Hey folks,
first of all I'd like to thank you for your excellent work! I just gave x2go a try on my virtual server running ubuntu hardy and I am quite impressed how easy it was to set it up and how fast it works.
One short thing concerning the new plugin (which is not yet released, I know): I am on ubuntu lucid here (amd64) and firefox 3.6.3 - browsing to http://plugin.x2go.org and installing the plugin works perfectly.
But: After installation, browsing to plugin.x2go.org makes firefox crash with the following command line output: firefox-bin: ../../src/xcb_io.c:249: process_responses: Assertion `(((long) (dpy->last_request_read) - (long) (dpy->request)) <= 0)' failed.
Just as a hint - but probably you already know this issue...
Anyway, now my actual question: I am developing a portable learning and working environment for the state of Lower Saxony targeted to schools (http://www.n-stick.de). Basically users put it on their USB stick to manage their portable programs and get updates using an apt-get like repository providing software and learning materials. If they e.g. install openoffice through the package manager, they can double click an *.odt file in the builtin file manager and it is opened with their openoffice. You probably already guess what I am thinking about: It would be cool if they had an option to say "Edit online" - in the case they don't have the appropriate application on their stick. Our portable desktop would then start x2goclient and popup an openoffice window on the remote x2goserver configured in the user's settings.
I had a look at x2goclient-cli which could easily be executed by our python app. A few questions:
- most of the users are using Windows - is or will the CLI be available for windows as well?
- is there a way to tell the CLI that it should let the local window manager render the windows? If I use it with --command xterm for example, a 800x600 virtual desktop pops up and contains an xterm window. I have seen the x2goclient-gtk/qt can do that, but I am not sure how to do it with the CLI.
- if the user clicks a file on his USB drive the terminal server will need access to it - is it possible to get that working with the CLI?
Thanks once again and have fun at LinuxTag :o)
Jörg