tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post2368058673636204720..comments2023-08-16T18:29:17.918+03:00Comments on FOSS Boss: Show Off Ubuntu Desktop on CloudKamalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02280645950384593949noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-33493161253325729772013-07-12T07:19:30.674+02:002013-07-12T07:19:30.674+02:00Hello,
We are currently trying to move from NX to...Hello,<br /><br />We are currently trying to move from NX to X2Go (on RHEL).<br /><br />While we have what I would consider typical needs and usage, we are caing numerous issues: color issues with a minority of our GUI tools impacting their usability, client crashes with some other tools, etc.<br /><br />I am struggling to find expertise to move forward - either forum, technical support or even consulting to ensure our implementation is better controlled.<br /><br />Any suggestions there?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407629845655075265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-87087556636458911342012-07-18T00:47:42.406+02:002012-07-18T00:47:42.406+02:00Well done, thanks you!Well done, thanks you!marcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15946806578834125358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-59822140258805564712012-07-18T00:47:13.088+02:002012-07-18T00:47:13.088+02:00Well done, thanks you!Well done, thanks you!marcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15946806578834125358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-60803879967690674712011-03-04T22:43:17.612+02:002011-03-04T22:43:17.612+02:00Thanks for your great tutorial!
I run a ubuntu de...Thanks for your great tutorial!<br /><br />I run a ubuntu desktop on a free tier micro instance.<br /><br />Thats cool!!<br /><br />Would be NX better then x2go?<br /><br />Thanks, Wolfgang<br /><br />http://360pano.atstisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07331857994092099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-34479609338860797872011-02-16T15:21:03.604+02:002011-02-16T15:21:03.604+02:00Hi Paolo,
Glad you found it useful. I do not thin...Hi Paolo,<br /><br />Glad you found it useful. I do not think this message is important. My understanding is basically, ssh generates a host key on each machine, x2go it seems has not done that, thus the warning. You can ignore it, or you can generate and put any keypair there I supposeKamalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280645950384593949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-80275109653295895382011-02-16T14:26:33.247+02:002011-02-16T14:26:33.247+02:00Hi Ahmed, I read the two guides "Show Off Ubu...Hi Ahmed, I read the two guides "Show Off Ubuntu" and "Point-n-Click" and I think they are wonderful. I was able to create an EC2 t1.micro Ubuntu instance and access it with X2Go client from my Windows Vista PC. I changes the "Password Authentication" as you suggested. However when I login I get this error message from X2Go client: "Can't read host rsa Key:C:\Program Files\x2goclient\etc\ssh_host_rsa_key.pub". I'm not sure if this error message is important and if I should try to fix this issue. Any idea? Thanks again for sharing this info. Cheers, Paolo (Italy)Paolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18355780266607562743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-18981379996151578412010-12-16T10:00:27.007+02:002010-12-16T10:00:27.007+02:00Hey Ezrie,
hmm, not quite sure why you're hit...Hey Ezrie,<br /><br />hmm, not quite sure why you're hitting that. Things I'd try:<br /><br />- Maybe "work" is blocking outgoing ssh access to the server? can u use putty to ssh into it?<br />- If not, I suspect the difference is that on "home" PC, you're an administrator account. While on "work" PC you're not. Can you actually run x2go client, by right clicking and choosing run as administrator ?<br /><br />Other than that, your best bet is probably asking on the x2go forums or mailing list. Have funKamalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280645950384593949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-80510688353539116122010-12-16T01:48:36.420+02:002010-12-16T01:48:36.420+02:00Worked like a charm on my home pc (win7). ON my w...Worked like a charm on my home pc (win7). ON my work pc (also win7) x2go says it can't connect to xserver. In Options > settings there is a "general" tab that is not present on my home computer. This tab seems to be asking for an X configuration. Any ideas?Ezriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11706806493209222070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-46221643826026401482010-11-29T15:13:38.724+02:002010-11-29T15:13:38.724+02:00Yes indeed, username=ubuntu and instead of the pas...Yes indeed, username=ubuntu and instead of the password I used the private key (note that the public key was readily injected inside the VM by Amazon) so I could login<br /><br />If you're on Windows ? read my previous comments about changing "PasswordAuthentication" to yes, restarting ssh service, changing the ubuntu user's password using "sudo passwd ubuntu" and thus being able to ssh into the machine using a username/password<br /><br />Another option may be to create a new user and add it to the x2gousers group by<br /><br />sudo adduser username x2gousers<br />sudo passwd username<br /><br />Good luck, if things work out for you, I'd be glad if you could send me a write up of exactly the steps that were neededKamalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280645950384593949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-35637543417796393762010-11-29T15:02:08.656+02:002010-11-29T15:02:08.656+02:00Ahmed:
Thanx very much for these posts and your he...Ahmed:<br />Thanx very much for these posts and your helpful comments.<br />1 last question - in X2Go the n/p you use is ubuntu/RSA key pair file?<br />I am not sure what to use.<br /><br />Many thanx!M. Walsh McGuirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10746991380714732188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-56044553362933945982010-11-23T22:46:52.780+02:002010-11-23T22:46:52.780+02:00Did you restart "ssh" service after chan...Did you restart "ssh" service after changing the config ? Did you reset the ubuntu user password using "passwd ubuntu" ?<br /><br />If so, then I'm not sure what went wrong. Perhaps this page is helpful for using key authentication with putty from windows<br />http://www.ualberta.ca/CNS/RESEARCH/LinuxClusters/pka-putty.htmlKamalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280645950384593949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-3221223996711603762010-11-23T20:27:21.936+02:002010-11-23T20:27:21.936+02:00No luck, unfortunately.
