[X2Go-User] run commands on the x2goclient

Paul Daniels walkabout at danielsit.com
Sun Nov 4 06:42:47 CET 2012


Hi guys,

I've been playing with X2go for a while now, and have a Thin Client
Environment(TCE) that I PXE boot from, or copy to USB and boot via
syslinux (after I've changed the initramfs.conf and regenerated the
initrd so it boots locally rather than via nfs).

But Although X2go works well, its still not fast enough for watching
videos.  My solution was to put mplayer on the TCE and pipe video to it
at the moment with netcat, but Ill probably move to a multicast solution
when I get all of the other issues sorted.

So on the client I need to run the command

netcat $SERVER $PORT | mplayer -display 0:0 -

now whilst I can open up a console terminal, log into the x2goclient
user and run the command, or write something that does the same it would
be nice to run a command from within the x2go-session that does just
that.  Ive tried using x2goruncommand but it seems to kill of my
currently running session.

Is there a supported way to run a command locally, from withing an
established x2go session, or do I have to code something up myself

Thanks 

Paul Daniels




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