Hi,
I'm testing out x2go, so far so good. Seems to work better for full session setups then xpra (I didn't test rustdesk yet).
I was wondering how the session could 'grab the keyboard'.
I'm using a tiling wm, dwm, which is keyboard / keybindings based. My client machine also runs dwm and currently it is that dwm who is picking up the keybindings. How can I make the x2go session react on the dwm keybinding and how to switch between those (like you can in a virtual machine afaik).
Thanks in advance,
/s
Hi,
I think this could be solved using autograb. Unfortunately the default config seems not to enable it. Try the following.
- on the server side create ~/.x2go/config/keystrokes.cfg with this content: <!DOCTYPE NXKeystroke> <keystrokes> <keystroke action="close_session" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="t" /> <keystroke action="switch_all_screens" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="f" /> <keystroke action="fullscreen" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="f" /> <keystroke action="minimize" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="m" /> <keystroke action="defer" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="e" /> <keystroke action="force_synchronization" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="j" /> <keystroke action="resize" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="r" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_left" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="Left" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_left" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Left" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_up" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="Up" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_up" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Up" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_right" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="Right" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_right" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Right" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_down" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="Down" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_down" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Down" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_left" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="Left" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_left" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Left" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_up" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="Up" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_up" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Up" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_right" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="Right" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_right" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Right" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_down" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="Down" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_down" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Down" /> <keystroke action="reread_keystrokes" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="k" /> <keystroke action="autograb" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="g" /> <keystroke action="dump_clipboard" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="c" /> </keystrokes>
- start a NEW session or disconnnect/reconnect a running session
- press ctrl-alt-g in the session to activate autograb
You can also activate autograb by default by adding one of these two to /etc/x2go/x2goagent.options: X2GO_NXAGENT_DEFAULT_OPTIONS+=" -autograb"
or
X2GO_NXOPTIONS="autograb=1"
Does it work like you need it?
Uli
On Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 12:17 PM sjomae <sjomae@mailbox.org> wrote:
Hi,
I'm testing out x2go, so far so good. Seems to work better for full session setups then xpra (I didn't test rustdesk yet).
I was wondering how the session could 'grab the keyboard'.
I'm using a tiling wm, dwm, which is keyboard / keybindings based. My client machine also runs dwm and currently it is that dwm who is picking up the keybindings. How can I make the x2go session react on the dwm keybinding and how to switch between those (like you can in a virtual machine afaik).
Thanks in advance,
/s
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On 7/4/24 12:44 PM, Ulrich Sibiller wrote:
Hi,
I think this could be solved using autograb. Unfortunately the default config seems not to enable it. Try the following.
- on the server side create ~/.x2go/config/keystrokes.cfg with this content: <!DOCTYPE NXKeystroke> <keystrokes> <keystroke action="close_session" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="t" /> <keystroke action="switch_all_screens" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="f" /> <keystroke action="fullscreen" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="f" /> <keystroke action="minimize" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="m" /> <keystroke action="defer" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="e" /> <keystroke action="force_synchronization" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="j" /> <keystroke action="resize" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="r" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_left" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="Left" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_left" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Left" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_up" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="Up" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_up" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Up" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_right" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="Right" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_right" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Right" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_down" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="Down" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_down" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Down" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_left" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="Left" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_left" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Left" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_up" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="Up" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_up" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Up" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_right" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="Right" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_right" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Right" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_down" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="Down" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_down" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Down" /> <keystroke action="reread_keystrokes" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="k" /> <keystroke action="autograb" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="g" /> <keystroke action="dump_clipboard" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="c" /> </keystrokes>
- start a NEW session or disconnnect/reconnect a running session
- press ctrl-alt-g in the session to activate autograb
You can also activate autograb by default by adding one of these two to /etc/x2go/x2goagent.options: X2GO_NXAGENT_DEFAULT_OPTIONS+=" -autograb"
or
X2GO_NXOPTIONS="autograb=1"
Does it work like you need it?
Thanks, the second option works. I was wondering why the keystrokes.cfg is a user account based file and not a system wide file? The x2go server is running system wide right?
keystrokes.cfg
There's a system wide file: /etc/x2go/x2goagent.keystrokes. But you can override it with a user-specific file. In this case this is necessary because the default file of x2go does not contain the autograb keystroke.
Uli
On Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 2:31 PM sjomae <sjomae@mailbox.org> wrote:
On 7/4/24 12:44 PM, Ulrich Sibiller wrote:
Hi,
I think this could be solved using autograb. Unfortunately the default config seems not to enable it. Try the following.
- on the server side create ~/.x2go/config/keystrokes.cfg with this content: <!DOCTYPE NXKeystroke> <keystrokes> <keystroke action="close_session" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="t" /> <keystroke action="switch_all_screens" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="f" /> <keystroke action="fullscreen" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="f" /> <keystroke action="minimize" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="m" /> <keystroke action="defer" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="e" /> <keystroke action="force_synchronization" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="j" /> <keystroke action="resize" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="r" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_left" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="Left" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_left" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Left" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_up" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="Up" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_up" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Up" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_right" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="Right" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_right" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Right" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_down" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="Down" /> <keystroke action="viewport_move_down" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Down" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_left" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="Left" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_left" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Left" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_up" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="Up" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_up" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Up" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_right" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="Right" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_right" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Right" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_down" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="Down" /> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_down" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Down" /> <keystroke action="reread_keystrokes" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="k" /> <keystroke action="autograb" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="g" /> <keystroke action="dump_clipboard" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="c" /> </keystrokes>
- start a NEW session or disconnnect/reconnect a running session
- press ctrl-alt-g in the session to activate autograb
You can also activate autograb by default by adding one of these two to /etc/x2go/x2goagent.options: X2GO_NXAGENT_DEFAULT_OPTIONS+=" -autograb"
or
X2GO_NXOPTIONS="autograb=1"
Does it work like you need it?
Thanks, the second option works. I was wondering why the keystrokes.cfg is a user account based file and not a system wide file? The x2go server is running system wide right?
keystrokes.cfg
On 7/4/24 2:37 PM, Ulrich Sibiller wrote:
There's a system wide file: /etc/x2go/x2goagent.keystrokes. But you can override it with a user-specific file. In this case this is necessary because the default file of x2go does not contain the autograb keystroke.
So do I understand it right, that one can also add the autograb keystroke to the system wide file?
With the first option, ctrl-alt-g finishes / quits the session (as also noticed on IRC yesterday by someone else).
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sjomae -
Ulrich Sibiller