[X2Go-User] problem getting x2go to work.

[brian mullan]

On Ubuntu 12.04 you would need to make sure to install
"gnome-session-fallback"

read this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1964786

and the 3rd or 4th entry down shows how to install it.

But.. that only works for 12.04 Unity.

For x2go on ubuntu you can always install on the x2goserver xfce4, lxde,
mate (do google search on each for "ubuntu" and you will find lots of
examples of install.

for instance for xfce

$ sudo apt-get install xfce4
-or-
$ sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

for lxde

$ sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop




On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 7:48 AM, Michael DePaulo <mikedep333 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> See reply in-line
>
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 4:26 AM, Mike Gabriel
> <mike.gabriel at das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote:
> > Hi Jon, hi Michael,
> >
> >
> > On  Mo 30 Jun 2014 05:18:06 CEST, Michael DePaulo wrote:
> >
> >>> Anyway after some digging on that error message, I figured out that my
> >>> problem was that my Bitnami AMI had me signing in as username "ubuntu"
> which
> >>> is really just an alias to the user "bitnami". But because I was
> signed in
> >>> as a different username than the name of the home folder, it was
> messing up.
> >>> When I logged instead using "bitnami" as the username, then suddenly it
> >>> worked... kind of.
> >>
> >>
> >> OK. I think I this should be documented on the wiki as under a page
> >> like "known issues with virtual appliances." Or "common configuration
> >> issues." I'll take care of that. I want to see if there is an existing
> >> page 1st. Thank you for documenting it via this email.
> >
> >
> > Jon, can you explain this in more depth. I am not getting what happened
> > during authentication that lead to this weird observation.
> >
> > Mike#2, I am sure there is nothing of that kind documented, so far.
>
> Yes, please explain in more depth.
>
> >
> >> OK, I think I see the problem. "ubuntu-desktop". You have the UNITY
> >> desktop environment installed, not vanilla GNOME. Please try
> >> specifying "UNITY" as your session type. Our logic in the "x2goserver"
> >> package will make sure Unity runs in Unity 2d mode. This mode is
> >> provided by package "unity-2d". "ubuntu-desktop" depends on
> >> "unity-2d", so you do have "unity-2d" installed.
> >
> >
> > Unity 2D support ended with Ubuntu 12.04. More recent Ubuntu versions
> lack
> > Unity 2D support and thus, X2Go won't connect to those Unity variants.
>
> Mike#1, Jon stated that he is using Ubuntu 12.04.4.
>
> Ubuntu 14.04 Unity support is an issue that I intend to address with a
> new wiki page like "compatibility with desktop environments".
>
> >
> >> Also, as for XFCE:
> >>
> >> It's lightweight and it never tries to use 3d effects, so it runs
> >> faster to one degree or another.
> >>
> >> I recommend installing it according to my instructions.
> >>
> >> Absolutely, you can have both desktop environments installed. If you
> >> had a physical machine, you would select which desktop environment to
> >> use at the display manager's greeter (the graphical login screen.)
> >
> >
> > I second that!
> >
> [...]
>
> -Mike#2
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