Hi all,
I came across this question on the user list https://www.mail-archive.com/x2go-user@lists.berlios.de/msg00460.html
Jonathan Brown <https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=x2go-user@lists.berlios.de&q=from:%22Jonathan+Brown%22> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:05:59 -0800 <https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=x2go-user@lists.berlios.de&q=date:20120223>
Hi all,
A cursory reading of the online lit I found relating to x2gothinclient seems to require that the stations all pxeboot...
I don't want thinclients that pxeboot.. what I need is a minimal OS that is setup to autologin to X and then pyhoca-cli to the x2go-server... can the x2gothinclient packages do this say on a minimal debian install for the thinclient.. ?
Since I did not see this capability, I already built from scratch a minimal Debian 6 that does an autologin into X using gdm/matchbox wm, and then created a script that force loops a username/pw graphical dialog using yad (zenity fork)... suffice it to say this works well... but I'm thinking if x2gothinclient already had the capability to do this then I did it all for nought.. except it was definitely a good exercise...
Mike has replied https://www.mail-archive.com/x2go-user@lists.berlios.de/msg00469.html
I would sure like to know if this has got a follow up, but can't find anything more about it on the list. Since i would like to create a minimal iso also with only a the login manager to access the x2go server, if would like to know if someone has succeeded in doing so.
Regards,
Jos.
Hi Jos,
On Fr 21 Feb 2014 13:17:49 CET, Jos wrote:
Hi all,
I came across this question on the user list https://www.mail-archive.com/x2go-user@lists.berlios.de/msg00460.html
Jonathan Brown
<https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=x2go-user@lists.berlios.de&q=from:%22Jonathan+Brown%22> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:05:59 -0800 <https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=x2go-user@lists.berlios.de&q=date:20120223> Hi
all,A cursory reading of the online lit I found relating to x2gothinclient seems to require that the stations all pxeboot...
I don't want thinclients that pxeboot.. what I need is a minimal OS that is setup to autologin to X and then pyhoca-cli to the x2go-server... can the x2gothinclient packages do this say on a minimal debian install for the thinclient.. ?
Since I did not see this capability, I already built from scratch a minimal Debian 6 that does an autologin into X using gdm/matchbox wm, and then created a script that force loops a username/pw graphical dialog using yad (zenity fork)... suffice it to say this works well... but I'm thinking if x2gothinclient already had the capability to do this then I did it all for nought.. except it was definitely a good exercise...
Mike has replied https://www.mail-archive.com/x2go-user@lists.berlios.de/msg00469.html
I would sure like to know if this has got a follow up, but can't
find anything more about it on the list. Since i would like to create a minimal iso also with only a the
login manager to access the x2go server, if would like to know if
someone has succeeded in doing so.
The x2gothinclient package acts as a display manager nowadays. Install
it and it will ask you to replace gdm/kdm and alike.
With PyHoca-CLI there is another approach. We have extended Unity
Greeter's remote login feature so that now Unity Greeter can log users
into X2Go Sessions.
Greets, Mike
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Hi Mike,
Thanks for the answer, i am now installing the thinclient package on a kvm virtual machine. One thing that I noticed on the wiki is this writing: X2Go TCE requires a local area network (LAN) that is at least switched at 100MB/s. The X2Go Thin Client chroot distribution is not designed to work over the internet or on low bandwidth connections This would mean that the pxe server can only be operated on LAN?
Regards,
Jos.
op 21-02-14 14:17, Mike Gabriel schreef:
The x2gothinclient package acts as a display manager nowadays. Install it and it will ask you to replace gdm/kdm and alike.
With PyHoca-CLI there is another approach. We have extended Unity Greeter's remote login feature so that now Unity Greeter can log users into X2Go Sessions.
Greets, Mike
Am 21.02.2014 18:52, schrieb Jos:
Thanks for the answer, i am now installing the thinclient package on a kvm virtual machine. One thing that I noticed on the wiki is this writing: X2Go TCE requires a local area network (LAN) that is at least switched at 100MB/s. The X2Go Thin Client chroot distribution is not designed to work over the internet or on low bandwidth connections This would mean that the pxe server can only be operated on LAN?
It is possible to PXE/TFTP/HTTP-boot over the internet, using gPXE or iPXE, but expect it to boot really slow.
Me, I'm using a minimal distro that can either run as a static image from CD/USB or as a self-updating (it queries the server for a newer release, downloads it in the background if there is one, then switches the next reboot to the downloaded copy) image on writable media.
Ccurrently tested and known to work:
- ext2/3 (ext4 will most likely work too)
- vfat
- ntfs
-Stefan
Hi Jos.
On Fr 21 Feb 2014 18:52:03 CET, Jos wrote:
Thanks for the answer, i am now installing the thinclient package on
a kvm virtual machine. One thing that I noticed on the wiki is this
writing: X2Go TCE requires a local area network (LAN) that is at least
switched at 100MB/s. The X2Go Thin Client chroot distribution is not
designed to work over the internet or on low bandwidth connections This would mean that the pxe server can only be operated on LAN?
The PXE server serves a complete linux chroot via NFS. For this you
need quite some speed on the network, otherwise the thin client
machine behaves slow.
Also PXE is served via DHCP. DHCP is only something you have on local
networks.
It is possible to work around both issues with a tool called iPXE, but
I have never tried that.
Mike
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