X2Go - everywhere@home
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FAQ
For those who want to find reasons for certain behavior of X2Go, read here: How To Debug or Troubleshoot your X2Go installation
NX Protocol FAQ
Is X2Go compatible with NoMachine's NX or freeNX?
No. It is not possible to use NX client to log on to an X2Go server and vice versa.
X2Go does use the same libraries for graphics, keyboard/mouse input, and clipboard sharing. However, X2Go aims for an even greater integration into the Linux environment. Therefore, X2Go performs session handling …text/html2018-07-03T13:24:43+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)doc:howto:ssh-agent-workaround
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Workaround to use SSH Agent Forwarding in an X2Go Session
X2GoClient uses libssh and thus is unable to forward SSH Agent credentials by default.
However, there is a workaround:
Put this at the end of /etc/bash.bashrc on your X2Go Server:
# --- BEGIN X2Go SSH forwarding workaround ---
# Part that runs in regular SSH session
# check we have an agent socket and
# check we have an ~/.x2go directory
if [ -n "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ] && \
[ -d ~/.x2go ] ; then
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HowTo Section
This is the place for all HowTos concerning the installation and configuration of X2Go components.
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* Installing and Configuring the new (Debian-Live based) X2Go-ThinClientEdition
* Installing X2GoClient - see also General Client installation advice for related topics
* Installing X2GoServer - see also General Server installation advice for related topics
* Installing and Configuring X2Go Desktop Sharing (Session Shadowing)
* Installing X2Go Session Br…