[X2Go-User] multiple instances of x2go server appearing in tray

[Stefan Baur]

Am 04.05.20 um 19:03 schrieb b salzano:
> Stephan: Abject apologies - I misstated the issue. The tray icon is indeed
> for x2go desktopsharing, and that is exactly the function that I need to
> use.  So the question I meant to ask, then, is whether there is a config
> file somewhere that will prevent more than one instance of desktopsharing
> to run in a particular account.

I must admit, I've never really used desktopsharing that much.  So my
memory may be hazy.

But if I remember correctly, desktopsharing consists of two packages -
one for actually handling desktopsharing, and one for letting the user
know when desktopsharing is active (and providing users with a way to
toggle it on and off).

So if you could live with it being permanently enabled with no visual
indication, it would still suffice to uninstall this particular package.

x2godesktopsharing is the one for the GUI applet, while
x2goserver-desktopsharing does all the heavy lifting in the background,
if I'm not mistaken.


> Xfce (what I normally use) doesn't provide any options to manage that
> aspect. Perhaps someone knows what config file to look at?

Sorry, someone else will have to answer that part.  As I said I'm not
really a user of desktopsharing myself - plus not a user of Xfce.

I do wonder, though, do you really need desktopsharing?

I mean, yes, obviously, if you're trying to support a remote user
somewhere, you will need it.

But if you're trying to take over your own desktop at work so you can
work from home, using a native X2Go session from the very start
(connecting to localhost:22 while at work, and connecting to
your-companys-external-ip:port while at home) will make things both
easier and faster for you.  The only thing to remember is that when
logging in to start your X2Go-Xfce session at work, you need to pick a
different desktop environment (a minimalistic Openbox with X2GoClient
will suffice, maybe throw in tint2 as a task bar if you really need one)
- because running the same Desktop Environment twice, under the same
user account, may cause issues.

-Stefan

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