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-====== X2Go'Server Core ======+====== X2Go Server ======
  
 :!: 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 Download ======+===== X2Go's Server Download =====
  
 Binary packages for various distros are [[download:start#X2Go Package Repositories for GNU/Linux|available]]. Binary packages for various distros are [[download:start#X2Go Package Repositories for GNU/Linux|available]].
  
-====== X2Go's Server: base package and extensions ======+===== X2Go's Server: base package and extensions =====
  
-The ''x2goserver'' package (Debian/Ubuntu) provides the server-side core of X2Go. If you want to run the legacy X2Go client ([[installation:x2goclient|X2Go Client]]) on the client-side systems then the installation of this package is sufficient.+The ''x2goserver'' package (Debian/Ubuntu) provides the server-side core of X2Go. If you want to run the legacy X2Go client ([[doc:installation:x2goclient|X2Go Client]]) on the client-side systems then the installation of this package is sufficient.
  
 However, in 2011 many new features/capabilities were added to X2Go. However, in 2011 many new features/capabilities were added to X2Go.
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 ''x2goserver-xsession'' was originally introduced so that X2Go can be installed on Debian/Ubuntu Edu terminal servers and the sessions would look like they do on Debian Edu (aka Skolelinux) desktops. It actually does a lot more: start gpg-agent, start ssh-agent, desktop branding, etc. ''x2goserver-xsession'' was originally introduced so that X2Go can be installed on Debian/Ubuntu Edu terminal servers and the sessions would look like they do on Debian Edu (aka Skolelinux) desktops. It actually does a lot more: start gpg-agent, start ssh-agent, desktop branding, etc.
  
-====== X2Go's Server: What is it? What does it do? ======+===== X2Go's Server: What is it? What does it do? =====
  
 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.  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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 The latest status of the X2Go server extension's manual pages can found here: http://code.x2go.org/doc/x2goserver-extensions/man The latest status of the X2Go server extension's manual pages can found here: http://code.x2go.org/doc/x2goserver-extensions/man
  
-====== X2Go's Server: How it actually works ======+===== X2Go's Server: How it actually works =====
  
-===== Starting a New Session =====+==== Starting a New Session ====
  
 When starting a new session the script called ''x2gostartagent'' gets executed on the server. ''x2gostartagent'' creates a new session in three phases: When starting a new session the script called ''x2gostartagent'' gets executed on the server. ''x2gostartagent'' creates a new session in three phases:
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 CAVEAT for client implementations: if you query the session entry from the database with ''x2golistsessions''  some time between phases 1 and 3 some of the returned values (ports, agent PID) will not be set. CAVEAT for client implementations: if you query the session entry from the database with ''x2golistsessions''  some time between phases 1 and 3 some of the returned values (ports, agent PID) will not be set.
  
-===== Resuming a Session =====+==== Resuming a Session ====
  
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-===== Suspending/Terminated a Session =====+==== Suspending/Terminated a Session ====
  
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-====== X2Go's Server: Improving documentation... ======+===== X2Go's Server: Improving documentation... =====