Help with opening web browser in jump.lab.ntg
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william@lab-lnx-jump ~ $ /usr/bin/firefox
Error: GDK_BACKEND does not match available displaysI keep getting this error. seems pretty common according to the web.
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Are you connected via X2Go and running this from a terminal on the desktop? That error looks like you are trying to run the command via a traditional SSH connection without a display.
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@scottalanmiller said in Help with opening web browser in jump.lab.ntg:
Are you connected via X2Go and running this from a terminal on the desktop? That error looks like you are trying to run the command via a traditional SSH connection without a display.
Im just in the terminal on Linux Mint 18
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Normally to run Firefox, you would put /usr/bin/firefox into X2Go's settings as a "single application". This gives you a lighter experience of just the browser.
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@WrCombs said in Help with opening web browser in jump.lab.ntg:
@scottalanmiller said in Help with opening web browser in jump.lab.ntg:
Are you connected via X2Go and running this from a terminal on the desktop? That error looks like you are trying to run the command via a traditional SSH connection without a display.
Im just in the terminal on Linux Mint 18
How did you connect to it?
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@scottalanmiller So i need to connect to x2go? when i did that it said i needed a password to connect to the server.
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@WrCombs said in Help with opening web browser in jump.lab.ntg:
@scottalanmiller So i need to connect to x2go? when i did that it said i needed a password to connect to the server.
Yes, X2Go connects using the same protocol as direct SSH, it's SSH under the hood. So you need the same username, password, server name and port as you did with SSH.
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@scottalanmiller said in Help with opening web browser in jump.lab.ntg:
@WrCombs said in Help with opening web browser in jump.lab.ntg:
@scottalanmiller said in Help with opening web browser in jump.lab.ntg:
Are you connected via X2Go and running this from a terminal on the desktop? That error looks like you are trying to run the command via a traditional SSH connection without a display.
Im just in the terminal on Linux Mint 18
How did you connect to it?
william@william-OptiPlex-GX260 ~ $ ssh -p 8022 [email protected]
[email protected]'s password:
Welcome to Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa (GNU/Linux 3.19.0-32-generic x86_64)Welcome to Linux Mint
- Documentation: http://www.linuxmint.com
Last login: Sat Aug 27 16:34:26 2016 from ip68-13-71-108.om.om.cox.net
- Documentation: http://www.linuxmint.com
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@WrCombs yup, that's a direct SSH connection and does not have a screen / display on which for the machine to present or "throw" in UNIX terms, the Firefox application. X2Go uses SSH but gives a display to the remote machine so that it can throw Firefox to you.
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@scottalanmiller same password to get into the jump box?
i put it in and it says sorry, try again. -
@WrCombs said in Help with opening web browser in jump.lab.ntg:
@scottalanmiller same password to get into the jump box?
i put it in and it says sorry, try again.I'm guessing that you forgot to put in the port number?
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@scottalanmiller said in Help with opening web browser in jump.lab.ntg:
@WrCombs said in Help with opening web browser in jump.lab.ntg:
@scottalanmiller same password to get into the jump box?
i put it in and it says sorry, try again.I'm guessing that you forgot to put in the port number?
probably not, seeing how i dont know what im doing and im trying to learn.. what do i need to put into the terminal?
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@WrCombs said in Help with opening web browser in jump.lab.ntg:
@scottalanmiller said in Help with opening web browser in jump.lab.ntg:
@WrCombs said in Help with opening web browser in jump.lab.ntg:
@scottalanmiller same password to get into the jump box?
i put it in and it says sorry, try again.I'm guessing that you forgot to put in the port number?
probably not, seeing how i dont know what im doing and im trying to learn.. what do i need to put into the terminal?
Not in the terminal, in X2Go. There is a place to type in the port number, if you didn't type in 8022, it can't work.
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Host:
Login:
SSH Port:
Single Application:Those are the four settings to fill in.
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here is a place to type in the port number, if you didn't type in 8022, it can't work.
Im lost.
all im in is the terminal. x2go isnt opening after i start the server. -
@WrCombs said in Help with opening web browser in jump.lab.ntg:
here is a place to type in the port number, if you didn't type in 8022, it can't work.
Im lost.
all im in is the terminal. x2go isnt opening after i start the server.Well the terminal isn't an option so don't keep trying that. You have to use X2Go to connect to the server instead to be able to do anything graphical, like have a web browser. So start with X2Go.
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@scottalanmiller said in Help with opening web browser in jump.lab.ntg:
X2Go for Windows: http://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-win32/x2goclient/releases/4.0.5.1-2016.08.18/x2goclient-4.0.5.1-2016.08.18-setup.exe
for Linux?
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@WrCombs for Linux you install it like this...
https://mangolassi.it/topic/3241/installing-x2go-on-linux-mint-17-1
Same commands for 18.
