I've not seen this problem yet but I don't use my Windows 7 x2go client as much as my linux client.
Just to not overlook the obvious... maybe this is a Windows 7 problem?
I thought to go search for reported problems with Windows 7 and found the following:
My mouse pointer disappears after a few minutes of inactivity. When I
toucih the mouse pad, a square appears with little blue dots appears for
a second or two, then goes away. The mouse pointer at this point may or
may not re-appear. If not, it takes a lot of moving the mouse around to
get the pointer back.
I know there is a trick, if you turn on
mouse trails and set the trails to the lowest setting, it never
disappears. BUT I have certain games which do not work with mouse trails
on.
I don't know if the above is some "well-known" solution or not but that message lead me to Microsoft's own site and a search for "Windows 7 disappearing mouse" which returns many people reporting the problem:
Whatever the solution for those of you having the problem I'd first see if the general Microsoft population is reporting the problem using some of the same hardware or Windows 7 settings that you have.
Perhaps that will lead to a solution.
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6. FYI: Status of X2go Git preparations (Mike Gabriel)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:06:03 +0200
From: Dick Kniep<dick.kniep@lindix.nl>
To: x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de
Subject: Re: [X2go-dev] x2go python scripts
Message-ID: <vmime.4ccc0a2b.81c.f66469a3a52876@mail.pl20>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
Hi List,
We (Mike Gabriel and myself) are currently developing a new Python based (gui)client. For me the main reason was the instability of XMing, the X-server that is incorporated in the current X2go client. The new Python client will have a configurable X-server. So if you want to use Cygwin/X it is OK, if you want to use Xming it is OK, and if you want to use a commercial X-server that should work also.
We hope to have a working copy at the end of next week. Off course that will be Beta, but should be usable nevertheless and should have all features included.
After that testing should be done on Windows and Mac. I hope we can start packaging the whole thing after next week.
(I am an incurable optimist!)
Cheers
Dick Kniep
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: John A. Sullivan III <jsullivan@opensourcedevel.com>
Verzonden: wo 27-10-10 18:04:10
Aan: x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de;
Onderwerp: Re: [X2go-dev] x2go python scripts
> On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 11:56 -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:
> > On 10/27/2010 07:51 AM, --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote:
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > >
> > >> Hello Gerry,
> > >>
> > >> Am 26.10.2010 03:59, schrieb Gerry Reno:
> > >>
> > >>> On 10/25/2010 07:08 PM, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 00:58 +0200, Dick Kniep wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> hi Gerry,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>> John,
> > >>> The only real X-server choices on win32 are cygwin/X and Xming. I
> > >>> don't
> > >>> think wxPython changes that.
> > >>>
> > >> As we are looking for a solution on this problem too, I really would
> > >> be
> > >> interested in your ideas. As Xming is not free available on XOrg 7*
> > >> base, this is a big issue for future development.
> > >>
> > >> Maybe someone knows about a third X-Server for Windows?
> > >>
> > >> best regards,
> > >>
> > >> Heinz
> > >>
> > > How about http://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/ ?
> > >
> >
> > There have been a number of lesser attempts at creating an X-server for
> > Windows over the years but none of them were as good as Xming or
> > Cygwin. I haven't tried this vcxsrv yet and hopefully it is better than
> > some of the previous attempts. The project looks to be about a year old
> > and the project page looks recently active which is a good sign.
> > Requires Visual Studio to compile.
> >
> > Heinz, would you have to do a special client release to support it?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Gerry
> <snip>
> I wonder if one could use the 3.0.1-2 Windows client to test. If I
> recall correctly, that version gave an option to install Xming, cygwin,
> or nothing and used whatever XServer was available - John
>
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:06:10 +0200
From: Dick Kniep<dick.kniep@lindix.nl>
To: x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de
Subject: Re: [X2go-dev] x2go python scripts
Message-ID: <vmime.4ccc0a32.81c.616ed73a33f420d6@mail.pl20>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
Hi List,
We (Mike Gabriel and myself) are currently developing a new Python based (gui)client. For me the main reason was the instability of XMing, the X-server that is incorporated in the current X2go client. The new Python client will have a configurable X-server. So if you want to use Cygwin/X it is OK, if you want to use Xming it is OK, and if you want to use a commercial X-server that should work also.
We hope to have a working copy at the end of next week. Off course that will be Beta, but should be usable nevertheless and should have all features included.
After that testing should be done on Windows and Mac. I hope we can start packaging the whole thing after next week.
(I am an incurable optimist!)
