x2go-announcements September 2014

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X2Go Client for Windows (4.0.2.1+hotfix1+build5) released
by Mike DePaulo 30 Sep '14

30 Sep '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Dear all, This is to announce a new Windows-specific release of the X2Go component ,,x2goclient'' The changes in this release of ,,x2goclient'' are: o Windows: Cygwin Bash (sh.exe) updated from 4.1.10-4 to 4.1.14-7. This fixes the "Shellshock" vulnerability. For the exact details of the Cygwin Bash update, see the Cygwin project's release announcement for Cygwin Bash 4.1.14-7: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2014-09/msg00040.html The X2Go project has not done an analysis of whether X2Go Client was actually affected by the "Shellshock" vulnerability. However, as a precaution, we are releasing this updated build of X2Go Client for Windows with the fixed Cygwin Bash. Unless an analysis is performed, we strongly encourage all users to update. This includes users of the "misc" fonts and "full" fonts builds. If you are using a X2Go Client for Linux, FreeBSD, or Mac OS X, the OS will provide the updated Bash package. For the Windows-specific release notes for this release, see this page: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:release-notes-mswin:x2goclient-4.0.2.1 Regards, Mike DePaulo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlQqtM0ACgkQIFy22CVQsiso4wD7BgZ4bLyEIGOUV97xa3BFz4Wc 6yj2wQh/xfImV4U0hHgA/1tfsK11CTjsqH4r0mXoBaxfJsSBb0GgjjG0oeGLK8At =zmxP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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X2Go Server (4.0.1.16) released
by Mike Gabriel 25 Sep '14

