[X2Go-User] x2goserver on vserver guest

Adèlphe Rafanambinana radelphe at gmail.com
Sat Mar 31 09:24:12 CEST 2012


x2goruncommand does the trick.
Sorry, I should try to find out my problem before asking here.
Thank you,

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 07:16, Adèlphe Rafanambinana <radelphe at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> It's not a problem with fuse module, it was a permission problem in
> /home/<username>/.x2go/ folder.
> Looks like x2go couldn't create cmdoutput file in that folder. I adjusted
> permission and it the error was gone.
>
> However, how can I link "Internet browser" to firefox program?
> In my ubuntu, it goes automatically to Firefox, but it doesn't in Alpine
> Linux.
> Keep in mind that I didn't (and don't want) install any desktop on my
> Alpine Linux. I've installed firefox there.
>
> What I did, I wrote a sh script (on Alpine Linux) to export DISPLAY
> variable to my windows desktop and start firefox:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> export DISPLAY=<IP_OF_WINDOWS_DESKTOP>:0
> /usr/bin/firefox &
>
> And in x2goclient I specify the path of that script.
> That works, but it's not what I want to have.
>
> I want to link "Internet browser" session to /usr/bin/firefox.
> Does my question/explanation makes sense? Is that possible?
>
> Thank you,
>
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 06:06, Adèlphe Rafanambinana <radelphe at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> Thank you for your e-mail, and I'm sorry for the delayed response.
>>
>> I forgot to mention on my previous message, that Iǘe tried to load fuse
>> inside my vserver.
>> I used this link (http://linux-vserver.org/Fuse_GlusterFS) to get idea
>> on how to do that.
>> Unfortunately, it didn't help.
>> So I'm wondering:
>> 1. According to the error message, is the problem really due to the
>> missing of fuse module, or is it something else?
>> 2. If it's a problem with fuse module, how can I test/check if that it's
>> loaded in vserver guest? (maybe I should ask that question to vserver
>> mailing-list)
>>
>> You said in your previous message:
>> >Even that will not allow fusermount to work so local
>> > shares are a problem.  To work around that, we removed that
>> > functionality from the X2Go scripts running on the guest and moved them
>> > and a modified x2gocleansessions script to the host.
>>
>> How can I do something like that on my set up?
>> Thank you,
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 07:52, John A. Sullivan III <
>> jsullivan at opensourcedevel.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 2012-03-29 at 03:50 -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
>>> > On Thu, 2012-03-29 at 07:29 +0300, Adèlphe Rafanambinana wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > Hi all,
>>> > >
>>> > > I'm using x2go on Ubuntu, and it works well.
>>> > > Starting this week, I'd like to install it on Alpine Linux
>>> > > (www.alpinelinux.org) which is installed inside a vserver.
>>> > > (There is an x2goserver package for Alpine Linux in edge repository).
>>> > > x2goserver and its dependencies are installed correctly.
>>> > > But when I try to run x2goclient which is installed on my windows
>>> > > desktop, I got the attached error.
>>> > > Do you have an idea for it?
>>> > > I was wondering if it could be related to fuse module, since it
>>> > > coulodn't loaded in vserver guest.
>>> > > Any comments are welcome!,
>>> > <snip>
>>> >
>>> > You will need the SECURE_MOUNT, SECURE_REMOUNT, and BINARY_MOUNT
>>> > ccapabilities.  Even that will not allow fusermount to work so local
>>> > shares are a problem.  To work around that, we removed that
>>> > functionality from the X2Go scripts running on the guest and moved them
>>> > and a modified x2gocleansessions script to the host.
>>> >
>>> > We also made several other modifications to take advantage of the
>>> shared
>>> > file system to reduce the overhead or running a large number of X2Go
>>> > server guests on the same vserver host.  Good luck - John
>>> >
>>> <snip>
>>> Oh, I should also mention that the ccapabilities for fusermount may be
>>> available in newer kernels.  Ours are somewhat old and in need of
>>> refreshing - John
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Adèlphe Rafanambinana
>>
>>
>>
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>
> --
> Adèlphe Rafanambinana
>
>
>


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Adèlphe Rafanambinana
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