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:!: This wiki page needs much more work!!! Any help is appreciated!!! | :!: This wiki page needs much more work!!! Any help is appreciated!!! | ||
- | ====== X2go's Server: base package and extensions ====== | + | ===== X2Go's Server |
- | The '' | + | Binary packages for various distros are [[download: |
- | In May 2011 we have added an '' | + | ===== X2Go's Server: base package |
- | ====== X2go's Server: What is it? What does it do? ====== | + | The '' |
- | The base '' | + | However, in 2011 many new features/ |
- | X2go server currently uses NXv3 based libraries and tools for the backend | + | One feature was an '' |
- | The individual '' | + | * [[wiki: |
+ | * [[wiki: | ||
- | The latest status of the X2go server's manual pages can be viewed via the gitweb tool of X2go's Git: http://code.x2go.org/doc/ | + | Also, **__if__** |
- | The latest status of the X2go server extension's manual pages can found here: http://code.x2go.org/doc/x2goserver-extensions/man | + | This additional X2Go package is called '' |
- | ====== X2go's Server: How it actually works ====== | + | <code bash> |
+ | $ sudo apt-get install x2goserver-xsession | ||
+ | </ | ||
- | ===== Starting a New Session | + | **NOTE:** - this is a change from older versions of '' |
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+ | '' | ||
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+ | ===== X2Go's Server: What is it? What does it do? ===== | ||
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+ | The base X2Go Server and also the X2go Server Extensions are basically a collection of Bash and Perl scripts that take care over X2Go server session management and communication between client and server. | ||
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+ | X2Go server currently uses NXv3 based libraries and tools for the backend implementation of X2Go (graphical compression & caching for low bandwidth connections). | ||
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+ | The individual X2Go Server scripts do have (rudimentary) man pages. Some of the X2Go server scripts are used internally (by other X2Go server scripts), others are designed to be available to X2Go Client implementations (e.g. '' | ||
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+ | The latest status of the X2Go server' | ||
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+ | The latest status of the X2Go server extension' | ||
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+ | ===== X2Go's Server: How it actually works ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Starting a New Session ==== | ||
When starting a new session the script called '' | When starting a new session the script called '' | ||
- | - Find unique $DISPLAY number and unique session ID. This will insert a new session in the database. | + | - Find unique |
- Find free ports for sound, graphic, file sharing. After that the the database entry will get updated with these discovered values. | - Find free ports for sound, graphic, file sharing. After that the the database entry will get updated with these discovered values. | ||
- Start '' | - Start '' | ||
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CAVEAT for client implementations: | CAVEAT for client implementations: | ||
- | ===== Resuming a Session | + | ==== Resuming a Session ==== |
TODO... | TODO... | ||
- | ===== Suspending/ | + | ==== Suspending/ |
TODO... | TODO... | ||
- | ====== X2go's Server: Improving documentation... | + | ===== X2Go's Server: Improving documentation... ===== |
- | REQUEST TO X2go USERS: For the improvement of the X2go server manual pages we request everyone' | + | REQUEST TO X2Go USERS: For the improvement of the X2Go server manual pages we request everyone' |
Task: | Task: | ||
- | * recognize scripts that have to be available to clients (i.e. have to be in $PATH) -> $PREFIX/bin or $PREFIX/ | ||
- | * move other scripts to $PREFIX/ | ||
* improve manual page contents (what is the script for, what does it do, what values does it return, etc.) | * improve manual page contents (what is the script for, what does it do, what values does it return, etc.) | ||