25 Sep '14

Dear all, the X2Go project is proud to announce a new release of the X2Go component ,,x2goserver''. New gains of this version of ,,x2goserver'' are: o Complete rewrite of the NX session state control / monitoring o Enhance support for other desktop session types (OpenBox, IceWM) o Attempt at supporting GNOMEv3 Flashback session in X2Go o Support for Cinnamon 1.4 X2Go Sessions o Support configuration of clipboard behaviour (server-side _and_ client-side) o Fix issues with non-resumable sessions after connection disrupture. o Support desktop sharing if sharable sessions is on a kernel namespace socket only. o Move all NX session files to /tmp. Don't store session information in $HOME anymore. Only place symlinks in $HOME pointing to /tmp. Fixes performance and stability of X2Go with homes on network file systems. o Fix privilege upgrades for applications launched via pkexec. o etc. etc. etc. X2Go Component: x2goserver Version: 4.0.1.16 Status: RELEASE Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 00:36:32 +0200 Fixes these bug report(s): 122 302 397 406 407 458 468 495 506 511 520 523 524 543 547 558 569 572 573 574 599 605 606 617 619 Changes: x2goserver (4.0.1.16) RELEASED; urgency=low . [ Mike DePaulo ] * New upstream release (4.0.1.16): - Make X2Go Server aware of the Openbox desktop environment (Command: OPENBOX) (Fixes: #605) - Make X2Go Server aware of the IceWM desktop environment (Command: ICEWM) (Fixes: #606) - Support GNOME Flashback session (GNOME 3.8+) on distro releases such as Ubuntu 13.10+ and debian Jessie (NOTE: For most users, GNOME Flashback currently will not work. This requires that gnome-flashback.session actually be installed. Not every Linux distro has it available. It also requires that the gnome-session binary not require hardware 3D acceleration for said session. Currently, upstream GNOME and GNOME 3.8+ in all Linux distros do require this, only 3rd party builds do not. See X2Go bug #599 for example.) (Thanks Eugene San (eugenesan(a)gmail.com)) - Fix launching GNOME 3 Fallback session (GNOME 3.4 & 3.6) on distros other than Ubuntu and Debian (Fixes: #599) - Fix support for Cinnamon 1.4 (Linux Mint 13) (Fixes: #569) - Fix the logic for launching Cinnamon 2.0 and 2.2 (Linux Mint 17). (Fixes: #572) NOTE: Fixing this bug in x2goserver is not sufficient to make Cinnamon 2.0 & 2.2 to work properly with X2Go. Bug #150 in nx-libs is still a problem. Fixing this bug enables Cinnamon 2.0 and 2.2 to launch to their "fallback mode", which has many bugs and missing features when compared to "software rendering" mode (cinnamon2d), but is still better than nothing. * debian/rules: + Improve dh_auto_clean override. . [ Mike Gabriel ] * New upstream version (4.0.1.16): - Let x2goversion exit with an error if the X2Go component cannot be found. - Detect terminated sessions from NX log file. Also interpret a session as terminated if terminating just has started. - Detect started/starting/resumed/resuming sessions by explicitly scanning the NX session log file for those keywords. - Interpret NX sessions marked as "aborting session" as (not yet) terminated sessions. - Provide config option for server-side/global clipboard behaviour in x2goagent.options. (Fixes: #506). - Be aware of poly-instantiated /tmp directories bind-mounted under /tmp-inst. (Fixes: #406). - On suspend: Call x2goumount-session before sending SIGHUP to x2goagent. - Refuse client communcation if server-side hostname is not set up correctly (Fixes: #468). - Fix string comparison in x2goumount-session. - Fix problems with unmounting shared folders on session suspension/ termination. Remove extra parentheses from the fusermount execution call. (Fixes: #407). - Use type -p instead of which in x2goumount-session. Suppress output to stdout properly. - Use if--then--else--fi during x2goagent resuming in x2goresume-session script. - More reliably sync the NX session state with the status information in the X2Go session DB. - x2golistdesktops: Also detect sharable desktop sessions behind abstract kernel namespace sockets. - Add logcheck rules for X2Go Server. Thanks to Frank Werner for sending them in. - Correctly use diversions from stderr to stdout in shell commands. (Fixes: #520). - Don't die if no session state file is found, as it will break X2Go completely after upgrading from versions << 4.0.1.16 if sessions are still running/suspended during package upgrade. - Provide support for client-side choice of clipboard security. (Fixes: #524). - Use more quotes in x2goruncommand. - Detect the exit of rootless applications that forked to background on application execution. (Fixes: #122). - Make x2goruncommand more robust. - Don't fail Xsession startup if any of the profile scripts returns with an error. - Silently timeout in x2golistdesktops if calls to x2golistsessions and/or xwininfo don't produce output within one second. (Fixes: #543). - Allow email addresses as login usernames. (Fixes: #573). - Abort session startup if env var $USER or $SSH_CLIENT are not set. (Fixes: #558). - Allow length of username up to 48 characters (was: 32 characters). (Fixes: #574). - Abort session if env var $HOME is not set or if $HOME contains non-ASCII characters. (Fixes: #397). - Export XAUTHORITY env var in x2goruncommand to enable privilege upgrade for applications started via pkexec. (Fixes: #458). - x2gocleansessions: Don't print to stderr if the session state file cannot be found. This can happen during session startups. Report to system log instead. - Don't use Perl package File::ReadBackwards anymore. - Fix x2gormforward for 4.0.1.x release series (the X2Go::Log Perl module only exists in X2Go Server >= 4.1.0.0, the 4.0.1.x release series has to use x2gologlevel.pm in `x2gopath lib`. (Fixes: #617). - Pick x2gogetagentstate from 4.1.0.0 release series and adapt to usage with X2Go Server 4.0.1.x. (Fixes: #619). * debian/control, x2goserver.spec: + Update versioned D: x2goagent (>= 3.5.0.25). This assures that X2Go works with poly-instantiated /tmp directories. + Make sure x2gogetagentstate gets packaged in bin:package x2goserver. + Bump Standards: to 3.9.5. No changes needed. + Mark x2goserver-pyhoca bin:package as deprecated. + Drop D (x2goserver): libfile-readbackwards-perl. * x2goserver.spec: + Install {libdir}/x2go/x2gormforward into bin:package x2goserver. + Drop R (x2goserver): perl(File::ReadBackwards). . [ Oleksandr Shneyder ] * New upstream version (4.0.1.16): - x2gostartagent, x2golistsession, x2gosuspend-session and x2goresume-session getting agent state from ~/.x2go/C-$SID/state. This should help to avoid session damage. Remove nxcleanup. (Fixes: #302, #511). - Move session file to /tmp/.x2go-$USER. (Fixes: #523). - Fix x2gostartagent failures if kbd is not "auto". Remove comma at end of options file. - Set default value for clipboard to "both" in x2gostartagent and x2goresume-session. - Clean user SSHD process if connection between server and client lost. This should fix error "Global request tcpip-forward failed". (Fixes: #495, #547). . [ Orion Paplowski ] * x2goserver.spec: + Sync Fedora .spec file with our upstream-provided x2goserver.spec. Regards, Mike Gabriel -- DAS-NETZWERKTEAM mike gabriel, herweg 7, 24357 fleckeby fon: +49 (1520) 1976 148 GnuPG Key ID 0x25771B31 mail: mike.gabriel(a)das-netzwerkteam.de, http://das-netzwerkteam.de freeBusy: https://mail.das-netzwerkteam.de/freebusy/m.gabriel%40das-netzwerkteam.de.x…

