site with the source and binaries for a Remote Desktop that is built on AJAX, JSON and HTML5. It is also listed as GPL3. URL: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/ThinVnc2.aspx With Wayland in the future in several distro's (Red Hat and Ubuntu & deriva

[X2go-dev] Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff)

2011-03-02 Thread Stefan Baur
Hi list, I have been "playing" with x2go for a while and it looks very promising - a worthy successor to Nomachine NX - though I am unsure about a few things - maybe someone here on this list could provide some information? My questions are: 1) With the recent announcement of Nomachine going

Re: [X2go-dev] Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff)

2011-03-02 Thread John A. Sullivan III
On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 13:55 +0100, Stefan Baur wrote: > 6) Is there any way to get sound working (especially in rootless mode, > say, for Flash-based websites displayed in a remote Firefox/Iceweasel > window) with Debian lenny or squeeze on the server side, and Windows > on the client side? I've s

Re: [X2go-dev] PyHoca and the web

2011-03-02 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
On 2 March 2011 12:45, brian mullan wrote: [snip] (Remote Desktop can be anything, from a video streaming service to screenshots) > URL: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/ThinVnc2.aspx > > With Wayland in the future in several distro's (Red Hat and Ubuntu & > derivatives) are technologies like thi

Re: [X2go-dev] Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff)

2011-03-02 Thread Mike Gabriel
Hi Stefan, On Mi 02 Mär 2011 13:55:03 CET Stefan Baur wrote: I have been "playing" with x2go for a while and it looks very promising - a worthy successor to Nomachine NX - though I am unsure about a few things - maybe someone here on this list could provide some information? I will try t

Re: [X2go-dev] Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff)

2011-03-02 Thread Stefan Baur
Hi John, you wrote: >> 6) Is there any way to get sound working (especially in rootless mode, >> say, for Flash-based websites displayed in a remote Firefox/Iceweasel >> window) with Debian lenny or squeeze on the server side, and Windows >> on the client side? I've seen a few messages concernin

Re: [X2go-dev] PyHoca and the web

2011-03-02 Thread --[ UxBoD ]--
- Original Message - > On 2 March 2011 12:45, brian mullan wrote: > [snip] (Remote Desktop can be anything, from a video streaming > service > to screenshots) > > > URL: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/ThinVnc2.aspx > > > > With Wayland in the future in several distro's (Red Hat and Ubu

Re: [X2go-dev] Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff)

2011-03-02 Thread Mike Gabriel
Hi Stefan, On Mi 02 Mär 2011 16:49:00 CET Stefan Baur wrote: Sound is working nicely for us in Windows out of the box. We did need to use the Squeeze pulseaudio packages on the server side - John I'm running Sqeeze as my test system, tried both esound and pulseaudio, but I have no sound wh

Re: [X2go-dev] Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff)

2011-03-02 Thread Mike Gabriel
Please make sure that pulseaudio is running and that the module-native-protocol-tcp is activated (allow network access to pulseaudio). Easiest way to configure PulseAudio modules is using the paprefs utility (on the X2go server, as the user who wants to connect to X2go). Sorry, I got

Re: [X2go-dev] Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff)

2011-03-02 Thread Stefan Baur
Hi Mike, [lots of important information] I'm very happy that you took the time to write such an extensive reply. Most of it was indeed what I had hoped to read, for the remainder I will eagerly await Heinz's e-mail/post. Just a few odd comments that came to my mind after reading your reply:

Re: [X2go-dev] Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff)

2011-03-02 Thread Mike Gabriel
Hi Stefan, On Mi 02 Mär 2011 17:17:58 CET Stefan Baur wrote: You mentioned PyHoca-GUI and provided some download and install instructions; this looks like it is Linux-only, though? The users I have in mind are using Windows on their client computers. Now, I know Python is available for Window

Re: [X2go-dev] Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff)

2011-03-02 Thread Mike Gabriel
Hi Stefan, On Mi 02 Mär 2011 17:17:58 CET Stefan Baur wrote: Just a few odd comments that came to my mind after reading your reply: A lot of what you wrote should find its way into the FAQ or at least some other place on the project homepage. That way, people know whom to contact for which as

Re: [X2go-dev] Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff)

2011-03-02 Thread Stefan Baur
Hi Mike, you wrote: Sorry, I got things mixed up... this is for Linux as a client... However, on the server you could check if you have an env variable named $PULSE_CLIENTCONFIG and then you could ćheck the file where it points at and check its contents... Hmm, it points to /home/USERNAMEHERE

[X2go-dev] PyHoca-GUI on Windows (was Re: Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff))

2011-03-02 Thread Mike Gabriel
On Mi 02 Mär 2011 17:29:37 CET Mike Gabriel wrote: There is some XServer-related thing broken with the latest 0.0.30.1 version, so you might try one of the older ones provided... Esp. the Windows code of PyHoca-GUI is still under development and always

[X2go-dev] PulseAudio and X2go (was Re: Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff))

2011-03-02 Thread Mike Gabriel
Hi Stefan, On Mi 02 Mär 2011 17:32:02 CET Stefan Baur wrote: ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings ALSA lib conf.c:4170:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden ALSA lib confmisc.c:1251:(snd_func_refer)

Re: [X2go-dev] PyHoca and the web

2011-03-02 Thread brian mullan
Jo-Erlend Kristian Høgsberg (krh), a software engineer who works on the Linux graphics stack, started Wayland as a Red Hat project in 2008, while also working for Red Hat on X. Anyway, I wasn't thinking of a browser as the 'only' client but it could become more useful in the future with tablets

