[Bio-Linux] x2go client on Mac

[Wagstaff, Simon]

Thanks Tim. Just a minor point of clarification that should make little difference - it was running OSX 10.9 "Mavericks". Agree, worth the effort as much better than NX Player. 

Cheers,

Simon

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> On 14 Aug 2014, at 17:59, "Tim Booth" <tbooth at ceh.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> While up in Liverpool with Simon earlier this week, we had some issues
> getting x2go client working properly on a MacBook running "Mountain
> Lion", but in the end it seemed to work nicely.  In particular, it
> appeared faster than the old FreeNX and was reliably disconnecting and
> reconnecting sessions, which was reassuring.  I thought I'd share what
> we found...
> 
>     1. Fullscreen wasn't working, and this seemed to be an issue with
>        XQuartz rather than x2go. If you are seeing just a black screen,
>        try disabling "root window" in XQuartz.
>     2. Disable shared folders completely in x2go.  Leaving this on
>        caused various problems including "key error" messages and
>        sessions freezing.  It may well be possible to fix and make it
>        work but you can always transfer your data via SFTP.
>     3. We had problems with scrambled keymaps, so typing would result
>        in garbage in an editor or terminal.  The solution seemed to be
>        (a) enable "follow system keyboard layout" in xquartz and (b) in
>        the top right corner of the MATE desktop, right-click the
>        keyboard icon and under preferences remove all the unwanted
>        input methods and layouts.
>   ( ie, XQuartz on the Mac should be worrying about keyboard settings, not Linux )
> 
> Also, as Tony Travis pointed out, the default font sizes in MATE do not
> look good when viewed in x2go.  It's hard for me to pick a good global
> default, but you can easily set what works best for you under
> System->Preferences->Appearance->Fonts.
> 
> If anyone else has issues with x2go, or tips to make it work better, I'd
> be interested to hear.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> TIM
> 
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> Tim Booth <tbooth at ceh.ac.uk>
> NERC Environmental Bioinformatics Centre 
> 
> Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
> Maclean Bldg, Benson Lane
> Crowmarsh Gifford
> Wallingford, England
> OX10 8BB 
> 
> http://nebc.nerc.ac.uk
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