[X2Go-User] how to select single display

gian sisal giansisal19 at gmail.com
Mon Jun 15 13:14:48 CEST 2020


Hi Uli,
thanks a lot for your indications, I'll let you know.

Best Regards.
G

Il giorno sab 13 giu 2020 alle ore 23:16 Ulrich Sibiller <uli42 at gmx.de> ha
scritto:

> Hello Gian,
>
> I have done some tests with TWO monitors (I don't have more to test)
> and it worked fine. But to make it working fine some things need to be
> done/taken into account:
>
> 1. fix the keystroke configuration on youe server. x2go used to ship
> broken keystroke.cfg files. So either check /etc/x2go/keystrokes.cfg
> or create a user specific one in ~/,x2go/config/keystrokes.cfg. It is
> important to have these entries in it:
> <keystroke action="switch_all_screens" Control="1"  AltMeta="1" key="f" />
> <keystroke action="fullscreen" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1" key="f" />
> <keystroke action="resize" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="r" />
> <keystroke action="viewport_move_left" Control="1" Shift="1"
> AltMeta="1" key="Left" />
> <keystroke action="viewport_move_left" Control="1" Shift="1"
> AltMeta="1" key="KP_Left" />
> <keystroke action="viewport_move_up" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1"
> key="Up" />
> <keystroke action="viewport_move_up" Control="1" Shift="1" AltMeta="1"
> key="KP_Up" />
> <keystroke action="viewport_move_right" Control="1" Shift="1"
> AltMeta="1" key="Right" />
> <keystroke action="viewport_move_right" Control="1" Shift="1"
> AltMeta="1" key="KP_Right" />
> <keystroke action="viewport_move_down" Control="1" Shift="1"
> AltMeta="1" key="Down" />
> <keystroke action="viewport_move_down" Control="1" Shift="1"
> AltMeta="1" key="KP_Down" />
> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_left" Control="1" AltMeta="1"
> key="Left" />
> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_left" Control="1" AltMeta="1"
> key="KP_Left" />
> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_up" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="Up" />
> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_up" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="KP_Up"
> />
> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_right" Control="1" AltMeta="1"
> key="Right" />
> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_right" Control="1" AltMeta="1"
> key="KP_Right" />
> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_down" Control="1" AltMeta="1"
> key="Down" />
> <keystroke action="viewport_scroll_down" Control="1" AltMeta="1"
> key="KP_Down" />
> <keystroke action="reread_keystrokes" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="k" />
> <keystroke action="autograb" Control="1" AltMeta="1" key="g" />
>
> 2. If you startup the x2co connection you get a window with your
> desktop in a scaled version which makes it unusable. Now there are two
> possibilies:
> a) if you want to keep it in windowed mode press ctrl-alt-g (autograb)
> to ensure the keystrokes are not intercepted by your local desktop
> environment.
> b) switch to fullscreen mode with ctrl-alt-shift-f
>
> 3. switch to viewport mode with ctl-alt-r
>
> 4a) use ctrl-alt-<arrows> to scroll around in small portions
> 4b) use ctrl-alt-shoft-<arrows> to move around in big steps
>
> This setup is working fine for me. The only thing that is currently
> missing/not implemented is to force viewport mode right at connection
> start and the possibility to specify the initial position. I might
> implement that one day.
>
> Uli
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 5:26 PM Ulrich Sibiller <uli42 at gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, and now the same from INSIDE the session, please.
> >
> > Uli
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 11:45 AM gian sisal <giansisal19 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Ulrich,
> > > sorry for the late reply. In attach the xrandr and xdpyinfo outputs.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for your help.
> > > Regards.
> > > G
> > >
> > > Il giorno mer 27 mag 2020 alle ore 18:47 Ulrich Sibiller <uli42 at gmx.de>
> ha scritto:
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 5:59 PM gian sisal <giansisal19 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >> > I already tried the viewport_mode/zoom (ctrl+alt+r then
> ctrl+alt+arrow), unfortunately it shows me only the "central displays", I
> cannot move to first nor last "virtual monitor". However I'll go trying
> again and again... :)
> > >>
> > >> That is strange. Can you please post the output of "xrandr" and
> > >> "xdpyinfo -ext XINERAMA", both inside and outside the session?
> > >>
> > >> > I would like to ask: in Your opinion, will there be something an
> evolution like "choose #1...#2.."?
> > >>
> > >> No, probably not. The shadow mode is very slow compared to the full
> > >> desktop mode and is (for me) kind of an "unloved child". I never use
> > >> it. However, technically providing a default viewport position on
> > >> connection startup is something that should not be too complicated to
> > >> implement. (Therefore the viewport mode should work properly, that
> > >> is...)
> > >>
> > >> Uli
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.x2go.org/pipermail/x2go-user/attachments/20200615/110e54e6/attachment.htm>


More information about the x2go-user mailing list