Re: [X2go-dev] PulseAudio and X2go (was Re: Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff))

2011-03-02 Thread John A. Sullivan III
On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 17:38 +0100, Mike Gabriel wrote: > Hi Stefan, > > On Mi 02 Mär 2011 17:32:02 CET Stefan Baur wrote: > > > ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings > > ALSA lib conf.c:4170:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat > > returned error: Datei o

Re: [X2go-dev] PyHoca and the web

2011-03-02 Thread John A. Sullivan III
On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 16:36 +0100, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: > On 2 March 2011 12:45, brian mullan wrote: > [snip] (Remote Desktop can be anything, from a video streaming service > to screenshots) > > > URL: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/ThinVnc2.aspx > > > > With Wayland in the future in sev

Re: [X2go-dev] PulseAudio and X2go (was Re: Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff))

2011-03-02 Thread Mike Gabriel
On Mi 02 Mär 2011 17:53:15 CET "John A. Sullivan III" wrote: If you are using very recent versions of the X2Go client, viz., those which use libssh, you may need to manually create a .ssh directory. I forget exactly where it is needed but there should be something in the mail list archives from

Re: [X2go-dev] PyHoca and the web

2011-03-02 Thread John A. Sullivan III
On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 15:51 +, --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote: > I believe the problem at hand is that there is only a Firefox plugin > available. If a display could be delivered via HTML5 then it becomes truly > portable. I could walk into a cyber-cafe (and yes am aware of security > concerns) and co

Re: [X2go-dev] PulseAudio and X2go (was Re: Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff))

2011-03-02 Thread Stefan Baur
Hi Mike, I tried to follow the suggestions on This hints that firefox is not using PulseAudio. Maybe this documentation helps a bit... https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio but as I'm using Debian Squeeze and not Ubuntu, it is more of a trial and error experience. I did three things: a) Insta

Re: [X2go-dev] PulseAudio and X2go (was Re: Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff))

2011-03-02 Thread Stefan Baur
Hi John, you wrote: If you are testing only with Firefox, you do need to edit the /etc/firefox/firefoxrc file: # which /dev/dsp wrapper to use ICEWEASEL_DSP="esddsp" #ICEWEASEL_DSP="padsp" Dreck! That thing said "none". Using "esddsp", I got the same lock-ups and errors: ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1

Re: [X2go-dev] PyHoca and the web

2011-03-02 Thread brian mullan
John I tried Spice on Ubuntu and it does work pretty well and it is under heavy development but the rub for me was that it required a separate vm for each user's remote desktop. So I didn't see any way to use it on a server that is itself virtualized in a cloud as I don't think there is anything

Re: [X2go-dev] Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff)

2011-03-02 Thread Heinz-M. Graesing
Hello Stefan, Am 02.03.2011 13:55, schrieb Stefan Baur: > Hi list, > > I have been "playing" with x2go for a while and it looks very promising > - a worthy successor to Nomachine NX - though I am unsure about a few > things - maybe someone here on this list could provide some information? Thank

Re: [X2go-dev] Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff)

2011-03-02 Thread Angela Fuß
Hej Stefan, I just want to say: WELL DONE! Thank you for the accurate and carefully worded questions and thoughts and informations about X2go! It's always great when qualified people from "outside" ask questions and tell their view - now we have lots of informations summarized in a few ma

Re: [X2go-dev] PyHoca and the web

2011-03-02 Thread Heinz-M. Graesing
Hello John, hello list, Am 02.03.2011 17:57, schrieb John A. Sullivan III: > On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 15:51 +, --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote: > > I'd imagine adding > the overhead of HTTP would significantly degrade performance (just a > hunch). However, I thought Trolltech had released a Qt stsyle toolk

Re: [X2go-dev] Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff)

2011-03-02 Thread Stefan Baur
Hello Heinz, [lots of useful info snipped] I will rearrange the sequence of my questions below, as I feel the answers you gave will allow for a few new suggestions when rearranged. ;-) In the past we've been two people developing x2go and at the moment Alex and I ares still interested in x2go

Re: [X2go-dev] Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff)

2011-03-02 Thread Stefan Baur
Hi Angela, you wrote: I just want to say: WELL DONE! Aww thank you *blush*. ;-) Thank you for the accurate and carefully worded questions and thoughts and informations about X2go! Well, seems like attending A-level English classes back in school did pay off, then, huh? ;-) It's always

Re: [X2go-dev] Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff)

2011-03-02 Thread John Williams
> I'm running Sqeeze as my test system, tried both esound and pulseaudio, but > I have no sound when playing youtube videos in a rootless Iceweasel > (Firefox) window. > > No full Gnome or KDE desktop environment installed, so not sure if it would > work with a fullscreen session. > > Client: X2Go

[X2go-dev] Browser x2goplugin

2011-03-02 Thread Shanon Loughton
Hi all This question may have already been asked: 1) Is there a plugin in the works for internet explorer? It mentions it could be possible on http://wiki.x2go.org/x2goplugin Please point me to the thread if already discussed. My second question is 2) Where can I report bugs / tests? The plugi

Re: [X2go-dev] Looking for information on the future of x2go (and some other x2go-related stuff)

2011-03-02 Thread Mike Gabriel
Hi Stefan, On Do 03 Mär 2011 00:00:32 CET Stefan Baur wrote: / when the session file was />/ stored with a password, directly start the login process? / Maybe it is a better idea to work on a more usable solution for key authentication. Actually, that is something I don't worry about, as th