On Thursday, May 02, 2013, Antoine Martin wrote: > (snip) > > > So I finally got a chance to play with xpra a little. To start with > > there was an update so I installed it. Now I at least get a properly > > titled window on the remote host. When it first launched guvcviewer I > > had the control window and the camera window. The control window was > > fully populated but the camera window was blank. As soon as I tried to > > use the controls the window went white. Trying to close either window > > fails, eventually the kde window manager asks if you want to force > > close. Forcing the window closed from the winswitch menu seams to close > > the session but leaves the windows open. > > Hmm, that's odd. Looks like something has crashed. > > > I tried to get a screen shot of the error that use to pop up but it did > > not show up this time. > > > > Short pause for dinner and some honey-do's. > > > > Next I tried launching gimp remotly. This time it acted just like > > before. I was able to get a screen shot of the error. > > Can we see it? >
Opps, sorry. I thought the link below at the bottom would get you to where the image files and log files are. Try this one instead. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/trsi9d82yvsuuk0/WXaUEeJr2z/winswitch > > Then I changed the default seamless session type to nx on the desktop, > > but not via the config files, and tried again, same results. Looking at > > the information menu item for the session it showed the session type as > > xpra. So I rechecked the settings and confirmed that I had successfully > > changed it, and yes. So I restarted winswitch. Then I went to the > > laptop and changed the default session type to nx and restarted > > winswitch there too. The I relaunched guvcviewer with the same results > > as before, captured the error in a screenshot. I then checked the menu > > info item and it still shows the session type as xpra, hmmm. I > > reconfirmed that the settings are set to nx and grabbed some screenshots > > for you of the destop setup. > > Hmmm, that seems overly complicated: > * you can change the settings from the UI, can you not? No need to > restart then. > * there are global settings as well as per-server settings, maybe you > only changed the former? > > > Apps started locally via winswitch are displayed correctly. > > > > Vbox wm's can be moved between machines successfully, although starting > > them remotly does not seem to work correctly. The vm is started but not > > displayed remotly untill it is fully up and then moved to the remote > > machine. Not a big issue at this time for me. > > Right, we're probably trying to connect to it before it is ready. > > > So I decided a complete restart was in order on both machines. After the > > rebooot I have a guvcviewer menu item that is not movable nor openable on > > either machine. > > guvcviewer is doing some video stuff, it may try to bypass the > compositor (xpra) to get the video onscreen and therefore may not work > properly. > I will try it when I get a chance. > > > So to avoid confilct with that session I tried launching K3b (cd burning > > app) and it failed as before. > > Which is? Briefly open, then crash and popup a crash report with a bunch of numbers and letters. > > > And checking the session type in the info menu item > > shows that it is still using xpra and not nx. Looking at the desktop > > server settings from the laptop shows that it is set to use xpar, but > > looking at the server setting on the desktop shows it set to nx. But if > > I go to the server tab it the setings and right click on the desktop > > server and check the settings there they show xpra as the seamless > > default and it can not be changed, hmmmm. I was able to capture the > > screen error. > > My head just exploded. > Options: > * use the start application dialog instead, it lets you choose a lot > more options, including the session type > * or hold the "special" key ("Shift" by default) when you select an app > in the start menu, which will bring a dialog similar to the "start > application dialog" and includes protocol selection (xpra, nx..) Even using the "special" key or the start application dialog I am not able to select any other sesion type, they seam not to exist. > > > As I mentioned at the start the only thing that has been changed is that > > I updated xpra before this round of debugging. > > > > What else can I try to assist you? > > > > Oh yea, I did disable the firewalls after the reboot to be sure they were > > not the problem. > > > > Autolaunch is enabled on the desktop but not on the laptop. > > > > I also noted that when looking at the available servers on the desktop, > > the desktop server does not have ssh capablities, yet I ssh in and out > > of the desktop all the time, and I can successfully connect to it via > > winswitch. It just does not seam to have ssh with its self. > > Your server log will probably tell you that your ssh configuration does > not allow "SSH X11 forwarding". > > > OK. After rereading the instructions you sent me I discovered that I was > > not doing as you requested. Guess I should not rely on my memory so > > much. > > > > I have looked at the xpra.conf files and can not find anywhere that x264 > > encoding is set. A hardcoded defalut? The attached configs are as they > > exist before I enable a different encoding. From /etc/xpra/xpra.conf > > > > # Default encoding (not all encodings may be available in your > > environment): #encoding = x264 > > #encoding = vpx > > #encoding = png > > #encoding = jpeg > > #encoding = rgb24 > > #encoding = webp > > > > is there one that would be better or worse? Png seams to work fine. > > https://www.xpra.org/trac/wiki/Encodings > > > After resting winswitch on both the laptop and the desktop I still have > > the old guvcviewer menu entry. How do I make it go away? > > xpra list > xpra stop :NNNNN > (or just kill it) thanks > > > Now to go play with the other machines to see if I can finally get them > > to work > > > > :) > > > > Thanks for the work around. > > > > If I can do anything further to help debug let me know. > > > > The image files and logs are at > > https://www.dropbox.com/home/Public/winswitch > > > > The old ones have been deleted. > > Cheers > Antoine > > > Thanks > > Randy > > _______________________________________________ > shifter-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users -- Randy Batterbee Take a trip with Torah and find out who you really are. Open Source & Linux if it ain't broke tweak it you can always reinstall and it's free -- If it ain't broke tweek it _______________________________________________ shifter-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users
