[X2Go-User] x2go and xinerama

[Orion Poplawski]

On 12/02/2015 11:27 PM, Dimitri Loizos wrote:
> Hi Orion and thanks for the reply.
>
> The server is running CentOS 6.7 and the version of nx-libs is
> 3.5.0.32-2.el6. From what I saw it was released (at least for Fedora) 4
> months ago. Is there a different version that I would better use?

It was pushed to stable 2 months ago.  Please try 
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2015-021c33c7b0 in 
epel-testing which hopefully should fix the issue.  If it does, please 
leave feedback on the update.

>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 9:21 PM, Orion Poplawski <orion at cora.nwra.com
> <mailto:orion at cora.nwra.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 12/02/2015 08:34 PM, Dimitri Loizos wrote:
>
>         Hello,
>
>         I have been using x2go for a couple of months now and have been very
>         happy with it. My configuration is a server running a virtual
>         machine (CentOS) on it and x2go server running on that virtual
>         machine.
>         I connect to it through the x2go client on Windows 10.
>
>         One of the features that I love about x2go is its support for
>         multiple
>         displays on the client side through xinerama. I have 2 monitors
>         and x2go
>         treats the session as such. The session will open across both
>         monitors
>         and I can easily maximize windows on each of these monitors.
>
>         Well, that was until the latest reboot of the server. Now, even
>         though I
>         have the xinerama option on, the x2go client treats my 2 monitors as
>         one: even though the session opens across both monitors, when I
>         maximize
>         a window, it will be maximized across both monitors.
>
>         I have tried to reset the client, the server, play with different
>         options, but so far to no avail.
>
>         Any ideas on how I could get the 2 monitor behavior back?
>
>
>     What version of nx-libs and the OS on the server?  There have been
>     issues with Xinerama support in the Fedora/EPEL nx-libs packages
>     recently.  See https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/?packages=nx-libs
>
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>     Orion Poplawski
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>


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Orion Poplawski
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