[X2Go-User] How to change X2Go MaxClient setting?

[Ulrich Sibiller]

Look here: https://github.com/ArcticaProject/nx-libs

"Adrián Gibanel" <adrian.gibanel at btactic.com> schrieb am Di., 18. Juni
2024, 19:41:

>
> ----- Mensaje original -----
> > De: "Ulrich Sibiller" <ulrich.sibiller at gmail.com>
> > Para: "Adrian Gibanel" <adrian.gibanel at btactic.com>
> > CC: "x2go-user" <x2go-user at lists.x2go.org>
> > Enviados: Martes, 18 de Junio 2024 18:50:14
> > Asunto: Re: [X2Go-User] How to change X2Go MaxClient setting?
>
> > nxagent/x2goagent does not read an xorg.conf or similar.
>
> Ok.
>
> > The maximum
> > number of clients is hardcoded. I have never met anyone reaching this
> > limit. And I am a window messie myself. ;-)
>
> Well, I have been messing around with xrestop and I think that my main
> problem is that stopping KDE Plasma Activities does not properly close
> programs inside those activities thus they never end up not being Xorg
> clients. Apparently programs should support support session management.
> This should be the case with kate which I used on that activity that I
> tested to close.
> Yeah, I mean, this is not latest Plasma but I have read that KDE Plasma
> Activities are kind of buggy in Plasma 6.1 so... I guess I will have to
> live with that.
>
> > However, in Xorg xserver 1.18 the following patch was merged:
> >
> https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=d206c240c0b85c4da44f073d6e9a692afb6b96d2
>
> > Maybe we can backport it, doesn't look too complicated. Patches are
> welcome!
>
> You mention nxagent/x2goagent above but I don't find repos with those
> names at https://code.x2go.org/gitweb .
> Any pointer to which repo or directory inside a repo should I aim for if I
> wanted to backport that patch or, at least, grasp the idea of how it would
> be done?
>
> Thank you.
>
> > Uli
>
> > On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 6:17 PM "Adrián Gibanel"
> > <adrian.gibanel at btactic.com> wrote:
>
> > > 1) Maximum number of clients reached
>
> >> So, I'm one of those users that have a lot windows and applications
> open at the
> > > same time for a long period of time.
>
> >> So I reach very easily the default Xorg 256 limit and when I try to
> open a new
> > > Xorg program I get the following error:
> > > Maximum number of clients reached
> > > .
>
> >> As per a quick search in a local system with Xorg this would be fixed
> by adding
> > > a file changing this limit to either 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024 or 2048.
>
> > > Something like:
>
> > > printf 'Section "ServerFlags"\n\tOption "MaxClients"
> "512"\nEndSection\n' \
> > > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-maxclients.conf
>
> > > and then restarting the Xorg server.
>
> > > 2) X2Go - And Xorg conf files
>
> >> As I am using X2Go I know that I'm not dealing with the usual Xorg
> server but
> > > with an improved one based on older Xorg upstream releases.
>
> >> I was expecting to find an /etc/something/xorg.conf.d/ where I could
> create a
> >> similar .conf but I haven't found any of this. At least, not explicitly
> > > documented.
>
> >> If I'm being honest I'm not very sure if it's nxagent, nxproxy or
> x2agent the
> > > one process which it's an actual Xorg server.
>
> > > 3) How to change MaxClients for X2Go?
>
> > > So my question is:
>
> >> - Can I change MaxClients with a conf file or do I have to recompile
> some
> > > program/library ?
> > > - If so Where do I create that conf file?
>
> > > 4) X2Go / Library versions
>
> >> This is Debian 12 (Bookworm) using distro's own packages. I also have
> old .list
> >> file disabled. So that means that in the past I used the
> > > http://packages.x2go.org/debian repo.
>
> >> I haven't found out an official way of describing/documenting your
> installed
> >> software towards receiving free support here so hopefully this will do
> it,
> > > otherwise just ask whatever you need:
>
> > > dpkg -l | grep -E 'nx|x2go'
>
> >> ii libnx-x11-6:amd64 2:3.5.99.26-5+deb12u1 amd64 nxagent's libNX_X11
> client-part
> > > library
> > > ii libx2go-config-perl 4.1.0.3-7+deb12u1 all Perl X2Go::Config package
> > > ii libx2go-log-perl 4.1.0.3-7+deb12u1 all Perl X2Go::Log package
> > > ii libx2go-server-db-perl 4.1.0.3-7+deb12u1 amd64 Perl X2Go::Server:DB
> package
> > > ii libx2go-server-perl 4.1.0.3-7+deb12u1 all Perl X2Go::Server package
> > > ii libx2go-utils-perl 4.1.0.3-7+deb12u1 all Perl X2Go::Utils package
> > > ii nx-x11-common 2:3.5.99.26-5+deb12u1 all nx-X11 (common files)
> >> ii nxagent 2:3.5.99.26-5+deb12u1 amd64 Nested Xserver (aka NX Agent)
> supporting
> > > the NX compression protocol
> > > ii nxproxy 2:3.5.99.26-5+deb12u1 amd64 NX proxy
> > > rc x2goagent 2:3.5.0.33-0x2go1+git20180205.776+9.saimaa.1 all X2Go
> agent
> > > ii x2goclient 4.1.2.2-2+b1 amd64 X2Go Client application (Qt5)
> >> ii x2gokdriveclient 0.0.0.1-1+b1 amd64 KDrive graphical client backend
> for X2Go
> > > Client
> > > ii x2goserver 4.1.0.3-7+deb12u1 amd64 X2Go Server
> > > ii x2goserver-common 4.1.0.3-7+deb12u1 all X2Go Server (common files)
> > > ii x2goserver-extensions 4.1.0.3-7+deb12u1 all X2Go Server (extension
> support)
> >> ii x2goserver-fmbindings 4.1.0.3-7+deb12u1 all X2Go Server (file manager
> > > bindings)
> > > ii x2goserver-printing 4.1.0.3-7+deb12u1 all X2Go Server (printing
> support)
> > > ii x2goserver-x2goagent 4.1.0.3-7+deb12u1 amd64 X2Go Server's X2Go
> Agent
> > > ii x2goserver-xsession 4.1.0.3-7+deb12u1 all X2Go Server (Xsession
> runner)
>
> > > 5) In case it matters:
> > > - I use x2goclient to connect to my own machine (server is localhost)
> > > - X2Client is opened in a local Xorg KDE Plasma session with one user
> > > - Once I'm inside X2Go I'm using a KDE Plasma with another different
> user
>
> > > Thank you very much!
>
> > > --
> > > [ http://www.btactic.com/ ] Adrián Gibanel
> > > I.T. Manager
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