x2gokdrive(1)

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version 0.0.0.3 · 5 versions
, in fedora 44, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 x2gokdrive — the manual page, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about x2gokdrive — this is the x2gokdrive(1) page from the General Commands Manual, and it's genuinely iconic, no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

x2gokdrive — an X server that gives X2Go Server a graphical backend. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

x2gokdrive [:display] [option ...]

literally just run it with a display and however many options your heart desires. periodt.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So. x2gokdrive is a kdrive server that provides a graphical backend for X2Go desktop sessions, and it supports the modern extensions — composite, damage and randr. the whole squad. 🔥

Now here's the part that's giving main character energy: unlike nxagent (aka x2goagent), which is an X proxy — meaning it's lowkey limited to the capabilities of the host X server — x2gokdrive is a real X server. fr fr. it uses the host X server window as a "framebuffer", and it does that via fast SHM XImages. 💫

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • The server accepts all the standard options of Xserver(1). all of them. she's flexible like that. 🫶

Furthermore (yes, we're using furthermore, we contain multitudes), it understands the nxagent-way of providing session options via the $DISPLAY environment variable. mind you: currently only a subset of nxagent's nx/nx display options is supported. any non-supported nx/nx options just get ignored. they simply do not get a seat at the table. 🙈

🌈 SIGNALS 🌈

  • Sending the SIGHUP signal to x2gokdrive switches the X server from running to suspend state — and back again. it's giving snooze button. 😴
  • Sending the SIGTERM signal to x2gokdrive shuts down the X server, and that ends all applications attached to its $DISPLAY. yes, all of them. the entire group chat is leaving. 💀

🍓 CAVEATS 🍓

  • The -host-cursor cursor is static in its appearance. it does not move, it does not groove, it is simply there. iconic in a frozen way. 🎀
  • The build gets a warning about nanosleep. I think the various -D build flags are causing this. I haven't figured as yet how to work round it. It doesn't appear to break anything however. so like… we're fine?? probably?? 🫠

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

X(7), Xserver(1), nxagent(@appmansuffic@), x2goagent(1)

go read those too, iykyk. 📚✨

💜 AUTHOR 💜

This man page has been written by Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> for the X2Go Project (https://wiki.x2go.org). absolute legend behavior. 🫶

and that's a wrap, bestie!! 💖 this page lives under X Version 11, source xorg-server 21.1.21, and the whole thing is filed as x2gokdrive(1). slay. ✨🌈💅

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