[X2Go-Dev] Different behavior of X2Go Client from Desktop and TCE

[Ulrich Sibiller]

On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 1:52 PM, Stefan Baur <X2Go-ML-1 at baur-itcs.de> wrote:
> Am 17.05.2018 um 13:02 schrieb Mike Gabriel:
>>
>> Same issue here with pyhoca-cli and Arctica Greeter's remote logon feature.
>>
>> I'll read the full scope of this mail thread and join in tomorrow...
>
> TL;DR:
> No local Window Manager equals no working XINERAMA.
>
> TCE-NFS has none, so fails.
>
> TCE-Live comes with one (OpenBox), so works when OpenBox is running.
>
> If you enable the magicpixel-workaround in TCE-Live, OpenBox will be
> killed once the NX-Window opens (because without a Window Manager, the
> magicpixel's minimize request is ignored).  This is sometimes too soon
> for XINERAMA, it seems, that's why XINERAMA will occasionally fail on
> TCE-Live.
>

I am suspecting this has to do with the fact that openbox is the first
client to TCEs X server. Can someone try and run an
xterm/xclock/xlogo/whatever (and no WM) prior to x2goclient?

Uli