It was because I had an entry in /etc/password for my userid that differed on what groups it was in. id <username> gave me a clue to what was happening.
On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 10:17 AM Jeff Sadowski <jeff.sadow...@gmail.com> wrote: > It turns out it is just my user effected what could cause this problem? > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 4:20 PM Jeff Sadowski <jeff.sadow...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I found some good information here >> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/467507/x2go-unable-to-find-free-display-port-or-insert-new-session-into-database >> but "x2godbadmin --recreate" is not working for me. >> I removed every package I could think of that might be interfering and >> purged them (x2go*, xorg*, nvidia, cuda, xvfb, ...) then reinstalled with >> no luck >> any time I try and connect I get Unable to find free display port or >> insert new session into database message. >> I am using ubuntu 16.04 I can not find what is preventing it on this one >> system. How can I enable more debugging so I can figure out what is going >> wrong? >> >> Jan 21 16:12:46 euler /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: unable to insert display >> port into database. Retrying (run 1). >> Jan 21 16:12:47 euler /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: unable to insert display >> port into database. Retrying (run 2). >> Jan 21 16:12:48 euler /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: unable to insert display >> port into database. Retrying (run 3). >> Jan 21 16:12:49 euler /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: unable to insert display >> port into database. Retrying (run 4). >> Jan 21 16:12:50 euler /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: unable to insert display >> port into database. Retrying (run 5). >> Jan 21 16:12:50 euler /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: unable to insert display >> port into database. Retrying (run 6). >> Jan 21 16:12:51 euler /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: unable to insert display >> port into database. Retrying (run 7). >> Jan 21 16:12:52 euler /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: unable to insert display >> port into database. Retrying (run 8). >> Jan 21 16:12:53 euler /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: unable to insert display >> port into database. Retrying (run 9). >> Jan 21 16:12:54 euler /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: unable to insert display >> port into database. Retrying (run 10). >> Jan 21 16:12:54 euler /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: Unable to find free >> display port or insert new session into database; parameters: port (51), >> hostname (euler) and session name (jsadowski-51-1579648373_stDXFCE_dp24). >> >> It seems I am missing a package or more and I can not figure out which >> ones. >> >
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