$ cat /etc/ssh/sshd_confi...No luck, unfortunately.<br /><br />$ cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep Password<br />PermitEmptyPasswords yes<br />PasswordAuthentication yes<br /><br />When X2go failed, tried cmd line from a 'nix box I have access to, and it also failed:<br /><br />> ssh ubuntu@ec2-<br /> Enter passphrase for key '/home/<>/.ssh/id_rsa':<br />ubuntu@ec2-<>'s password:<br />Permission denied, please try again.<br /><br />**As you can see, I know just barely enough to be dangerous with my own box.technomenschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06638986713986321544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-57019651943878778102010-11-23T19:53:28.903+02:002010-11-23T19:53:28.903+02:00It's probably easiest for you to use password ...It's probably easiest for you to use password authentication instead of keys. Scroll up to read my comment on "PasswordAuthentication"Kamalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280645950384593949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-71101691331318082802010-11-23T19:43:34.508+02:002010-11-23T19:43:34.508+02:00This has been a great guide, and I thank you for y...This has been a great guide, and I thank you for your help in getting this up and running.<br /><br />The next issue I encountered is using the .perm key to work on my windows X2go session.<br /><br />do I need to generate my own id_rsa key on Ubuntu or Putty and use that instead?technomenschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06638986713986321544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-57722742472365758992010-11-23T19:30:30.563+02:002010-11-23T19:30:30.563+02:00Thanks Ahmed. That string to grab the keypair wor...Thanks Ahmed. That string to grab the keypair worked.technomenschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06638986713986321544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-49289568562185451162010-11-21T22:48:10.428+02:002010-11-21T22:48:10.428+02:00Hey Marc,
For the gpg error, you can try another ...Hey Marc,<br /><br />For the gpg error, you can try another server like<br /><br />gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys C509840B96F89133<br /><br />For opening ports, I believe you only need to open port 22 for ssh. X2go is tunneled over ssh AFAICTKamalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280645950384593949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-10726127913435122182010-11-21T22:03:43.423+02:002010-11-21T22:03:43.423+02:00At the following step:
# gpg --keyserver wwwkeys....At the following step:<br /><br /># gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys C509840B96F89133<br /><br />I get the following:<br /><br />gpg: keyserver timed out<br />gpg: keyserver receive failed: keyserver error<br /><br />I went into the AWS Management Console and opened the following ports based on some forum posts I found:<br /><br />UDP 30350-30351 0.0.0.0/0<br />UDP 9103 0.0.0.0/0<br /><br />Was there any other ports I needed to open in the AWS MC??Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00176612093492440782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-21848885433172842322010-11-18T15:26:09.926+02:002010-11-18T15:26:09.926+02:00Hey Marc,
For the portable app try
http://portabl...Hey Marc,<br /><br />For the portable app try<br />http://portableapps.com/node/24384<br /><br />It's my understanding an x2go java browser plugin is under development, such that no software installation is needed indeedKamalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280645950384593949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-17722064933447197292010-11-18T15:05:12.556+02:002010-11-18T15:05:12.556+02:00This is, almost, exactly, what I was looking for.
...This is, almost, exactly, what I was looking for.<br /><br />What if, instead of installing a client software, say you're in a corporate environment, or access it through a public computer? Isn't there a way to put Ubuntu in the Cloud and have it accessible similar to something like the JolliCloudOS from within a browser instead?<br /><br />Or, is there a portable Apps version of X2Go that I could keep on a flash drive and use, so it's more secure?technomenschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06638986713986321544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-21900686777166671862010-11-15T23:14:07.596+02:002010-11-15T23:14:07.596+02:00Hey Nailor,
Glad you liked the write up. You can g...Hey Nailor,<br />Glad you liked the write up. You can get a tiny server at ec2 for free for a year! (yes what you read is true). Check this out<br />http://foss-boss.blogspot.com/2010/10/free-ubuntu-server-for-year-at-amazon.html<br /><br />Since you mention you're new to ec2 in general, this visual guide might be helpful<br />http://foss-boss.blogspot.com/2010/10/pointnclick-guide-to-running-ubuntu-in.htmlKamalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280645950384593949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-56953734773200660352010-11-15T23:00:37.637+02:002010-11-15T23:00:37.637+02:00Pretty much like Greg I have a machine somewhere a...Pretty much like Greg I have a machine somewhere and am running NX there and connect to it to check mail, have my history & passwords saved there...<br />Hosting this at Amazon sounds interesting but I would be interested in how Setup works (never used AmazonWS) and what I costs...<br /><br />Best Regards, and good writeup for people new to X-Forwarding/Remote-Desktop..., but I am more the "new to AmazonWS"-Guy...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-3037906967421415322010-11-15T12:09:27.698+02:002010-11-15T12:09:27.698+02:00Glad that it works for you! Not sure about sharing...Glad that it works for you! Not sure about sharing files from windows though. Try joining the x2go community, they are going to have more experience with x2go than myself :) EnjoyKamalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280645950384593949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-53045023204561392482010-11-15T12:01:44.205+02:002010-11-15T12:01:44.205+02:00BTW, i am unable to share a directory from windows...BTW, i am unable to share a directory from windows(with x2go windows client) to use (and pass files) to the ubuntu remote machine.<br />any suggestions here ?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358462578756116169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-62924840843907103462010-11-15T11:59:45.000+02:002010-11-15T11:59:45.000+02:00sorry, my mistake.
firefox has started after a whi...sorry, my mistake.<br />firefox has started after a while.<br /><br />it seems that a small vm in ec2 is a little slow for using ubuntu with desktop.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358462578756116169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342921498109425004.post-15291761906819831602010-11-15T11:22:58.631+02:002010-11-15T11:22:58.631+02:00Hey q, what error are you getting ? Try starting i...Hey q, what error are you getting ? Try starting it from a terminalKamalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280645950384593949noreply@blogger.com