[winswitch] profile.d not load

[carl langlois]

Hi,

That's the Xpra way I like it.

Cl

Le mar. 31 mars 2020 05 h 18, Antoine Martin via shifter-users <
shifter-users at lists.devloop.org.uk> a écrit :

> On 30/03/2020 19:45, carl langlois via shifter-users wrote:
> > Hi Alex,
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestions. I have tried your suggestions and here is
> what
> > i can see.
> >
> > 1- with --start-child="xterm -ls"
> >     What i see is that only the xterm get the environment variable from
> > profile.d . All other application from the Xpra menu does does get those
> > variables. So does not work for me.
> > 2-  with --start-desktop
> >      This work but i dont't need and want the full desktop. In our
> > infrastructure(Ovirt) some people use full desktop over Spice
> > protocol(virt-viewer). and the others used Xpra for seamless integration.
> >
> > The only way i was able to make this work is to remote execute a ssh
> > command like this "bash -l -c xpra start :display". For what i understand
> > this work because the xpra server is started with a login shell and
> > child process will get all the variables from profile.d.
> There is now a better solution to this problem:
> http://xpra.org/trac/ticket/2688#comment:1
> This will be available in v4, which is due quite soon.
>
> Cheers,
> Antoine
>
>
> > The only weird thing is that in Centos7 i never had this kind of problem.
> > Not sure why Ubuntu have a different behavior.
> >
> > Thanks & Regards.
> >
> > cl
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 4:18 AM Berg, Alexander <alexander.berg at atos.net
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Carl,
> >>
> >> I'm solving this by
> >>     --start-child="xterm -ls"
> >> This starts an xterm with a login shell.
> >>
> >> You could also use a desktop-session like
> >>     xpra start-desktop ssh:user at server --start-child="startxfce4"
> >> --exit-with-children
> >>
> >> Maybe there is a better workaround?
> >>
> >> With kind regards,
> >>     Alex
> >>
> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> >> Von: shifter-users <shifter-users-bounces at lists.devloop.org.uk> Im
> >> Auftrag von carl langlois via shifter-users
> >> Gesendet: Freitag, 27. März 2020 14:51
> >> An: Xpra and Winswitch ML <shifter-users at lists.devloop.org.uk>
> >> Betreff: [winswitch] profile.d not load
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I am currently having trouble getting some global variable to be load
> when
> >> start xpra.
> >>
> >> I am using this command to start xpra from the client
> >>
> >> xpra start ssh:user at server
> >>
> >> Xpra does start correctly on the server and i can attach to it. But
> some of
> >> the variable defined in the profile.d are not present.
> >>
> >> This is probably something related to interactive vs non-interactive
> >> shell...
> >> How can i make Xpra start with full login shell?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Regards
> >> cl
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