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"X2Go: The Gathering 2014": registration deadline coming near (Sep 18th 2014)
by Mike Gabriel 17 Sep '14

17 Sep '14

Hi all, TL;DR; the registration deadline for the upcoming X2Go Gathering @Linuxhotel.de (31st Oct - 2nd Nov 2014) is coming close (booking accomodation for the event will not be reliably possible beyond 18th Sep 2014, which is tomorrow). Read http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.terminal-server.x2go.announce/125 for further details. We'd love to welcome all people at the event, that are interested in X2Go, use X2Go, have contributed to X2Go, or have not yet contributed to X2Go. We'd be happy to welcome everyone associated to our project and look forward to get each others' faces (better). Please send your questions / registration / accomodation bookings to Stefan Baur (X2Go-ML-1 <at> baur-itcs.de). If you intend joining us (you really should!!!), please take the time to fully read the original announcement post "X2Go: The Gathering 2014" [1] sent out by Stefan Baur. Thanks and hopefully CU at the event!!! Mike [1] http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.terminal-server.x2go.announce/125 -- DAS-NETZWERKTEAM mike gabriel, herweg 7, 24357 fleckeby fon: +49 (1520) 1976 148 GnuPG Key ID 0x25771B31 mail: mike.gabriel(a)das-netzwerkteam.de, http://das-netzwerkteam.de freeBusy: https://mail.das-netzwerkteam.de/freebusy/m.gabriel%40das-netzwerkteam.de.x…

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"X2Go: The Gathering 2014" starts 2014-10-31 - please respond ASAP if you want to participate!
by Stefan Baur 10 Sep '14

