[X2go-User] X2Go client windows switching problems

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi,

On Di 14 Feb 2012 18:02:41 CET Mike wrote:

> Long time user of NX related programs for some time now.  Mostly  
> freenx, which has been driving me crazy lately.  I am a staunch  
> Debian user and feel that it's unlikely that freenx will ever enter  
> main there.  Hence my want to switch to X2Go.  I've been following  
> and trying to get this working for me too long now.  The largest  
> hurdle that is stopping me now is the inability to switch windows  
> properly when using the windows X2Go client.
>
> I keep a long running session open on a remote box and prefer to  
> keep most of my work there.  The problem is that I also have a need  
> to switch back to my local desktop often.  Typically I do this with  
> the "magic" pixel or Alt + Tab.  I'm also perhaps quirky in that I  
> want my remote session to be full screen not windowed.
>
> I do not experience this problem from a Linux laptop with X2Go or  
> PyHoca-Gui.  I can switch windows, suspend, resume, et. al. just  
> dandy!  My problem is with the M$ side of course.  Starting the  
> session is fine, even resuming one started elsewhere.  When I switch  
> back to another program though I can't get back to my session  
> properly.  Either I will see part of my desktop (KDE if it matters)  
> and the last program I was using in windows will be covering the  
> rest.  Sometimes if I minimize that program I will get my remote  
> session back, not often though.
>
> Typically what happens is I will get a small rectangle toward the  
> upper left of my windows desktop.  It may or may not have the  
> minimize, restore, close widget displayed with it.  When this  
> happens the only way back to my remote session is to close the  
> client and reconnect.  This does work, far too painful to deal with.
>
> Seems that I have just been babbling here.  If I can describe it  
> some other way, post logs, config, whatever I am willing to do that.  
>  A quick kick in the right direction would be appreciated.  Server  
> logs show nothing at any debug level that I see.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.

@John Sullivan or maybe Stefan Baur: do you have any experience with  
this??? A contribution is much appreciated!

Mike


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