[X2Go-User] problem getting x2go to work.

Michael DePaulo mikedep333 at gmail.com
Mon Jun 30 13:48:40 CEST 2014


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On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 4:26 AM, Mike Gabriel
<mike.gabriel at das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote:
> Hi Jon, hi Michael,
>
>
> On  Mo 30 Jun 2014 05:18:06 CEST, Michael DePaulo wrote:
>
>>> Anyway after some digging on that error message, I figured out that my
>>> problem was that my Bitnami AMI had me signing in as username "ubuntu" which
>>> is really just an alias to the user "bitnami". But because I was signed in
>>> as a different username than the name of the home folder, it was messing up.
>>> When I logged instead using "bitnami" as the username, then suddenly it
>>> worked... kind of.
>>
>>
>> OK. I think I this should be documented on the wiki as under a page
>> like "known issues with virtual appliances." Or "common configuration
>> issues." I'll take care of that. I want to see if there is an existing
>> page 1st. Thank you for documenting it via this email.
>
>
> Jon, can you explain this in more depth. I am not getting what happened
> during authentication that lead to this weird observation.
>
> Mike#2, I am sure there is nothing of that kind documented, so far.

Yes, please explain in more depth.

>
>> OK, I think I see the problem. "ubuntu-desktop". You have the UNITY
>> desktop environment installed, not vanilla GNOME. Please try
>> specifying "UNITY" as your session type. Our logic in the "x2goserver"
>> package will make sure Unity runs in Unity 2d mode. This mode is
>> provided by package "unity-2d". "ubuntu-desktop" depends on
>> "unity-2d", so you do have "unity-2d" installed.
>
>
> Unity 2D support ended with Ubuntu 12.04. More recent Ubuntu versions lack
> Unity 2D support and thus, X2Go won't connect to those Unity variants.

Mike#1, Jon stated that he is using Ubuntu 12.04.4.

Ubuntu 14.04 Unity support is an issue that I intend to address with a
new wiki page like "compatibility with desktop environments".

>
>> Also, as for XFCE:
>>
>> It's lightweight and it never tries to use 3d effects, so it runs
>> faster to one degree or another.
>>
>> I recommend installing it according to my instructions.
>>
>> Absolutely, you can have both desktop environments installed. If you
>> had a physical machine, you would select which desktop environment to
>> use at the display manager's greeter (the graphical login screen.)
>
>
> I second that!
>
[...]

-Mike#2


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