On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Michael McFarlane <michael@bizsolver.com> wrote:

Server software on ubuntu server 11.10.
Client on windows 7
Selected GNOME (KFCE on server)

Openssh works on port 22 (putty)
Client appears to connect, but unresponsive. X2GO displayed in grey on black background

What version of Windows client are you using?

What is KFCE? If you selected "GNOME" in the client, how can it know to start KFCE?

Did you mean XFCE?

I still use the 3.01-13 client, since all the newer ones have various problems. But even with those problems, I can still connect with the newer versions. I just tested 3.99.0.4, and I could connect (but it still have problems, most notably it freezes when trying to play most youtube videos).

Anyway, I use XFCE, and I choose "Custom" in the client, and give it the command "/usr/bin/startxfce4" and it gives me almost the same startup messages as you posted, but it does connect and allow me to use the desktop normally (except all the clients have a bug where it sets the Windows window size too small when you choose a custom resolution, say 800x600, the windows client sets the outer dimensions of the window to 800x600 but of course the windows title bar takes up 25-30 pixels, so the window ends up being too small to display an 800x600 desktop).

I wonder why the client does not have XFCE as an option.