10 Sep '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 X2Go: The Gathering 2014 @ Linuxhotel This year's X2Go community event will be a three-day "work and play" (coding, chatting, sightseeing, socializing) event at Linuxhotel, Essen, Germany. *ATTENTION!* If you want to join us *and* want to sleep in one of the hotel rooms at the Linuxhotel, we need the number of beds and nights you want to reserve, as well as *your full name* (as printed on your passport) and *your nationality* by *2014-09-18* *23:59:59* *CEST* (yes, that's 2014-09-18, *not* 2014-10-18)!!! Very important!!! After that date, we will be unable to reserve a room for you! First come, first serve! Please send your reservation request to X2Go-ML-1(a)baur-itcs.de with the text "The Gathering" somewhere in the subject and bug me publicly on the X2Go-Dev list if you don't receive a confirmation by e-mail after a day or two. Currently, the following core team members already have valid registrations and thus do not need to re-register: - - Mike#1 - - Mike#2 - - Stefan Baur - - Heinz-M. Graesing (Sat/Sun only, so far) (@Heinz-M. Graesing: Please let me know ASAP regarding Fri/Sat.) If for some reason or other you do *not* need a place to sleep at Linuxhotel, but *do* want to join us, please *still* let us know in advance that you're planning to visit. There's no such hard deadline as for the room reservations, but you will need to "check in" (see "Admission fee" below) for our gathering with the Linuxhotel staff, so please *do* let us know in advance. *Costs for Linuxhotel hotel rooms* Rooms are available at 15 EUR/night (and since we're a two-night-, three-day event, expect to pay 30 EUR total for the room). Note that this is the price for a *shared* room, i.e. you will have at least one other person (in some rooms, even two) sleeping in the same room with you. If you want a *single room*, the *price doubles* and we need to know *ASAP*, as the amount of single rooms at Linuxhotel is *very* limited - only 3 rooms available! It is also possible to book only one of the two nights if you can't make it for the entire weekend, but don't want to miss out on all the fun. *Admission fee* 5 EUR/day, again, since we're a three-day event, expect to 15 EUR total. This is a per-person conference room/infrastructure rent and beverages flat rate - *this includes beer and wine*! Food is not included in this fee. Expect that there will be no lunch/dinner served by Linuxhotel, thus it's totally cool with the Linuxhotel management if you bring your own (if you're flying in from abroad, please check import restrictions) or order from a delivery service. *Payment* You will have to pay in cash *upon arriving at Linuxhotel*. Sorry, we can't accept credit cards, debit cards, wire transfers, bitcoins or other forms of payment for this event - *cash only*. Also, all payments must be made in *Euro, not in foreign currencies*. Sorry about that, too. The processing fees for non-cash and/or non-Euro payments would drive up the prices. We will be updating the Wiki page http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/events:start?&#x2gothe_gathering_2014_linuxho… as more information becomes available. Certain things, like our breakfast options, or having lunch/dinner served by Linuxhotel instead of having to order from a delivery service (as it stands now), can only be planned once we know the exact number of participants. *For now, here's the Wiki text* X2Go: The Gathering 2014 @ Linuxhotel Date: 2014-10-31 to 2014-11-02 Three-day event at http://www.linuxhotel.de (for conditions, see: https://www.linuxhotel.de/community.html / http://www.linuxhotel.de/community.en.html, Essen ("work and play" gathering; grid power, wifi, hotel style rooms, youth hostel-like service, recreational facilities available, sightseeing tours/group entertainment available in the evening) Plan for Friday 2014-10-31: - arrival: 1800 hours/6pm local time (CET - Central European Time - note that daylight saving time in Germany ends a few days before this date) - option to order Pizza, bringing your own food is OK, too. - get-together in the chimney room (there's Wi-Fi and power, so if you want to code away, feel free to do so) Plan for Saturday 2014-11-01: - breakfast between 0900 hours/9am - 1000 hours/10am local time - coding session in meeting room - English guided tour: http://www.zollverein.de/angebote/about-coal-and-miners starting 1500 hours/3pm local time (note that we will have to leave Linuxhotel/Unperfekthaus before that, as our teleporter and time machine are still undergoing repairs ;-)) - depending on majority vote, we will either have lunch before the guided tour, or dinner afterwards. We will go to the http://www.unperfekthaus.de restaurant, as they offer "flat rate" food and all items on their menu are tagged in English and German. Plan for Sunday 2014-11-02: - breakfast between 0900 hours/9am - 1000 hours/10am local time - "room cleaning rage" (we need to clean the rooms ourselves, that's one of the reasons why the rates are so cheap) - ROOMS MUST BE CLEANED OF TRASH AND CLEARED OF YOUR PERSONAL BELONGINGS BY 1000 hours/10am local time! - stowing of personal belongings in chimney room or conference room - option to order pizza - coding session - departure is around 1530 hours/3:30pm local time Responsibilities: - planning and preparation - Stefan - liaison for Linuxhotel staff between 2014-10-31 and 2014-11-02 - Mike#1 Sincerely, Stefan Baur, "X2Go: The Gathering" event organizer - -- BAUR-ITCS UG (haftungsbeschränkt) Geschäftsführer: Stefan Baur Eichenäckerweg 10, 89081 Ulm | Registergericht Ulm, HRB 724364 Fon/Fax 0731 40 34 66-36/-35 | USt-IdNr.: DE268653243 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJUEJYYAAoJEG7d9BjNvlEZaacH/jkEXwX2/pCqeiYDFrcP13zM 8K+XD58PVYWweu1g8R90kOGhwgu/WDKSNrX4dlB0eLCxw8V3PfvWhc5ifD6xlL8o yuZTBe3Rnm4+OgKpP8PaMz5alT2SWlwgUiqdqNtKUw8fwemQQfsFRcC1ndgd2XVd rB4LyN5Z9Ekpf8dToW7vm2lPwHPnPwid8LiDEyuQavmrq1kR1Nr9ZvjJ1PdfgXhC K63IlTeJMl30l1Yt62Egt3Vh0tDgwR4y3bz/HdkxH1RNOSC6G0zsQTnoyQsfiPy9 OFQUDg/KW/frbOZ2rt/vMRt4PSVbmR5VbTfzemU0k9boxOooHgmfyo/Ji9eM19w= =R9Tj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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X2Go Client for Windows (4.0.2.1+hotfix1+build4) released
by Mike DePaulo 02 Sep '14

02 Sep '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Dear all, This is to announce a new Windows-specific release of the X2Go component ,,x2goclient'' The changes in this release of ,,x2goclient'' are: o Windows: Fix missing VcXsrv/zlib1.dll . The impact of this bug was that VcXsrv would not start if the cwd was changed from the x2goclient directory. (The start menu and desktop shortcuts do have the x2goclient directory as the cwd. So they were not affected.) (Fixes: #587) Users are advised to update from 4.0.2.1+hotfix1+build3 to 4.0.2.1+hotfix1+build4 if they are affected by this bug. For the Windows-specific release notes for this release, see this page: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:release-notes-mswin:x2goclient-4.0.2.1 Regards, Mike DePaulo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlQFKBQACgkQIFy22CVQsisLpAD/WrmwxWwqHOMPhrDF8PSCyJEv MJUXHo0D8+de9vXI1r4A/2nGm427CfoMBB/fI+gOgqjjBM89itbqOO3QMNCGjnwY =5BgY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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