Mike, cool that sounds good. On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Mike Gabriel <mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > Hi Jonathan, > > without having tested any of the steps described below, I feel that your > approach has some great potential. > > Actually, it is something I planned to stuff into pyhoca-ltsp and use LDM as > login manager. > > I won't have time during the next week, but I keep this mail highlighted and > will return back to you later (2-3 weeks), ok? > > Thanks, > Mike > > > On Fr 24 Feb 2012 01:05:52 CET Jonathan Brown wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> A cursory reading of the online lit I found relating to x2gothinclient >> seems to require that the stations all pxeboot... >> >> I don't want thinclients that pxeboot.. what I need is a minimal OS that >> is >> setup to autologin to X and then pyhoca-cli to the x2go-server... can the >> x2gothinclient packages do this say on a minimal debian install for the >> thinclient.. ? >> >> Since I did not see this capability, I already built from scratch a >> minimal >> Debian 6 that does an autologin into X using gdm/matchbox wm, and then >> created a script that force loops a username/pw graphical dialog using yad >> (zenity fork)... suffice it to say this works well... but I'm thinking if >> x2gothinclient already had the capability to do this then I did it all for >> nought.. except it was definitely a good exercise... >> >> The steps and scripts that I did do make this pxe-less x2g0 >> thin-client/kiosk follow ... I'm sure this can be quite improved... >> actually the main thing I'd like to improve is to have the matchbox wm/X >> on >> the local thin client be aware when there is no activity in the x2go >> session, and if no activity, then kill or suspend the pyhoca-cli session, >> thus going back to the yad login prompt, but I haven't found a way to do >> this (normal logout of the x2go session of course works fine and brings >> you >> back to the yad login prompt)... I think the problem is that matchbox wm/X >> always thinks there is activity when the x2go session is logged in/active, >> even when there is no activity in the x2go session itself... >> >> Any thoughts on any of the above would be appreciated! >> >> Steps/scripts etc for x2g0 thin-client/kiosk: >> >> OK so I pretty much used the guide from: >> >> http://www.alandmoore.com/blog/2011/11/05/creating-a-kiosk-with-linux-and-x11-2011-edition/ >> >> and went from there... >> >> After initial Debian squeeze install with only ssh server: >> >> Add x2go sources and install pyhoca-cli >> apt-get install xorg >> apt-get install gdm --no-install-recommends >> apt-get install xautolock feh >> wget >> >> http://archive.ualinux.com/ubuntu/main/lucid/yad_0.15.0-1~webupd8~lucid_i386.deb >> dpkg -i yad_0.15.0-1~webupd8~lucid_i386.deb >> (the above is an ubuntu lucid yad deb package but it worked so I didn't >> ask >> any further questions :) ... there might be a better yad package for >> squeeze but I could not find one) >> adduser kiosk (or whatever) >> cp -r /home/kiosk /opt/; >> cd /opt/kiosk/; >> chmod -R a+r .; >> touch .xprofile >> chmod a+x .xprofile >> >> my .xprofile: >> >> root@lxtrms-thinclient-colodesk:~# cat /home/sagotech/.xprofile >> xset s off >> xset -dpms >> matchbox-window-manager & >> eval `cat /home/sagotech/.fehbg` & >> xautolock -secure -time 10 -locker /usr/local/bin/suspend_pyhoca-cli.sh & >> while true; do >> rsync -qr --delete --exclude='.Xauthority' /opt/sagotech/ $HOME/ >> exec /home/sagotech/start_pyhoca.sh >> done >> >> suffice it to say xautolock does not detect non-activity in an x2go >> session >> so the suspend_pyhoca-cli.sh never ran: >> >> root@lxtrms-thinclient-colodesk:~# cat >> /usr/local/bin/suspend_pyhoca-cli.sh >> #!/bin/bash >> pyhoca-cli -S >> >> (for background behind the yad login prompt): >> root@lxtrms-thinclient-colodesk:~# cat /home/sagotech/.fehbg >> feh --bg-scale '/usr/share/wallpaper/custom-bk-2.jpg' >> >> The script that brings up the yad login prompt loop called from .xprofile >> follows... so we have this loop inside the loop of the .xprofile script... >> not sure if this necessary or a good thing etc. >> >> root@lxtrms-thinclient-colodesk:~# cat /home/sagotech/start_pyhoca.sh >> #!/bin/bash >> while true; do >> frmdata=$(yad --center --undecorated >> --image=/usr/share/wallpaper/sago-header-mod.jpg --image-on-top >> --button="gtk-ok:0" --title "Login to Sago Linux Terminal Server" --form >> --field="AD username" --field="Password:H") >> frmusername=$(echo $frmdata | awk 'BEGIN {FS="|" } { print $1 }') >> frmpassword=$(echo $frmdata | awk 'BEGIN {FS="|" } { print $2 }') >> pyhoca-cli --server X.X.X.X -u $frmusername --password $frmpassword -c >> startkde --sound none --kbd-layout us --kbd-type pc105/us -g fullscreen >> --add-to-known-hosts >> done >> >> The above basically gives you a login prompt and forces you to enter a >> login AND password and the password is hidden when you type it it puts a >> nice header image at the top of the prompt.. it only gives an OK button >> (no >> cancel)... then passes off the username/pw to pyhoca-cli >> >> So yeah I would like to improve this so that inactive x2go sessions get >> suspended and go back to the yad login prompt... perhaps there is a >> pyhoca-cli switch that does this that I'm not aware of... But even without >> that feature this works real nice as a non-pxe x2go thin-client station. >> >> Anyway this is all probably very messy and amateurish, but I am not >> exactly >> a programmer or very proficient bash scripter so.. :) Also I might be >> missing a few steps and if any of the above does not make sense please >> advise and I'll try to see if I missed something in the steps given >> above... >> >> Any thoughts on any of the above would be appreciated! >> >> -- >> *"It is only when each individual has achieved inner peace that we will >> see >> >> lasting outer peace in the world" >> * >> > > > > -- > > DAS-NETZWERKTEAM > mike gabriel, dorfstr. 27, 24245 barmissen > fon: +49 (4302) 281418, fax: +49 (4302) 281419 > > GnuPG Key ID 0xB588399B > mail: mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de, http://das-netzwerkteam.de > > freeBusy: > https://mail.das-netzwerkteam.de/freebusy/m.gabriel%40das-netzwerkteam.de.xfb > > _______________________________________________ > X2Go-User mailing list > X2Go-User@lists.berlios.de > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/x2go-user >
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