[X2Go-User] local X server fails to accept the connection?

Stefan Baur X2Go-ML-1 at baur-itcs.de
Wed Feb 20 23:22:53 CET 2019


Hi Grigory,

That wasn't my suggestion, but Paul's.

What about my suggestions?  Have you tried any of those?

-Stefan

Am 20.02.19 um 23:13 schrieb Grigory Shamov:
> Hi Stefan,
> 
> Yes, I have tried that, deleting .x2go folder and .xsession-x2go*errors and .Xauthority in their $HOME
> 
> Looks like it didnt help (the user still fails to connect, there is no new .x2go folder there ).
> 
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> 
> From: x2go-user <x2go-user-bounces at lists.x2go.org<mailto:x2go-user-bounces at lists.x2go.org>> on behalf of Paul Borowicz <paul at borowicz.org<mailto:paul at borowicz.org>>
> Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 8:42 AM
> To: Stefan Baur <X2Go-ML-1 at baur-itcs.de<mailto:X2Go-ML-1 at baur-itcs.de>>
> Cc: "x2go-user at lists.x2go.org<mailto:x2go-user at lists.x2go.org>" <x2go-user at lists.x2go.org<mailto:x2go-user at lists.x2go.org>>
> Subject: Re: [X2Go-User] local X server fails to accept the connection?
> 
> Have you cleaned out the .x2go folder in the user accounts?
> 
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 5:15 AM Stefan Baur <X2Go-ML-1 at baur-itcs.de<mailto:X2Go-ML-1 at baur-itcs.de>> wrote:
> Am 15.02.19 um 17:00 schrieb Grigory Shamov:
>> We are running X2go servers on CentOS 6 Linux; other clients (MacOS, other
>> users with Windows 7 and 10) seem to connect fine. So the problem likely
>> is with the client. I believe the Windows x2go client comes with an X11
>> server bundled with it and configured.
>>
>> Could anyone suggest what could be the reason for such errors, have anyone
>> encountered them before? Any advice much appreciated! Thanks!
> 
> If it's only happening on one client, my guess would be that the client
> installation is broken somehow.
> 
> This could be just about anything - hardware failure (disk, RAM),
> malware, an overzealous AntiVirus, or just a plain misconfiguration or
> filesystem error.
> 
> The easiest way would probably be to create another user account on the
> same client and try it with that one - to see if the problem is with the
> user or the machine.  To cross-check, have the affected user try to log
> in using X2GoClient on a different machine.
> 
> If the problem persists and is tied to the machine, the next try would
> be to perform a clean uninstall of X2GoClient, reboot, then reinstall
> X2GoClient from a newly downloaded copy of the installer.
> 
> If it's tied to the user, compare group memberships both on the client
> and on the server side between the affected user and a user having no
> issues, also, let the user try to log in using plain SSH (PuTTY) and
> possibly with X-Forwarding and a manually started X-Server on the
> client, to see if the issue is with X2Go or with the underlying
> operating system/permissions/whatever.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Stefan Baur
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