Cheers
Dick Kniep
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: John A. Sullivan III <jsullivan@opensourcedevel.com>
Verzonden: wo 27-10-10 18:04:10
Aan: x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de;
Onderwerp: Re: [X2go-dev] x2go python scripts
> On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 11:56 -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:
> > On 10/27/2010 07:51 AM, --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote:
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > >
> > >> Hello Gerry,
> > >>
> > >> Am 26.10.2010 03:59, schrieb Gerry Reno:
> > >>
> > >>> On 10/25/2010 07:08 PM, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 00:58 +0200, Dick Kniep wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> hi Gerry,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>> John,
> > >>> The only real X-server choices on win32 are cygwin/X and Xming. I
> > >>> don't
> > >>> think wxPython changes that.
> > >>>
> > >> As we are looking for a solution on this problem too, I really would
> > >> be
> > >> interested in your ideas. As Xming is not free available on XOrg 7*
> > >> base, this is a big issue for future development.
> > >>
> > >> Maybe someone knows about a third X-Server for Windows?
> > >>
> > >> best regards,
> > >>
> > >> Heinz
> > >>
> > > How about http://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/ ?
> > >
> >
> > There have been a number of lesser attempts at creating an X-server for
> > Windows over the years but none of them were as good as Xming or
> > Cygwin. I haven't tried this vcxsrv yet and hopefully it is better than
> > some of the previous attempts. The project looks to be about a year old
> > and the project page looks recently active which is a good sign.
> > Requires Visual Studio to compile.
> >
> > Heinz, would you have to do a special client release to support it?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Gerry
> <snip>
> I wonder if one could use the 3.0.1-2 Windows client to test. If I
> recall correctly, that version gave an option to install Xming, cygwin,
> or nothing and used whatever XServer was available - John
>
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:16:22 +0200
From: Dick Kniep<dick.kniep@lindix.nl>
To: x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de
Subject: Re: [X2go-dev] x2go python scripts
Message-ID: <vmime.4ccc0c96.81c.4c48867a2d74b396@mail.pl20>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
Hi Gerry,
I donated 10 pounds and tested the current payed XMing code. However that code crashes almost as frequently as the GPL code. If you start a session with XMing and move your mouse a bit around, the X-server crashes (on Windows 7). I haven't tested on Windows XP or Vista.
As I have written before, the python client will have a configurable X-server, so vcxsrv would certainly be tested!
Cheers,
Dick Kniep
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Gerry Reno <greno@verizon.net>
Verzonden: wo 27-10-10 17:56:44
Aan: x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de;
Onderwerp: Re: [X2go-dev] x2go python scripts
> On 10/27/2010 07:51 AM, --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> >> Hello Gerry,
> >>
> >> Am 26.10.2010 03:59, schrieb Gerry Reno:
> >>
> >>> On 10/25/2010 07:08 PM, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 00:58 +0200, Dick Kniep wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> hi Gerry,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>> John,
> >>> The only real X-server choices on win32 are cygwin/X and Xming. I
> >>> don't
> >>> think wxPython changes that.
> >>>
> >> As we are looking for a solution on this problem too, I really would
> >> be
> >> interested in your ideas. As Xming is not free available on XOrg 7*
> >> base, this is a big issue for future development.
> >>
> >> Maybe someone knows about a third X-Server for Windows?
> >>
> >> best regards,
> >>
> >> Heinz
> >>
> > How about http://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/ ?
> >
>
> There have been a number of lesser attempts at creating an X-server for
> Windows over the years but none of them were as good as Xming or
> Cygwin. I haven't tried this vcxsrv yet and hopefully it is better than
> some of the previous attempts. The project looks to be about a year old
> and the project page looks recently active which is a good sign.
> Requires Visual Studio to compile.
>
> Heinz, would you have to do a special client release to support it?
>
> Regards,
> Gerry
>
>
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 11:12:58 -0400
From: Gerry Reno <greno@verizon.net>
To: x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de
Subject: Re: [X2go-dev] x2go python scripts
Message-ID: <4CCC35FA.7000700@verizon.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
On 10/30/2010 08:16 AM, Dick Kniep wrote:
> Hi Gerry,
>
> I donated 10 pounds and tested the current payed XMing code. However that code crashes almost as frequently as the GPL code. If you start a session with XMing and move your mouse a bit around, the X-server crashes (on Windows 7). I haven't tested on Windows XP or Vista.
>
> As I have written before, the python client will have a configurable X-server, so vcxsrv would certainly be tested!
>
> Cheers,
> Dick Kniep
>
>
That Xming crash could be specific to Windows 7. Check XP when you have
a chance and see if it happens there.
Like the configurable X-server idea. Flexibility is a good thing.
Regards,
Gerry
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:00:24 +0200
From: Mike Gabriel <m.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>
To: x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de, Dick Kniep <dick.kniep@lindix.nl>
Subject: Re: [X2go-dev] x2go python scripts
Message-ID: <20101030230024.53343e9gj2fvayco@mail.das-netzwerkteam.de>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed"
On Sa 30 Okt 2010 14:06:10 CEST Dick Kniep wrote:
> We hope to have a working copy at the end of next week. Off course
> that will be Beta, but should be usable nevertheless and should have
> all features included.
