Hi *,
I have a simple question that I didn't get answered reading the documentation:
Is it possible to hook up to an existing X-Session (Desktop) with X2go? And if yes, how to do so?
Having tried X2go, I get always a "new" desktop when I logon with the client to the machine on which the server is installed. Sorry for asking this question if this is written in the documentation. I did not find it.
Best regards Axel
Hi Axel,
On Sa 09 Apr 2011 17:23:13 CEST Axel Klein wrote:
Hi *,
I have a simple question that I didn't get answered reading the documentation:
Is it possible to hook up to an existing X-Session (Desktop) with X2go? And if yes, how to do so?
Having tried X2go, I get always a "new" desktop when I logon with the client to the machine on which the server is installed. Sorry for asking this question if this is written in the documentation. I did not find it.
with X2go you cannot hijack local sessions (e.g. after login via kdm/gdm).
What you can do is start an x2go session on your server, suspend this
session and resume it again (from some other client).
If you cannot find menu items for suspending sessions, you can open a
shell and run the following commands:
x2golistsessions -> will show your current sessions on that server
The x2golistsessions command gives you the session id. It should look
like ,,mike-59-1302521405_stDGNOME_dp24'', it is the second field in
each line reported by x2golistsessions.
With the session id you can suspend your session:
x2gosuspend-session mike-59-1302521405_stDGNOME_dp24
If you then login to the server again then you should be able to
resume this session (Fortsetzen/fortfahren in German, not sure which
one is used).
Of course, this scripting stuff is a little awkward. If you install
the package x2gognomebindings (for GNOME) or x2goplasmoid (for KDE4)
there should be a menu item that allows to suspend a session. With
x2goplasmoid I have seen situations that this does not work reliably,
but with GNOME there will definitely be a menu item in ,,System'' menu.
Hope that helps, Mike
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On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 13:35 +0200, Mike Gabriel wrote:
<snip>
What you can do is start an x2go session on your server, suspend this
session and resume it again (from some other client).If you cannot find menu items for suspending sessions, you can open a
shell and run the following commands:x2golistsessions -> will show your current sessions on that server
The x2golistsessions command gives you the session id. It should look
like ,,mike-59-1302521405_stDGNOME_dp24'', it is the second field in
each line reported by x2golistsessions.With the session id you can suspend your session:
x2gosuspend-session mike-59-1302521405_stDGNOME_dp24
If you then login to the server again then you should be able to
resume this session (Fortsetzen/fortfahren in German, not sure which
one is used).Of course, this scripting stuff is a little awkward. If you install
the package x2gognomebindings (for GNOME) or x2goplasmoid (for KDE4)
there should be a menu item that allows to suspend a session. With
x2goplasmoid I have seen situations that this does not work reliably,
but with GNOME there will definitely be a menu item in ,,System'' menu. <snip> We elected to create an icon which called the x2gosuspend-session-gnome script. We found when we installed x2gokdebindings that it stole the end session button for terminate (which was fine) and the lock desktop button for suspend which was definitely not fine because we wanted users to be able to lock and step away from their virtual desktops. Thanks - John
Thank you for the answers, but sorry, guys, I am still confused. You tell me that's not possible, but now I found a menu item "x2go Desktop sharing". That's exactly what I want - I think. When I enabled it, how can I connect to that from another machine and where is that documented?
Axel
Am 11.04.2011 20:37, schrieb John A. Sullivan III:
On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 13:35 +0200, Mike Gabriel wrote:
<snip>
What you can do is start an x2go session on your server, suspend this session and resume it again (from some other client).
If you cannot find menu items for suspending sessions, you can open a shell and run the following commands:
x2golistsessions -> will show your current sessions on that serverThe x2golistsessions command gives you the session id. It should look like ,,mike-59-1302521405_stDGNOME_dp24'', it is the second field in each line reported by x2golistsessions.
With the session id you can suspend your session:
x2gosuspend-session mike-59-1302521405_stDGNOME_dp24If you then login to the server again then you should be able to resume this session (Fortsetzen/fortfahren in German, not sure which one is used).
Of course, this scripting stuff is a little awkward. If you install the package x2gognomebindings (for GNOME) or x2goplasmoid (for KDE4) there should be a menu item that allows to suspend a session. With x2goplasmoid I have seen situations that this does not work reliably, but with GNOME there will definitely be a menu item in ,,System'' menu. <snip> We elected to create an icon which called the x2gosuspend-session-gnome script. We found when we installed x2gokdebindings that it stole the end session button for terminate (which was fine) and the lock desktop button for suspend which was definitely not fine because we wanted users to be able to lock and step away from their virtual desktops. Thanks - John
Hi Axel,
On Mo 11 Apr 2011 23:12:50 CEST Axel Klein wrote:
Thank you for the answers, but sorry, guys, I am still confused. You
tell me that's not possible, but now I found a menu item "x2go
Desktop sharing". That's exactly what I want - I think. When I
enabled it, how can I connect to that from another machine and where
is that documented?
x2godesktopsharing can be used to
(a) view and use (full access) your own desktop session from two or more locations (b) to view someone else's desktop session (view-only mode)
As your former posting did not hint to any of the above use cases, I
suggest you describe what you want to do with X2go more precisely.
There will definitely be a solution for your needs, but I need more
details to help.
Greets, Mike
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