Well Mike, UNITY login fails. I can see a desktop image but nothing else.
Are there some bindings I need to install first? Jon On Sun. 29 Jun.2014, at 8:18 PM, Michael DePaulo <[email protected]> wrote: > See responses inline. > > On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Jon Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: >> Mike- >> >> I finally noticed in my client that when I killed the x2gostartagent >> process, if the client is still open when I issue the kill command, then a >> window appears in the client this message over and over: >> >> Connection failed <my_username> is not authorized at >> /usr/lib/x2go/x2gosqlitewrapper.pl line 526. >> >> The client really ought to show these kinds of errors without you having to >> kill the process on the server. But there is a bug in the Mac client where >> you cannot check the "show details" button until *after* a successful login. >> Therefore you never get to see the verbose output when your logins fail -- >> which is when it would be most useful to see it! > > Is there an existing bug report for this behavior of the Mac client? > If not, please report it. Instructions: > http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/wiki:bugs > >> Anyway after some digging on that error message, I figured out that my >> problem was that my Bitnami AMI had me signing in as username "ubuntu" which >> is really just an alias to the user "bitnami". But because I was signed in >> as a different username than the name of the home folder, it was messing up. >> When I logged instead using "bitnami" as the username, then suddenly it >> worked... kind of. > > OK. I think I this should be documented on the wiki as under a page > like "known issues with virtual appliances." Or "common configuration > issues." I'll take care of that. I want to see if there is an existing > page 1st. Thank you for documenting it via this email. > >> gnome-session --session=gnome-fallback does not work for me... I'd see the >> screen but was not able to click on anything. I thought, maybe I have the >> wrong bindings installed, so I tried to aptitude install x2gognomebindings >> but it just kept saying this error: >> >> Couldn't find any package matching "x2gognomebindings". However, the >> following >> packages contain "x2gognomebindings" in their description: >> x2goserver-fmbindings >> >> So then I installed the x2goserver-fmbindings and I still couldn't get it to >> respond. I could see the desktop but nothing happens if I click. >> >> I could also not get on with just using the GNOME selection. > > See comment below about UNITY. > >> I did have better luck with gnome-session --session=gnome-classic but it's >> still unusably slow. Even on 32k JPEG and with bandwidth set to WAN, stuff >> just happens way too slow, or doesn't happen at all. I know it's not my >> connection that's the problem. It's probably because it's an Amazon Micro >> instance, and it's just dog slow. >> >> If I use xfce4, I wonder if it would run faster? I'd like to try your xfce4 >> steps but I've already installed ubuntu-desktop, so will it hurt me to also >> install xfce4 alongside it? Can I have both installed? I just want to know >> if I should start over fresh with a new AMI. I don't need anything fancy, >> just want a GUI for managing files and running basic utilities like a git >> client. > > OK, I think I see the problem. "ubuntu-desktop". You have the UNITY > desktop environment installed, not vanilla GNOME. Please try > specifying "UNITY" as your session type. Our logic in the "x2goserver" > package will make sure Unity runs in Unity 2d mode. This mode is > provided by package "unity-2d". "ubuntu-desktop" depends on > "unity-2d", so you do have "unity-2d" installed. > > Also, as for XFCE: > > It's lightweight and it never tries to use 3d effects, so it runs > faster to one degree or another. > > I recommend installing it according to my instructions. > > Absolutely, you can have both desktop environments installed. If you > had a physical machine, you would select which desktop environment to > use at the display manager's greeter (the graphical login screen.) > >> Thanks, >> >> Jon > > No Problem, > -Mike#2 > >> On Sat. 28 Jun.2014, at 7:29 AM, Michael DePaulo <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Jon, >>> >>> Sorry to hear that you are running into this problem. >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 10:13 PM, Jon Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I have a server set up which is Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS (GNU/Linux >>>> 3.2.0-64-virtual x86_64). >>>> >>>> I installed ubuntu-desktop