>
> After that testing should be done on Windows and Mac. I hope we can
> start packaging the whole thing after next week.
>
> (I am an incurable optimist!)
Dick is making me scared...
;-)
Mike
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:11:41 +0200
From: Mike Gabriel <m.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>
To: x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de
Subject: [X2go-dev] FYI: Status of X2go Git preparations
Message-ID: <20101030231141.97671ls28a8jxr0t@mail.das-netzwerkteam.de>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed"
Dear list,
[In the role of future Git Admin for X2go I send you the following
information. Sending this info had already been agreed on a week ago,
however, in a very exciting and also strenuous last week, sending this
mail to the X2go-dev list simply got lost temporarily on my TODO list.
Sorry for that!!!]
For those who are interested in the X2go public Git preparations: you
can watch the X2go developers (Heinz and Alex) work as they prepare
the latest X2go code for public Git at their sandbox site:
http://git.x2go.org
The Git sandbox site can be viewed in a web browser, Git
checkouts/pulls, however, are not possible there.
Currently, the plan is to restructure the X2go source tree a little
more in order to make working with it more intuitively for us all.
For this process Heinz and Alex still need a little more time (as they
do it after they have come home from work and there are still a few
issues to discuss). However, with the Git preparation sandbox (see
above link) you can already grab a preview of the official community
repository later on presented at (pullable & branch-pushable) BerliOS.
And again our offer: if you intend to work on your own blend of X2go
you are invited to also share your work on a branch of our
nearly-there public Git repository at BerliOS. If you are interested
in collaboration, please sign up at BerliOS as a developer...
http://developer.berlios.de/account/register.php
... and send us an email with your BerliOS login name and your
preferred X2go branch name. Please let us also know about the features
or modifications that you intend to add to X2go (out of pure curiosity).
Please send your Git branching requests to: git-admin@x2go.org
Our current timeline for X2go Git is to push the Git sandbox to
BerliOS before the end of November 2010.
light+love,
Mike
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:08:36 -0400
From: Gerry Reno <greno@verizon.net>
To: x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de
Subject: Re: [X2go-dev] FYI: Status of X2go Git preparations
Message-ID: <4CCCA574.1070404@verizon.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
On 10/30/2010 05:11 PM, Mike Gabriel wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> [In the role of future Git Admin for X2go I send you the following
> information. Sending this info had already been agreed on a week ago,
> however, in a very exciting and also strenuous last week, sending this
> mail to the X2go-dev list simply got lost temporarily on my TODO list.
> Sorry for that!!!]
>
> For those who are interested in the X2go public Git preparations: you
> can watch the X2go developers (Heinz and Alex) work as they prepare
> the latest X2go code for public Git at their sandbox site:
> http://git.x2go.org
>
<snip>
Hi Mike,
Nice work. I just took a quick tour through the Git. Looks good.
Not quite all there but pretty far along. This will certainly make
things easier to collaborate.
I think I have a developer account over on Berlios somewhere. I'll
have to go find it and send it over to you.
Regards,
Gerry
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 07:41:22 +0000 (GMT)
From: "--[ UxBoD ]--" <uxbod@splatnix.net>
To: x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de
Subject: Re: [X2go-dev] x2go python scripts
Message-ID:
<2052809614.158.1288510882556.JavaMail.root@office.splatnix.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
----- Original Message -----
> On 10/30/2010 08:16 AM, Dick Kniep wrote:
> > Hi Gerry,
> >
> > I donated 10 pounds and tested the current payed XMing code. However
> > that code crashes almost as frequently as the GPL code. If you start
> > a session with XMing and move your mouse a bit around, the X-server
> > crashes (on Windows 7). I haven't tested on Windows XP or Vista.
> >
> > As I have written before, the python client will have a configurable
> > X-server, so vcxsrv would certainly be tested!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dick Kniep
> >
> >
>
> That Xming crash could be specific to Windows 7. Check XP when you
> have
> a chance and see if it happens there.
>
> Like the configurable X-server idea. Flexibility is a good thing.
>
>
> Regards,
> Gerry
>
I have been running the latest XMing code on XP for a while now and have had no issues. A colleague has upgraded his Windows 7 install, both fat-client and FF plugin, to use the new XMing as-well. We have been having real issues with the mouse disappearing every so often; in-fact for one of our clients it was happening multiple times per day. With the latest XMing release we have not seen the problem occur. However we are exploring all avenues and would love to be able to try x2go with vcxsrv.
--
Thanks, Phil
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