Package: x2goserver Version: 4.0.1.19 I have a Linux Mint 18 x2go client and a Debian Testing x2go server. And I update both at random intervals. Things just worked for ages. I think I went from Linux Mint 15 to 18. Debian is also really uptodate. Then at one moment - I don't exactly know when because I don't use x2go daily - I started getting this error message. Connection failed. xset: unable to open display "" http://i.imgur.com/Z6yQb4R.png This sounds like one of those xorg errors you get when doing x stuff while not logged into a virtual terminal, but in the case of x2go, I use the magic but don't know how it works, so I have no idea where to start looking. Client machine: Linux Mint 18 (AKA Ubuntu 16.04) x2goclient 4.0.5.1-1 pyhoca-gui 0.5.0.4-1* pyhoca-cli 0.5.0.2-1* Server: Debian Testing x2go-server 4.0.1.19-0x2go2+git20160621.1064+stretch.main.1 x2goserver-xsession 4.0.1.19-0x2go2+git20160621.1064+stretch.main.1 nxagent 2:3.5.0.32-0x2go1+git20160614.734+stretch.main.1 *) Never heard of there. I don't think I ever installed them. I figured I didn't have them installed before so I installed them now. Didn't fix my problem though.