[X2go-dev] restored pc but x2go is broken

[John A. Sullivan III]

On Thu, 2011-01-13 at 13:16 -0500, brian mullan wrote:
> I had to restore an linux machine (ubuntu) from backup.    However,
> after the restore x2go is no longer working correctly.
> 
> Using the x2goclient I try to log into an x2go server machine but the
> response is almost immediately a message "Finished" and the x2go
> client session window reappears with the login/password entry fields.
> 
> If I log-in again x2goclient tells me there is an existing session -
> so it seems 1st attempt did start the session connection.
> 
> I know there are some log files I can look at to get a clue what is
> wrong but I couldn't find any documentation about what logs and where.
> 
> fyi. I've tried purging the x2goclient and reinstalling but the
> results are the same - re getting the "Finished" message even though
> it looks like the session did get established.
> 
> Any tips/hints to troubleshoot this would be appreciated.
> 
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Which was rebuilt? The client or the server? One could add logger
commands to the various x2go scripts in /usr/bin to figure out where in
the process it is breaking.  Good luck - John