[X2Go-User] X2GO Mac client

Terje Andersen teranders at gmail.com
Thu Dec 19 19:16:42 CET 2013


Then youshould try the mate desktop.
It's a fork of gnome 2 that works well with x2go.
 18. des. 2013 10:48 skrev "Anders Bruun Olsen" <abo at dsl.dk> følgende:

> My users were also used to Gnome, but due to problems with Gnome in newer
> Ubuntu versions, we took the plunge and switched to XFCE.
> I realize that this isn't a usable answer for you, but I am afraid that I
> can't really help much more.
> I would try to look in logfiles and see if the panel actually crashes, or
> if it is just x2go that somehow hides it.
>
>
> 2013/12/18 Mervin Graves <mervin at accelcloud.com>
>
>>  We are using gnome-session-fallback as a desktop environment. Unity
>> also has issues. We have tried the following settings with Gnome,
>>
>>
>>
>> *Adjustment - **Bottom panel fails yes/no*
>>
>> adjust screensize: yes
>>
>> mark xinerama: yes
>>
>> set fullscreen: yes
>>
>> set customdesktop: yes
>>
>> use wholedisplay: yes
>>
>>
>>
>> Unfortunately using xfce is not an option because the employees are
>> already working on Gnome for a few years now. And it would be to much of a
>> change for now.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Mervin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original message-----
>> *From:* Anders Bruun Olsen <abo at dsl.dk>
>> *Sent:* Tue 17-12-2013 14:36
>> *Subject:* Re: [X2Go-User] X2GO Mac client
>> *To:* Mervin Graves <mervin at accelcloud.com>;
>> *CC:* x2go-user at lists.berlios.de;
>>
>> We also run Ubuntu 12.04 on the server, with XFCE 4.10 as the desktop
>> environment. I have heard that Unity can be problematic when paired with
>> x2go. Not sure if this is still an issue.
>> I run Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity on my main desktop, and regularly log on to
>> our terminal servers with x2goclient, and don't have the mentioned problem.
>> I would guess that the real problem is that the resolution chosen by
>> x2goclient (by however much space is occupied on your Mac screen), isn't
>> being picked up by Unity. I think that was the problem with Unity before. I
>> think Gnome had the same problems. That is one of the reasons we chose XFCE
>> instead. That and not wanting fancy 3D compositing to happen on a remote
>> desktop :)
>>
>>
>> 2013/12/17 Mervin Graves <mervin at accelcloud.com>
>>
>> Hi Anders,
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you for the quick reply! Good to read that you are not experiencing
>> the same issue. This indeed concerns the bottom-panel of the remote desktop
>> session, not on the Mac itself. We are running a Ubuntu 12.04 desktop. So
>> most likely this is setting on the clientside then?
>> At first the same thing happened when connecting from Ubuntu 13.04 to the
>> Ubuntu desktop, but after enabling Xinerama extension the bottom-panel
>> reappeared. I've tried the same thing on the Mac's without success.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Mervin
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original message-----
>> *From:* Anders Bruun Olsen <abo at dsl.dk>
>> *Sent:* Tue 17-12-2013 11:36
>> *Subject:* Re: [X2Go-User] X2GO Mac client
>> *To:* Mervin Graves <mervin at accelcloud.com>;
>> *CC:* x2go-user at lists.berlios.de;
>> Hi Mervin,
>>
>> I run x2goclient on a bunch of Macs (started around Snow Leopard and have
>> gradually upgraded to now run on Mavericks) and I don't have any problems
>> with the bottom-panel not showing. I am guessing you are talking about the
>> bottom-panel of the remote desktop, and not anything on your Mac desktop.
>> Which desktop environment are you running on the Linux-side?
>>
>>
>> 2013/12/17 Mervin Graves <mervin at accelcloud.com>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm currently implementing a X2GO environment to accommodate Mac Lion OSX
>> users.
>>
>> The client seems to have some issues however, when I start-up a session
>> the bottom-panel is not visible.
>>
>> I've experienced this on two laptops now. Is this really a bug or is it
>> just a setting on the clientside?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you in advance!
>>
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Mervin
>>
>>
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