[X2Go-User] X authorization issues

[Robert Dinse]

      Two things I see in the logs:

keyboard file not created: Is a directory

Apr  9 20:10:56 pc5-39 /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: blocking creation of agent's
keyboard file /tmp/.x2go-csh/C-csh-50-1428606653_stDXFCE_dp32/keyboard as
requested by session startup command

      Might try deleting the .x2go-csh contents in /tmp and try again.

      Other than that, if you have access to the server, try starting up
xfce4-session locally and see if it works or blows up.

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On Thu, 9 Apr 2015, Christoph Schmidt-Hieber wrote:

> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 20:20:06 +0100
> From: Christoph Schmidt-Hieber <christsc at gmx.de>
> To: Robert Dinse <nanook at eskimo.com>
> Cc: x2go-user at lists.x2go.org
> Subject: Re: [X2Go-User] X authorization issues
> 
> The server-side syslog and session log are attached.
>
> I do not have physical access to this server.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> On Thu, Apr 09, 2015 at 12:05:35PM -0700, Robert Dinse wrote:
>>
>>      My Debian Wheezy server is pretty generic other than a custom kernel,
>> and what I've done to the kernel really shouldn't affect x2go's ability
>> to function except functioning a little faster.
>>
>>      I would suggest enabling debug logging per the Wiki:
>>
>> 	http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/wiki:development:debugging
>>
>>      Try to make a connection, then look at the logs to see if there is
>> anything telling there.
>>
>>      Also, can you bring up an xfce desktop locally on the machine?
>>
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>> On Thu, 9 Apr 2015, Christoph Schmidt-Hieber wrote:
>>
>>> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 19:45:31 +0100
>>> From: Christoph Schmidt-Hieber <christsc at gmx.de>
>>> To: Robert Dinse <nanook at eskimo.com>
>>> Cc: x2go-user at lists.x2go.org
>>> Subject: Re: [X2Go-User] X authorization issues
>>>
>>> Same issue with
>>> 4.1.0.0-0x2go1.1~git20150403.1278+wheezy.heuler.1
>>>
>>> I don't think it's a client issue because we can connect to an x2go
>>> server (xfce4) running on Ubuntu 14.04.
>>>
>>> Any further ideas?
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 09, 2015 at 08:24:58AM -0700, Robert Dinse wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     I just tried this using the same client version, X2Go Client V. 4.0.3.2
>>>> (Qt - 4.8.6), originating from a Ubuntu 14.10 system, and connecting to a
>>>> Debian Wheezy server and got a full working xfce desktop.
>>>>
>>>>     The version of server on Wheezy is
>>>> 4.1.0.0-0x2go1.1~git20150403.1278+wheezy+hueler.1 so perhaps you may want to
>>>> try updating your server to this version (the most recent) and see if that
>>>> resolves your problem.
>>>>
>>>>     If you need a test account to determine if it is an issue with your
>>>> client side setup or server, let me know.
>>>>
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>>>> On Thu, 9 Apr 2015, Christoph Schmidt-Hieber wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 13:54:28 +0100
>>>>> From: Christoph Schmidt-Hieber <christsc at gmx.de>
>>>>> To: x2go-user at lists.x2go.org
>>>>> Subject: [X2Go-User] X authorization issues
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>> We're having issues connecting to an x2go server running on Debian
>>>>> Wheezy. Specifically, we cannot connect to an xfce4 desktop from an OS
>>>>> X client.
>>>>>
>>>>> The x2go client version is 4.0.3.2 (from MacPorts).
>>>>> The x2go server version is 4.0.1.19-0x2go2+git20150326.1064+wheezy.main.1
>>>>> (from the x2go Debian repo)
>>>>>
>>>>> Connections using plain "ssh -Y" or "ssh -X" work fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Connections with x2go to a single application work fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> The permissions of $HOME/.Xauthority are 600
>>>>>
>>>>> The owner of  $HOME/.Xauthority is $USER:$USER
>>>>>
>>>>> The first attempt to connect will simply fail, without valuable error
>>>>> messages (at least to me), the second attempt will result in:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Your session was closed before reaching a usable state.
>>>>> This can be due to the local X server refusing access to the client.
>>>>> Please check authorization provided by the remote X application."
>>>>>
>>>>> Debug output from the client is attached.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Christoph
>>>
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