Good Afternoon,
I have answered most of my own question. My Ubuntu client was from the
Ubuntu repo, not the x2go repo. When I added the x2go ppa and updated
the client, the QT5 drive backend installed and I was able to connect
using kdrive without changing anything on the server. I will check on
performance later. My first impression is that it is still a little
"laggy", though that might just be the wifi connection on the Unbuntu
client, it is an old laptop circa 2011.
My question is now only about the Windows clients. Is there an update
available for them to allow connection using kdrive? Is there other
software that must be downloaded? At the moment they start to connect
and then immediately disconnect when the "kdrive" box is checked.
Regards
Stuart MacGregor
On 2/1/24 12:08, Stuart MacGregor wrote:
Good Morning,
Excuse me for my ignorance/, /but how accurate/up to date is the
kdrive section of the x2go wiki? It hasn't changed in 3-4 years,
however quite a lot has been said about kdrive recently. I have had
the kdrive server installed n my Ubuntu 22.04 machine since before it
was moved to "stable", however I have yet to succeed in using it. Most
of the computers on my home network are Windows machines. The Windows
x2go clients have a kdrive check box, however when you check that box
(on Windows or Ubuntu clients) and try to connect to the x2go server,
nothing happens. Without the box checked all the x2go clients will
connect to the server, allbeit with the graphics limitations and lag
intrinsic to the original x2go when connecting to "modern" desktops. I
use KDE Plasma. (Note that the "default" settings in the x2go clients
for connecting to KDE Plasma desktops have not worked since I started
using a Ubuntu server with x2go in 2020, you have to choose a "custom"
connection and use the command "startplasma-x11")
Do I need to make some manual modifications on the x2go server to get
kdrive running? If I do so, do I risk the Windows machines loosing the
ability to connect? Again, apologies if all this information is
already available and I have just not seen/found it. As I said I have
been using x2go since 2020 and it was very useful when I was trapped
in my bedroom for a week with COVID in 2022. I am just hoping that
kdrive will improve its performance and am too stupid/ignorant to get
it working without some help.
Regards
Stuart MacGregor
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