[X2Go-User] X2go K Drive Server

[Stuart MacGregor]

Good Afternoon,

I have answered most of my own question. My Ubuntu client was from the 
Ubuntu repo, not the x2go repo. When I added the x2go ppa and updated 
the client, the QT5 drive backend installed and I was able to connect 
using kdrive without changing anything on the server. I will check on 
performance later. My first impression is that it is still a little 
"laggy", though that might just be the wifi connection on the Unbuntu 
client, it is an old laptop circa 2011.

My question is now only about the Windows clients. Is there an update 
available for them to allow connection using kdrive? Is there other 
software that must be downloaded? At the moment they start to connect 
and then immediately disconnect when the "kdrive" box is checked.

Regards

Stuart MacGregor

On 2/1/24 12:08, Stuart MacGregor wrote:
>
> Good Morning,
>
> Excuse me for my ignorance/, /but how accurate/up to date is the 
> kdrive section of the x2go wiki? It hasn't changed in 3-4 years, 
> however quite a lot has been said about kdrive recently. I have had 
> the kdrive server installed n my Ubuntu 22.04 machine since before it 
> was moved to "stable", however I have yet to succeed in using it. Most 
> of the computers on my home network are Windows machines. The Windows 
> x2go clients have a kdrive check box, however when you check that box 
> (on Windows or Ubuntu clients) and try to connect to the x2go server, 
> nothing happens. Without the box checked all the x2go clients will 
> connect to the server, allbeit with the graphics limitations and lag 
> intrinsic to the original x2go when connecting to "modern" desktops. I 
> use KDE Plasma. (Note that the "default" settings in the x2go clients 
> for connecting to KDE Plasma desktops have not worked since I started 
> using a Ubuntu server with x2go in 2020, you have to choose a "custom" 
> connection and use the command "startplasma-x11")
>
>
> Do I need to make some manual modifications on the x2go server to get 
> kdrive running? If I do so, do I risk the Windows machines loosing the 
> ability to connect? Again, apologies if all this information is 
> already available and I have just not seen/found it. As I said I have 
> been using x2go since 2020 and it was very useful when I was trapped 
> in my bedroom for a week with COVID in 2022. I am just hoping that 
> kdrive will improve its performance and am too stupid/ignorant to get 
> it working without some help.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Stuart MacGregor
>
>
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