[X2Go-User] Debugging Server Side Issues

Robert Dinse nanook at eskimo.com
Sun Jul 29 03:53:38 CEST 2018


      I've installed x2goserver on Enso, a Ubuntu derived Linux.  It works
find as root, but as a non-root user it fails.  In syslog on the server I
see the following:

Jul 28 18:44:08 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, 
cannot start new session. Retrying (run 1).
Jul 28 18:44:08 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, 
cannot start new session. Retrying (run 2).
Jul 28 18:44:08 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, 
cannot start new session. Retrying (run 3).
Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, 
cannot start new session. Retrying (run 4).
Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, 
cannot start new session. Retrying (run 5).
Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, 
cannot start new session. Retrying (run 6).
Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, 
cannot start new session. Retrying (run 7).
Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, 
cannot start new session. Retrying (run 8).
Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, 
cannot start new session. Retrying (run 9).
Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: no free display number available, 
cannot start new session. Retrying (run 10).
Jul 28 18:44:09 enso /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: Unable to find free display port 
or insert new session into database; parameters: port (50), hostname (enso) and 
session name ().

      Since it works as root I'm assuming a permission issue somewhere but I
have no idea where to look.  Any suggestions?

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