[dvlug] xfce settings question

[Don Smith]

Just so there's a record in case anyone else had the issue the bug below
has a fix:
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7502

On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 12:29 PM Don Smith <dcsmith at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am using the proprietary chrome remote desktop. I feel better about it
> then opening my own port as I, maybe misguidedly, trust them to do a little
> security even via obfuscation. If there were a service that would reverse
> tunnel for me with similar clients I'd probably use it. The issue seems to
> be, however, in creating duplicate logins. I also had setup rdp sessions to
> the same box and saw the same behavior. I'm wondering if it's a limitation
> of xfce that I can't have 2 gui sessions going at the same time, or if it's
> a setting. I've done the x tunneling but it's super slow.
>
> Thanks again for the response Grant, and good to hear from you.
>
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 12:23 PM Grant Bowman <grantbow at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure I follow completely. Do you mean the proprietary
>> protocol "chromoting" https://remotedesktop.google.com ? There are other
>> ways to share a desktop using open protocols like vnc. Depending on what
>> you want to do an ssh session might work better with tunneling. A remote x
>> session is more direct over some kind of connection. Unfortunately there's
>> not enough information to understand the setup between the machines and
>> other possible connection and usage limitations.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Grant
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 11:50 AM Don Smith <dcsmith at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I figured this might be the place to check. I use xfce with ubuntu
>>> studio. I also use google chrome remote desktop. Unfortunately, and I
>>> didn't have this when I was running ubuntu 16.04 with unity, I seem to be
>>> able to only have 1 desktop session open at a time, so if i login to the
>>> remote desktop it only works if i logout the desktop session. Is there a
>>> way around this? I haven't looked too deeply but was wondering if anyone on
>>> the list was very familiar with xfce to see if they understood how the
>>> sessions work.
>>>
>>> Hope everyone is doing well, I will say even as an infrequent attendee I
>>> do miss the in person meetups, and hope this whole madness blows over soon.
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>>
>>> Don Smith
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