X2Go Bug report logs - #503
Can't start X Server, please check your installation

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.x2go.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: postmaster <postmaster@lostcantina.com>

To: submit@bugs.x2go.org

Subject: Can't start X Server, please check your installation

Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 14:34:22 +0200

Package: X2goclient-4.0.1.3-setup.exe
Version: 4.0.1.3


When i open X2GO on my windows vista, it's crash immediately with this 
message:" Can't start X Server, please check your installation"

so i try to desinstall and reinstall but, OMG, X2GO REMEMBER THE OLD 
PARAMETERS.
(the baby seal with My session / root@123.45.67.89 / gnome / 800x600 / 
enabled)

so the desinstallation is not clean !


so, i desinstall X2GO
i try to manually delete ALL THE REPERTORIES, and clean the windows 
register with "Regedit" => done
and i reinstall X2GO.
BUT THE OLD PARAMETERS IS STILL HERE:
OMG I'M stuck with this bug:
the bad parameters is still her: (the baby seal with My session / 
root@123.45.67.89 / gnome / 800x600 / enabled)
and one second after (i can't modify nothing)  CRASH " Can't start X 
Server, please check your installation"

so i return to 3.99.2.2
goodbye 4.X
:-/

thank you

Message #10 received at 503@bugs.x2go.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Stefan Baur <newsgroups.mail2@stefanbaur.de>

To: postmaster <postmaster@lostcantina.com>, 503@bugs.x2go.org

Subject: Re: [X2Go-Dev] Bug#503: Can't start X Server, please check your installation

Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 15:12:22 +0200

Am 27.05.2014 14:34, schrieb postmaster:

> so i try to desinstall and reinstall but, OMG, X2GO REMEMBER THE OLD
> PARAMETERS.
> (the baby seal with My session / root@123.45.67.89 / gnome / 800x600 /
> enabled)

That's not OMG, that's desired behavior.  Just imagine what would happen
if uninstalling Microsoft Office would mean all your Word and Excel
documents would get deleted as well.  Same here.  Uninstall purges the
program files, but not the data.

> so the desinstallation is not clean !

To purge the data from the particular user profile, you either have to
remove the registry keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Obviously
Nice\x2goclient (in case of a standard x2goclient Windows installation),
or delete the ".x2goclient" folder from the user's home directory (if
you were using x2goclient in portable mode).
This is something you have to do *per user*, so if you logged in as
Administrator to (un)install x2goclient, you need to log off, and log
back on again as the user you were running x2goclient under, *then* run
regedit *as the user* and remove the above-specified tree.

[...]

> so i return to 3.99.2.2
> goodbye 4.X
> :-/

Also, you were using an outdated 4.x release.  Please try 4.0.2.0
instead of 4.0.1.3.

-Stefan

Message #15 received at 503@bugs.x2go.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michael DePaulo <mikedep333@gmail.com>

To: 503@bugs.x2go.org, postmaster <postmaster@lostcantina.com>

Cc: Stefan Baur <newsgroups.mail2@stefanbaur.de>

Subject: Re: [X2Go-Dev] Bug#503: Bug#503: Can't start X Server, please check your installation

Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 09:43:04 -0400

Hi, I am the Windows maintainer for X2Go Client.

1st of all, I am sorry you ran into this bug. It is on my to-fix list.

2nd, this is a duplicate of bug 109. I am still learning the debian
bug tracking system, I will mark this as a duplicate when I get home
from work.

On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Stefan Baur
<newsgroups.mail2@stefanbaur.de> wrote:
> Am 27.05.2014 14:34, schrieb postmaster:
>
>> so i try to desinstall and reinstall but, OMG, X2GO REMEMBER THE OLD
>> PARAMETERS.
>> (the baby seal with My session / root@123.45.67.89 / gnome / 800x600 /
>> enabled)
>
> That's not OMG, that's desired behavior.  Just imagine what would happen
> if uninstalling Microsoft Office would mean all your Word and Excel
> documents would get deleted as well.  Same here.  Uninstall purges the
> program files, but not the data.
>

As stefan mentioned, the settings are stored per-user. This is why we
do not delete them.

Deleting settings vs deleting session profiles may be another discussion.

>> so the desinstallation is not clean !
>
> To purge the data from the particular user profile, you either have to
> remove the registry keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Obviously
> Nice\x2goclient (in case of a standard x2goclient Windows installation),
> or delete the ".x2goclient" folder from the user's home directory (if
> you were using x2goclient in portable mode).
> This is something you have to do *per user*, so if you logged in as
> Administrator to (un)install x2goclient, you need to log off, and log
> back on again as the user you were running x2goclient under, *then* run
> regedit *as the user* and remove the above-specified tree.

As Stefan mentioned, you have to do this per user.

To avoid deleting your session profiles, just follow these per-user
instructions instead to fix this specific bug/setting. They assume you
are not in portable mode. They are mentioned in bug 109 now.

1. Open regedit (you do not need admin rights.)
2. Browse to the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Obviously
Nice\x2goclient\settings
3.Then set "useintx" to "true"

> [...]
>
>> so i return to 3.99.2.2
>> goodbye 4.X
>> :-/
>
> Also, you were using an outdated 4.x release.  Please try 4.0.2.0
> instead of 4.0.1.3.
>
> -Stefan

The bug is still present in 4.0.2.0. However, we still advise
upgrading to 4.0.2.0, largely because of the vulnerabilities in VcXsrv
which have been patched.
http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:release-notes-mswin:x2goclient-4.0.2.0

-Mike#2

Message #20 received at 503@bugs.x2go.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>

To: Michael DePaulo <mikedep333@gmail.com>, 503@bugs.x2go.org

Subject: Re: [X2Go-Dev] Can't start X Server, please check your installation

Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 09:56:43 +0000

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Control: reassign -1 x2goclient
Control: merge -1 #109


On  Di 27 Mai 2014 15:43:04 CEST, Michael DePaulo wrote:

> 2nd, this is a duplicate of bug 109. I am still learning the debian
> bug tracking system, I will mark this as a duplicate when I get home
> from work.

Merging #503 into #109 and reassigning to x2goclient source component of X2Go.

Mike#1
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Message #31 received at 503@bugs.x2go.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: David Christensen <shorawitz@gmail.com>

To: 503@bugs.x2go.org

Subject: Re: [X2Go-Dev] Can't start X Server, please check your installation

Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 14:18:14 -0700

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I have come across this problem as well, but my situation is a bit
different (odd.)  I originally setup the x2go client on my work laptop and
it connects just fine.  I wanted to add it to my personal laptop (both run
Win7, but home is regular and work is Professional) and that is when I run
into this issue.

I've tried uninstalling and removing the registry entries for the
application, no-go.  Is there a workaround for my situation?

Thank you,

David Christensen

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