[X2go-dev] VcXsrv

[Gerry Reno]

On 02/03/2011 01:38 PM, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 18:27 +0100, Oleksandr Shneyder wrote:
>   
>> Am 03.02.2011 16:56, schrieb --[ UxBoD ]--:
>>     
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>       
>>>> <SNIP>
>>>> 1. VcXsrv crashes in multi-window mode during the start of x2goagent
>>>> (it
>>>> seems to work by resuming of x2goagent or in single-application mode).
>>>> 2. VcXsrv is crashing or working incorrectly by reparrenting of
>>>> x2goagent window (embedding in other window) in multi-window mode.
>>>> 3. VcXsrv is working incorrectly when the user wants to resize a
>>>> window
>>>> in multi-window mode on Windows XP.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <SNIP>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Alex
>>>>         
>>> Alex, I have performed some testing today and came to the same conclusion as yourself. I have even tried the *very* latest release (02/02/2011) and that exhibits the same issues. I have flagged it on the vcxsrv forum so hopefully the dev will be able to help us out; at least I can try and get some debug information for them :)
>>>       
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Unfortunately, I have no time to make this X stuff now. Please let us
>> know if you have any informations from Vcxsrv developers.
>>     
> <snip>
> We are happy to run with this as far as we can (in our
> non-developerness!).  But it is an absolutely critical, highest priority
> problem.  X2Go as a viable production solution for Windows user is a
> no-go and we are in a catch 22.  One cannot expect Windows users to live
> without a mouse.  X2Go with Xming has this critical bug - several of our
> early clients need to suspend, close their X2Go client and restart
> several times a day and it is one of several reasons why we are delayed
> in the major launch of our business (I don't say that to make our
> problem the world's problem - just to highlight how critical this bug
> is).  Yet X2Go on vcxsrv is broken in any multi-window mode.
>
> The only reliable solution we have seen so far is X2Go over commercial
> Xming.  Thus, for X2Go to be production worthy for Windows users, we
> must either fix Xming or vcxsrv.  Xming is literally antagonistic to
> X2Go so our best bet is vcxsrv.  Let's hope the vcxsrv devs are able to
> fix this and we will devote whatever resources we can to work on it as
> well.  As always, thanks - John
>
>   


John, that has been our assessment as well.

We've demoed x2go to some clients and let them work with it and we
definitely need to have an Xserver that is stable and reliable.  And
right now that is not the case.  And I'm getting pushback from the
clients about the mouse issue and restarts.  For us xming commercial is
something we're looking at but that very much muddies up things with a
restrictive license.  If anyone has any ideas about how to produce some
meaningful debug information with either Xming or VcXsrv that could lead
to helping fix these problems please share it with us.  We'll be glad to
help with testing.


Regards,
Gerry