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wiki:components:desktop-sharing [2011/11/03 00:27]
sunweaver [GNU/Linux]
wiki:components:desktop-sharing [2013/03/08 13:31]
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 === Debian / Ubuntu === === Debian / Ubuntu ===
  
-The ''x2godesktopsharing'' package will install x2godesktopsharing on your GNU/Linux system and will make sure, that every needed package will be installed as dependency. ''x2godesktopsharing'' is an X2Go server-side package.+The ''x2godesktopsharing'' package will install x2godesktopsharing on your GNU/Linux system and will make sure, that every needed package will be installed as dependency. ''x2godesktopsharing'' is an X2Go server-side package.
  
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-You can now start x2godesktopsharing with X2Go sessions (that is: on the server) by typing ''x2godesktopsharing'' at the command-line or you'll find it inside the "Internet" section of your menu inside your graphical desktop environment.+You can now start x2godesktopsharing within X2Go sessions (that is: on the server) by typing ''x2godesktopsharing'' on the command line or you find it inside the "Internet" section of your menu inside your graphical desktop environment. (In case of LXDE on Debian have a look in 'Networking' instead.)
  
 === Source Tarball (LinuxFromScratch) === === Source Tarball (LinuxFromScratch) ===
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 After starting the application and some searching, you will find a new icon on your panel. On the top the icon it's blue, and under it is white with a red cross in it. When you right-click on the butten you can activate the desktop sharing there. After activating other people who can login, can access your desktop. After starting the application and some searching, you will find a new icon on your panel. On the top the icon it's blue, and under it is white with a red cross in it. When you right-click on the butten you can activate the desktop sharing there. After activating other people who can login, can access your desktop.
  
-==== The Client Side ====+==== Client Side ==== 
 +To connect to another user's desktop, use [[wiki:components:x2goclient|x2goclient]]. For installation instructions refer to the [[download:start|download page]].
  
-On the client I have only experience with "x2go client"If you don't have it you can install it with:+  * Start the client.
  
-<code> +Preparing the session: 
-aptitude install x2goclient +  * Create a new session with "session | new session...".  
-</code> +  * Assign a session name. 
- +  * As 'host name' give the name of the machine, the session you want to connect to, is running on. 
-Start it and make a new session with "session | new session...".+  * As 'user name' give your account on the remote machine. 
 +  * As 'session type' choose 'connection to local desktop'
 +  * Recommended: choose "full screen" on the settings tab. Otherwise, everything can become too small to read. 
 +  * Press 'OK' to save the session.
  
-Give it a session name, a host name, and the username from the user you want to access. In "session type" you choose for "connection to local desktop".  Then I will advise you to go to the settings-tab and choose there for "full screen"If you don't realize that everything can become to small to readThen press "OK" to save the session.+Making the connection: 
 +  * Activate the newly created session. 
 +  * Enter the password of your remote account, and start the session. 
 +  * You'll be presented with a list of running sessions. Choose, which you want to connect to. (In most cases there will be only one session listed.)
  
-Then start the session by clicking on it. Give the password of the user, and start the sessionAfter this you will see a new window where you can choose which running session you want, in most cases there is only one. Choose the session.+After this you will login on the desktop of the other user. When your monitor is smaller than the other ones, it might be a bit difficult to read.
  
-After this you will login on the desktop from the other. When you have a monitor what's smaller then the other sideit will be maybe a bit difficult to read. +Be aware, that by selecting 'shutdown' within the shared desktopthe remote system will be turned off!
  
-Realize that when you want to stop the session and the other is running a normal PC, you will stop the complete PC when you do a shutdown!+==== Misc notes (needs to be rewritten) ====
  
 +  * if you use x2godesktopsharing on :0 then you can connect to it through x2goclient with the session profile...
 +  * session type ,,Connect to local desktop''
 +  * however, there is a not-a-real-bug in x2godesktopsharing. User foo on :0 can connect to the desktop through x2goclient as user foo without x2godesktopsharing doing much, asair.
 +  * user bar can access user foo on :0 if user foo grants access for user bar through x2godesktopsharing.
 +  * however, in x2goclient there is a hard-coded restriction that only allows view-only access to user bar...
 +  * in pyhoca-cli, desktop sharing is already implemented (pyhoca-cli is a cmdline X2Go client)
 +  * and with pyhoca-cli you can choose --share-mode 0 or --share-mode 1 (where 0 is view-only and 1 is full access)
 +  * x2godesktopsharing basically does not care if it runs on :0 or :50 (normally the display number for the first X2Go session on the machine)
  
 +FIXME This section needs to be rewritten. For now it's just a copy & paste from an IRC discussion