[X2Go-User] Minimal distro with login manager

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi Jos,

On  Fr 21 Feb 2014 13:17:49 CET, Jos wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I came across this question on the user list
> https://www.mail-archive.com/x2go-user@lists.berlios.de/msg00460.html
>
> Jonathan Brown  
> <https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=x2go-user@lists.berlios.de&q=from:%22Jonathan+Brown%22> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:05:59 -0800 <https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=x2go-user@lists.berlios.de&q=date:20120223> Hi  
> all,
>
> A cursory reading of the online lit I found relating to x2gothinclient
> seems to require that the stations all pxeboot...
>
> I don't want thinclients that pxeboot.. what I need is a minimal OS that is
> setup to autologin to X and then pyhoca-cli to the x2go-server... can the
> x2gothinclient packages do this say on a minimal debian install for the
> thinclient.. ?
>
> Since I did not see this capability, I already built from scratch a minimal
> Debian 6 that does an autologin into X using gdm/matchbox wm, and then
> created a script that force loops a username/pw graphical dialog using yad
> (zenity fork)... suffice it to say this works well... but I'm thinking if
> x2gothinclient already had the capability to do this then I did it all for
> nought.. except it was definitely a good exercise...
>
> Mike has replied
> https://www.mail-archive.com/x2go-user@lists.berlios.de/msg00469.html
>
> I would sure like to know if this has got a follow up, but can't  
> find anything more about it on the list.
> Since i would like to create a minimal iso also with only a the  
> login manager to access the x2go server, if would like to know if  
> someone has succeeded in doing so.

The x2gothinclient package acts as a display manager nowadays. Install  
it and it will ask you to replace gdm/kdm and alike.

With PyHoca-CLI there is another approach. We have extended Unity  
Greeter's remote login feature so that now Unity Greeter can log users  
into X2Go Sessions.

Greets,
Mike
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