as instructed by the x2go wiki. I also did >>>> these steps: >>>> >>>> sudo apt-get install x2goserver >>>> sudo apt-get install x2goserver-xsession >>>> sudo apt-get install sqlite3 >>>> sudo x2godbadmin --createdb >>> >>> The last 2 commands should not be necessary. I am not very familiar >>> with the db though. >>> >>>> I try to connect from the Mac client (tried all the versions) and it >>>> always fails. It just hangs at the screen where it's trying to connect. I >>>> set the server log level to debug and it just says: >>>> >>>> Jun 24 00:52:50 <my_ip> /usr/bin/x2golistsessions[32234]: x2golistsessions >>>> has been called with no option >>>> Jun 24 00:52:50 <my_ip> /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: x2gostartagent called >>>> with options: 800x600 isdn 256k-jpeg unix-kde-depth_32 us query 0 D >>>> gnome-flashback.sh >>>> Jun 24 00:52:50 <my_ip> /usr/bin/x2gostartagent: client announced itself >>>> as ,,173.12.186.158'' >>>> Jun 24 00:52:50 <my_ip> /usr/bin/x2gosessionlimit[32271]: x2gosessionlimit >>>> has been called >>>> Jun 24 00:52:50 <my_ip> /usr/bin/x2golistsessions[32274]: x2golistsessions >>>> has been called with options: --all-servers >>>> Jun 24 00:52:51 <my_ip> /usr/lib/x2go/x2gogetdisplays[32289]: >>>> db_getdisplays called, server: <my_ip>; return value: >>>> Jun 24 00:52:51 <my_ip> /usr/lib/x2go/x2gogetports[32298]: db_getports >>>> called, server: <my_ip>; return value: >>>> Jun 24 00:52:52 <my_ip> /usr/lib/x2go/x2gogetdisplays[32342]: >>>> db_getdisplays called, server: <my_ip>; return value: >>>> Jun 24 00:52:52 <my_ip> /usr/lib/x2go/x2gogetports[32351]: db_getports >>>> called, server: <my_ip>; return value: >>>> >>>> It repeats this over and over as the processor runs at 100% on the server, >>>> being hosed by the several x2go processes that seem to be stuck in an >>>> infinite loop. >>>> >>>> You'll notice that it runs gnome-flashback.sh in my command, that's >>>> because it doesn't work to connect the normal way either, so I tried the >>>> steps outlined in this e-mail from this list: >>>> http://lists.x2go.org/pipermail/x2go-user/2014-May/002260.html >>> >>> There is no need to follow those steps because you are using Ubuntu >>> 12.04.4, not Ubuntu 14.04. Ubuntu 12.04 has GNOME 3.2, not GNOME 3.8. >>> GNOME 3.6 and earlier have gnome "fallback" session, which is >>> compatible with X2Go. "flashback" isn't even available until GNOME >>> 3.8, it's what "fallback" was renamed to. >>> >>>> (I find it annoying that it doesn't work with Gnome 3 according to that >>>> e-mail, yet it doesn't mention this incompatibility in a conspicuous way >>>> anywhere on the x2go site.) >>> >>> 1st, to fix your issue, I think you merely need to install package >>> gnome-session-fallback. >>> >>> 2nd, I agree that our wiki should have a page on distro & >>> desktop-environment compatibility. I need to discuss how to design it >>> though. Once I create it (or someone else creates it), it should be >>> referenced/linked to from other instructions pages on the wiki. >>> >>> 3rd, MIke#1 plans to create meta-packages that depend on the necessary >>> packages per DE. This will make it easier for users to recognize that >>> they need to install certain packages, and easier to install them. >>> >>>> >>>> Anyway I followed all the steps 1. through 6. in the above-linked e-mail, >>>> to no avail, because it did nothing at all towards making this work. >>>> >>>> BTW my server is on EC2. Don't know if that matters. And yes, I have >>> >>> I have gotten xubuntu 12.04.x to work on EC2 successfully: >>> https://vpsboard.com/topic/4241-running-a-lightweight-gui-on-your-vps-via-x2go/ >>> >>> Let's hope GNOME3 (3.2 of course) works well on it too. I look forward >>> to hearing how it performs. >>> >>>> Please let me know what is going wrong here and what I can do to fix this. >>>> Thanks. BTW I do have the latest version of XQuartz installed as my >>>> client, and I did set it up to accept remote connections and all that. The >>>> connection gets made no problem; the problem definitely seems to be on the >>>> server. >>>> >>>> Jon >>> >>> I'm mostly certain that the aforementioned fix, >>> gnome-session-fallback, is all that is required. >>> >>> Maybe other packages are required. For example, icons are missing on >>> xfce apps unless you install "xubuntu-icon-theme". >>> >>> -Mike#2 >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> x2go-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.x2go.org/listinfo/x2go-user > _______________________________________________ x2go-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x2go.org/listinfo/x2go-user
