Thanks for that further clarification. I was just aware that it didn't work.... If I read only it seems that nx2go actually reuses nx libraries, so I'm not sure, but likely it's the same problem.
On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Carsten Haitzler <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 24 Aug 2014 13:11:32 +0200 Rogier Eggers <[email protected]> > said: > > > Ok Carsten, Thanks for the clear answer! AFAIK, x2go and NX simply don't > > support hardware accelerated desktops. I am not aware of any other > similar > > technology that does. So that basically means I'll install lxde or xfce > for > > remote desktop needs. > > e doesnt need any hardware for compositing. dont confuse compositing with > hardware accel. e supports a software cmpositing path that needs zero > accel - > it works in the dumb fb xephyr "x in a window" just fine. i know nx itself > just > doesnt support the composite extension at all - that is the problem. > nothing to > do with accel. i run e in software compositing on an ancient 600mhz > pentium-m > laptop at 600mhz. 1024x768 and an ancient intel gfx chip that isnt good > enough > to do gl for evas. i use software compositing in xephyr. i use it inside > qemu where the virtual gpu is some ancient cirrus gfx chip with no 3d gpu. > it > works. works really great actually. it just is that nx doesn't support the > composite (and damage and xfixes extensions) that have been around now for > 10+ > years. > > > Brgds > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Carsten Haitzler <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 24 Aug 2014 12:42:49 +0200 Rogier Eggers < > [email protected]> > > > said: > > > > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > > > Recently I upgraded to enlightenment 0.18.3 on Ubuntu. I found that I > > > > cannot use enlightenment anymore using a remote desktop connection. > The > > > > protocols that I used sucessfully are nx and x2go. > > > > > > > > I noted that, apparently starting with 0.18 compositing is switched > on by > > > > default, which is probably the reason that it doesn't work. Could > that be > > > > correct? I can still use nx / x2go for xfce4 without problems. In > e18 If > > > > find that in the settings I can check "Disable composite effects". I > > > tried > > > > this, but still cannot login using nx /x2go. > > > > > > > > Is there anything else I can go? Is it going to work at all? > > > > > > > > Thanks for any tips. > > > > > > e18 on we are compositing only. no choice to turn it off. many reasons > for > > > this, but suffice to say it's not a decidion that is being changed or > > > reversed. > > > it's partly to fix things that couldnt be fixed without always > > > compositing, to > > > provide a guarantee of compositing (so we can do things and not have to > > > have > > > ugly looking fallbacks like shaped windows), but most of all, so we can > > > move to > > > wayland. without making compositing core, this would be effectively a > > > no-go. > > > > > > so basically if you use an x sevrer that doesn't support compositing > (like > > > nx - > > > i dont know x2go), then you are basically in trouble. complain to your > nx > > > vendor that this doesn't work. :) > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Rogier > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Slashdot TV. > > > > Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. > > > > http://tv.slashdot.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > enlightenment-users mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" > -------------- > > > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Slashdot TV. > > Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. > > http://tv.slashdot.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > > > > -- > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. http://tv.slashdot.org/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
