[X2Go-User] Fwd: X2GO and Plasma5

[Ulrich Sibiller]

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 8:40 PM, Mike DePaulo <mikedep333 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Stefan Baur <X2Go-ML-1 at baur-itcs.de>
> wrote:
>>
>> Am 13.01.2017 um 18:43 schrieb Stefan Baur:
>> > Getting the NX-libraries updated is a task that is actively being worked
>> > on - maybe Mike#1 or Ulrich can chime in on when they expect to be able
>> > to support GLX 1.3?
>>
>> Ulrich just replied to me off-list - I'm assuming by accident, as it was
>> sent from his smartphone.
>> His statement was that you shouldn't expect GLX 1.3 support in the
>> NX-libraries in the near future. :-(
>>
>> -Stefan
>>
>
> Well, we do have a workaround for GLX support.
> http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/wiki:development:glx-xlib-workaround?s[]=glx
>
> But:
>
> 1. It requires putting the environment variable in a /etc/X11/Xsession.d/
> script . These scripts get launched before the desktop environment is
> started.
> This is very easy shell scripting.
> Note that non-debian-derived distros often use other paths.
> Fedora/RHEL-derived distros use /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/ .

I think this could be added to x2go as an option. X2go could deliver
that mesa lib and set it the session.

> 2. The build instructions likely vary from distro to distro, and release to
> release.
>
> 3. I have not tested it with entire desktop environments. GNOME3 may have a
> check that will prevent it from working, even if it is otherwise capable of
> working.

Maybe is would help to let the x2goagent report newer version, too, in
that case (even if it is not implemented).


Thanks for reminding me, I had totally forgotten this!

Uli