Antoine, thank you for your fast response! You should install the mDNS bits, without those you will have to connect to > your server by IP address which is tedious (and often changes between > restarts). > With mdns correctly installed, your client will see your server appear on > the network and connect to it automatically.
I'm not worried about that--I have a dynamic DNS updater on my router, a static local IP address, and appropriate port forwarding (already configured for SSH on an alternative port). Do you see anything in the global application menu? > There should be options there for connecting to servers and starting apps. Forgive me, but what is the "global application menu"? I have not come across that yet. (The dock icon has no application-specific options, left- or right-clicking.) You may want to file a ticket and add your log files. What's the best way to do that. Where are the log files, and how can I access them? Thanks again for however you can help. Best Regards, Arthur Zey [email protected] 213-915-6442 On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Antoine Martin <[email protected]>wrote: > On 07/08/13 06:00, Arthur Zey wrote: > >> Please forgive the elementary nature of this question, but most of my >> previous experience has been in Windows, and only about a year ago have I >> started really getting into Linux (Ubuntu), and only just within the last >> few weeks have I consistently started using a Mac as my primary computer. >> >> I've installed Windows-Switch on my Ubuntu 13.04 machine according to the >> instructions here: >> https://winswitch.org/**downloads/debian-repository.** >> html?dist_select=raring<https://winswitch.org/downloads/debian-repository.html?dist_select=raring> >> >> I followed up by running "sudo apt-get install xpra python-wimpiggy" >> (since >> "sudo apt-get upgrade" indicated that those packages could be upgraded, >> but >> it wouldn't do it automatically) before launching Windows-Switch from the >> application launcher (which I assume I won't have to do in the future, >> since it'll launch automatically on startup, right?), >> > It should, though desktop environment changes can break things. > (and Ubuntu in particular) > > and it went through >> the initial run process. I got a few error messages (something about >> having >> to do SSH tunneling and something about what I think was related to >> automatic discovery of clients), but I'm not worried about that quite yet. >> > You should install the mDNS bits, without those you will have to connect > to your server by IP address which is tedious (and often changes between > restarts). > With mdns correctly installed, your client will see your server appear on > the network and connect to it automatically. > > (Eventually, the program I expect to be using through this is Pidgin, but >> I >> don't have that up and running on this computer yet.) The point is that, >> unlike what I'll describe below on the Mac, the Ubuntu machine properly >> places a Windows-Switch icon in the Ubuntu equivalent of a system tray, as >> pictured here: >> https://winswitch.org/**documentation/start.html<https://winswitch.org/documentation/start.html> >> >> The problem I'm having is on my primary laptop (which I ultimately want to >> display the Pidgin process). I followed the instructions for Intel-based >> Macs here: http://winswitch.org/**downloads/<http://winswitch.org/downloads/> >> >> (My computer is a MacBook Pro Retina, running 10.8.4 on a 2.4 GHz Intel >> Core i7--is there any other information that would be diagnostically >> relevant?) >> > That should be enough. > > During the installation, I dragged the icon into the Applications folder, >> then launched it. After clicking "Open" on the obligatory >> are-you-sure-because-this-was-**downloaded-from-the-interwebs! message, >> it >> put an icon on my dock and briefly displayed a notification saying that it >> was setting some stuff up for first use (like it did on the Ubuntu >> machine). However, it does not create an icon in my "system tray", as I >> expected (and as is pictured here: >> https://winswitch.org/**documentation/start.html<https://winswitch.org/documentation/start.html>). >> > Those screenshots are out of date for OSX, newer versions use the global > menu to interact with the application instead of a tray icon. > > Instead, the dock icon >> remains with a little light underneath it indicating that it's currently >> running. Clicking on the dock icon for Window-Switch does nothing, nor >> does >> it have any windows associated with it. >> > Do you see anything in the global application menu? > There should be options there for connecting to servers and starting apps. > > Quitting and restarting the process >> makes no difference; neither does uninstalling and reinstalling it (which, >> on a Mac, I understand is accomplished merely by sending the item to Trash >> from the Applications folder, then re-copying it from the downloaded >> image). >> > Correct. > > >> Could anyone shed some light and help me figure this out, please? >> > I haven't tested on OSX for a while. > You may want to file a ticket and add your log files. > > Cheers > Antoine > >> >> Thank you so very much in advance! >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Arthur Zey >> [email protected] >> 213-915-6442 >> ______________________________**_________________ >> shifter-users mailing list >> [email protected].**org.uk <[email protected]> >> http://lists.devloop.org.uk/**mailman/listinfo/shifter-users<http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > shifter-users mailing list > [email protected].**org.uk <[email protected]> > http://lists.devloop.org.uk/**mailman/listinfo/shifter-users<http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users> > _______________________________________________ shifter-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users
