See reply in-line On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 4:26 AM, Mike Gabriel <mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > Hi Jon, hi Michael, > > > On Mo 30 Jun 2014 05:18:06 CEST, Michael DePaulo wrote: > >>> Anyway after some digging on that error message, I figured out that my >>> problem was that my Bitnami AMI had me signing in as username "ubuntu" which >>> is really just an alias to the user "bitnami". But because I was signed in >>> as a different username than the name of the home folder, it was messing up. >>> When I logged instead using "bitnami" as the username, then suddenly it >>> worked... kind of. >> >> >> OK. I think I this should be documented on the wiki as under a page >> like "known issues with virtual appliances." Or "common configuration >> issues." I'll take care of that. I want to see if there is an existing >> page 1st. Thank you for documenting it via this email. > > > Jon, can you explain this in more depth. I am not getting what happened > during authentication that lead to this weird observation. > > Mike#2, I am sure there is nothing of that kind documented, so far.
Yes, please explain in more depth. > >> OK, I think I see the problem. "ubuntu-desktop". You have the UNITY >> desktop environment installed, not vanilla GNOME. Please try >> specifying "UNITY" as your session type. Our logic in the "x2goserver" >> package will make sure Unity runs in Unity 2d mode. This mode is >> provided by package "unity-2d". "ubuntu-desktop" depends on >> "unity-2d", so you do have "unity-2d" installed. > > > Unity 2D support ended with Ubuntu 12.04. More recent Ubuntu versions lack > Unity 2D support and thus, X2Go won't connect to those Unity variants. Mike#1, Jon stated that he is using Ubuntu 12.04.4. Ubuntu 14.04 Unity support is an issue that I intend to address with a new wiki page like "compatibility with desktop environments". > >> Also, as for XFCE: >> >> It's lightweight and it never tries to use 3d effects, so it runs >> faster to one degree or another. >> >> I recommend installing it according to my instructions. >> >> Absolutely, you can have both desktop environments installed. If you >> had a physical machine, you would select which desktop environment to >> use at the display manager's greeter (the graphical login screen.) > > > I second that! > [...] -Mike#2 _______________________________________________ x2go-user mailing list x2go-user@lists.x2go.org http://lists.x2go.org/listinfo/x2go-user