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

[brian]

Stefan:

Well you are correct in that it doesn't seem to be needed. I disabled
it as a start-up application and it makes no difference on my ability
to log in to the remote machine. Thinking about it now, I'm not sure of
it's intended use; if I'm logging into an unattended remote machine and
starting a new session, then desktop sharing is not required. If I'm
logging in to a remote machine to share a desktop with someone local to
it at the other end, they can always start the desktop sharing service
manually. Either way it's not an issue.

Never the less, thank you for your informative responses.

brian

> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 19:17:15 +0200
> From: Stefan Baur <X2Go-ML-1 at baur-itcs.de>
> To: x2go-user at lists.x2go.org
> Subject: Re: [X2Go-User] multiple instances of x2go server appearing
>         in tray
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> 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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