[X2Go-User] Advice needed on a somewhat working x2go configuration

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi Yohan,

On So 18 Aug 2013 18:48:21 CEST Yohan Bataille wrote:

> I need a GUI application (RetroShare) to start on boot on my  
> headless server (Debian Wheezy up to date with x2go repos)
> and be available remotely. I got it working with the scripts below  
> but it's cumbersome. Is it how it is supposed to be done ?

> $ cat /etc/rc.local
>
> su -l -c /home/yohan/launch_x2go.sh yohan
>
> $ cat /home/yohan/launch_x2go.sh



> #!/bin/bash
> export DISPLAY=:1
>
> # Xvfb is a framebuffer Xserver.
> Xvfb :1 -screen 0 900x550x16 &
> sleep 15
> pyhoca-cli --server localhost -N -c LXDE --user yohan  
> --add-to-known-hosts --password mypasswd --kbd-layout fr --kbd-type  
> pc105/fr &
> export DISPLAY=:51
> sleep 20
> lxterminal &
> lxterminal &
> /home/yohan/reboot_RS.sh &
> sleep 240
> pyhoca-cli --server localhost -S ALL --user yohan --password mypasswd &
> sleep 10
> killall Xvfb
>
> Before killing Xvfb :
> $ ps auxf


There should be no need for using Xvfb. X2Go has its own X-Server  
(x2goagent/nxagent), so when using Xvfb, you actually use X-Servers.

Why not go this approach...

pyhoca-cli --server localhost -N -c LXDE --user yohan \
            --add-to-known-hosts --password mypasswd \
            --kbd-layout fr --kbd-type pc105/fr &

sleep 5
X2GO_SESSION=$(<detect-session-id-of-just-started-session>)
<launch whatever application you want to launch in session $X2GO_SESSION>

# Whenever you need that application on screen...
pyhoca-cli --resume $X2GO_SESSION --server localhost

This can also be done rootless, just by not using a desktop shell  
command as --command:

pyhoca-cli --server localhost -N -c <YOUR-COMMAND-IN-$PATH> --user yohan \
            --add-to-known-hosts --password mypasswd \
            --kbd-layout fr --kbd-type pc105/fr &

Greets,
Mike




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