On 11/07/13 22:54, John Beavers wrote: > I updated my Ubuntu from 12.04 to 13.04 (via 12.10...), and got Xpra > v0.9.6 installed and working between 2 ubuntus. However, it is very > slow and ugly on the local network. I've connected with winswitch, > xpra-launch, and $ xpra attach ssh:...:100, all the same. > > There was some problem with X after installation of 13.04, and X > sometimes gives errors when starting Xpra. Some errors were about > permissions, and such (I can't remember the exact errors, but they > were about /dev/tty0 does not exist, can't open console 8 (permission > denied), etc). I fixed those by setting the suid bit on Xorg. Then, X > wouldn't start because it said the -logfile option can't be used with > elevated privileges. So, I removed the -logfile part from xpra.conf, > then it didn't like the location of xpra's xorg.conf file. It said it > needed to be in a relative directory, so I put it under /etc/X11 and > got it to read it. Sounds like something has changed in 13.04, yet again. I'll try to take a look and figure out how to get Xdummy going on this latest Ubuntu. Note: you do not need suid with Xdummy - that is the point, see: http://xpra.org/trac/wiki/Xdummy > > Finally got xpra started on the server and connected, but, like I > said, it's very ugly and slow, and the mouse doesn't point to the > correct locations, etc. If I forward X through ssh, it looks great and > works well, but I'd love to be able to keep my session going, so I'd > like xpra to work. Please give us more details, see: http://xpra.org/trac/wiki/ReportingBugs > > Most recently, if I start xpra, stop it, and try to start it again, I > get this: > Fatal server error: > failed to create screen resources Probably another 13.04 / X11 related breakage.
Cheers Antoine > > This might be more of an X problem, and I tried reinstalling it, but > that didn't seem to do anything. If anyone has seen anything like this > before, please help! > > John > _______________________________________________ > shifter-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users _______________________________________________ shifter-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users
