[opensuse] xrdp server questions
All, I do 80% of my openSUSE work at the command line the last few years, so I have little X/KDE/Gnome experience. What little GUI activity I have is in openSUSE VMs that I use to experiment with and none of it remote. I setup a Leap 42.2 test machine with nice new desktop PC hardware.. I decided to access it via RDP from my windows laptop. After installing the xrdp server and starting the service, it is working great in general. The only surprises so far are: - I can log into the machine with multiple simultaneous logins (3 at once so far). I can login as me at the main console, and from 2 Windows PCs simultaneously. Each login is unique. That is perfectly fine. - Among those 3 concurrent login sessions, I can only launch one instance of Firefox total. If I try to launch it from a second session I get an error: ("Firefox is already running and is not responding ...."). Is that a long-term well known bug? Or is it a bug unique to Leap 42.2? - I keep getting a dialog box asking for the root password. It seems related to a background check for security updates. "Authorization is required to refresh the system sources." The application's vendor is "The PackageKit Project". It provides PIDs too if that is helpful. Is that just because I'm using XRDP, or is there a bug? Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer www.IntelligentAvatar.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
15.07.2016 20:30, Greg Freemyer пишет:
- Among those 3 concurrent login sessions, I can only launch one instance of Firefox total. If I try to launch it from a second session I get an error:
("Firefox is already running and is not responding ....").
Is that a long-term well known bug? Or is it a bug unique to Leap 42.2?
It is not a bug, Firefox works by design. The only workaround I know is to launch it with separate profile.
- I keep getting a dialog box asking for the root password.
It seems related to a background check for security updates. "Authorization is required to refresh the system sources."
The application's vendor is "The PackageKit Project".
It provides PIDs too if that is helpful.
Is that just because I'm using XRDP, or is there a bug?
Most likely PackageKit is configured to not require authentication on local console and your session does not qualify as it of course. I bet you'd have the same over normal xdm connection. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 07/15/2016 08:51 PM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
15.07.2016 20:30, Greg Freemyer пишет:
- Among those 3 concurrent login sessions, I can only launch one instance of Firefox total. If I try to launch it from a second session I get an error:
("Firefox is already running and is not responding ....").
Is that a long-term well known bug? Or is it a bug unique to Leap 42.2?
It is not a bug, Firefox works by design. The only workaround I know is to launch it with separate profile.
maybe also interesting: --no-remote Do not accept or send remote commands; implies --new-instance. --new-instance Open new instance, not a new window in running instance. Have a nice day, Berny -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Bernhard Voelker composed on 2016-07-15 20:55 (UTC+0200):
Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
Greg Freemyer пишет:
- Among those 3 concurrent login sessions, I can only launch one instance of Firefox total. If I try to launch it from a second session I get an error:
("Firefox is already running and is not responding ....").
Is that a long-term well known bug? Or is it a bug unique to Leap 42.2?
It is not a bug, Firefox works by design. The only workaround I know is to launch it with separate profile.
maybe also interesting:
--no-remote Do not accept or send remote commands; implies --new-instance. --new-instance Open new instance, not a new window in running instance.
Or instead of -no-remote (not --; man firefox), do as I've been doing for somewhere around 16 years, since Mozilla 0.94 or so, before Firefox was conceived: $ set | grep MOZ MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1 $ ps -A | egrep 'iref|monk' 7971 ? 01:20:07 seamonkey 10103 ? 07:07:43 seamonkey 10223 ? 00:41:13 firefox 10343 ? 00:02:26 firefox-bin 10395 ? 04:24:59 firefox -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 3:37 PM, Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote:
Bernhard Voelker composed on 2016-07-15 20:55 (UTC+0200):
Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
Greg Freemyer пишет:
- Among those 3 concurrent login sessions, I can only launch one instance of Firefox total. If I try to launch it from a second session I get an error:
("Firefox is already running and is not responding ....").
Is that a long-term well known bug? Or is it a bug unique to Leap 42.2?
It is not a bug, Firefox works by design. The only workaround I know is to launch it with separate profile.
maybe also interesting:
--no-remote Do not accept or send remote commands; implies --new-instance. --new-instance Open new instance, not a new window in running instance.
Or instead of -no-remote (not --; man firefox), do as I've been doing for somewhere around 16 years, since Mozilla 0.94 or so, before Firefox was conceived:
$ set | grep MOZ MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1 $ ps -A | egrep 'iref|monk' 7971 ? 01:20:07 seamonkey 10103 ? 07:07:43 seamonkey 10223 ? 00:41:13 firefox 10343 ? 00:02:26 firefox-bin 10395 ? 04:24:59 firefox
None of the 3 are working. I even rebooted after updating my .profile. If it as designed, I'm okay. If its a bug I'd like to report it to bugzilla. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2016-07-15 22:03, Greg Freemyer wrote:
If it as designed, I'm okay. If its a bug I'd like to report it to bugzilla.
It is indeed a feature. Firefox called from a client machine tries to run the firefox present in the local machine, despite you calling the one in the server. Another is that if you have two desktops running under the same user (two seats) other weird things happens. This is your case. Firefox sees another instance running, and tries to call it to open a window instead of starting another one. Try to use --new-instance. If that does not work, create a new profile and use it: firefox --ProfileManager create a copy of the profile with another name, then start it via the profile manager, or alternatively: firefox -P <profile> Use "firefox --help" to find out more options. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)
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