[winswitch] Why can't I start xpra on a remote host and connect to it?

[Antoine Martin]

On 08/12/2019 09:48, Tim via shifter-users wrote:
>  Hi Antoine,
> I am using xpra on Lubuntu 18.04, with version
>     $ xpra --version
>     xpra v2.1.3-r17247M
> Is it up to date or out dated? 
It is totally out of date and it contains serious bugs and security
issues. This branch was retired 2 years ago.

> Does the link you gave https://xpra.org/trac/wiki/Packaging/DistributionPackages only list outdated packages?
I have added a link to the current versions at the top of this page:
https://xpra.org/trac/wiki/Versions
> Which package shall I install instead?
https://xpra.org/trac/wiki/Download#Linux

Cheers,
Antoine

> 
> Thanks,Tim
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>     On Wednesday, December 4, 2019, 11:11:57 PM UTC, Tim <timlee126 at yahoo.com> wrote:  
>  
>  Hi,I use the following commands to start xpra server on a remote host and connect to it.But half of time it doesn't work, while sometimes it works.The first command is to kill any remote xpra server process if any. it seems to increase the chance of working a bit, but not always.
> Thanks.
> 
>     $ ssh "olive" killall xpra 
>     $ xpra shadow ssh:olive:0
>     sh: 0: getcwd() failed: Input/output error
>     2019-11-26 17:52:33,854 Xpra gtk2 client version 2.1.3-r17247M 64-bit
>     2019-11-26 17:52:33,854  running on Linux Ubuntu 18.04 bionic
>     sh: 0: getcwd() failed: Input/output error
>     2019-11-26 17:52:36,757 GStreamer version 1.14.5 for Python 2.7.15 64-bit
>     2019-11-26 17:52:38,389 Warning: vendor 'Intel Open Source Technology Center' is greylisted,
>     2019-11-26 17:52:38,390  you may want to turn off OpenGL if you encounter bugs
>     2019-11-26 17:52:38,411 PyOpenGL warning: missing accelerate module
>     2019-11-26 17:52:38,486 OpenGL enabled with Mesa DRI Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset
>     2019-11-26 17:52:38,570  keyboard settings: rules=evdev, model=pc105, layout=us
>     2019-11-26 17:52:38,575  desktop size is 1440x900 with 1 screen:
>     2019-11-26 17:52:38,575   :0.0 (381x238 mm - DPI: 96x96) workarea: 1440x876
>     2019-11-26 17:52:38,576     monitor 1 (303x190 mm - DPI: 120x120)
>     2019-11-26 17:52:39,266 Error: cannot watch for video device changes without pyinotify:
>     2019-11-26 17:52:39,267  No module named pyinotify
>     Warning: cannot use the system proxy for 'shadow' subcommand,
>      failed to connect to '/run/xpra/system':
>      [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>     Entering daemon mode; any further errors will be reported to:
>       /run/user/1000/xpra/:0.log
>     InitException: failed to identify the new server display!
>     xpra initialization error:
>      failed to identify the new server display!
>     2019-11-26 17:52:59,270 Error: failed to receive anything, not an xpra server?
>     2019-11-26 17:52:59,270   could also be the wrong protocol, username, password or port
>     2019-11-26 17:52:59,270 Connection lost
>     2019-11-26 17:52:59,273 Error: printing disabled:
>     2019-11-26 17:52:59,273  No module named cups
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