VCEA - Remote Connection

Table of Contents

• By SSH or Terminal
  • SSH Servers: EECS - Available SSH servers
  • From Linux: EECS - Connect to EECS SSH servers using Linux
  • From Windows: EECS - Connect to EECS SSH servers using Windows
• By Graphical User Interface
  • X2Go
    • X2Go Troubleshooting

This documentation is to be used for connecting remotely to VCEA systems using different operating systems and tools.

By SSH or Terminal

SSH Servers: EECS - Available SSH servers

From Linux: EECS - Connect to EECS SSH servers using Linux

From Windows: EECS - Connect to EECS SSH servers using Windows

By Graphical User Interface

 X2Go

 Ensure this client is what you want to use to reach your target server.

1. Download & install the appropriate x2goclient for your machine
   Windows: x2Go 4.1.0.0 client for Windows
   MacOS: x2Go 4.1.0.0 client for MacOS
   Linux: sudo apt-get install x2goclient
   
   
2. After installing & opening the X2Go Client, create a New Session
   1. 
3. Configure Session
   1. Session name: short meaningful name
   2. Host: the fully qualified domain name of connection target
   3. Login: your username
   4. Session Type: 
      1. XFCE
      2. ICEWM
   5. 

1. Configure Connection
   
   1. Speed: ADSL
   2. Method: 256k-jpeg
   3. 
   4. We're still testing various other connection methods, but this has given the smoothest general connection.  If you find one that's smoother and provides a better user experience, please let us know, we would be happy to share it!

X2Go Troubleshooting

If you have issues re-connecting to a previous session and want to terminate it to start fresh, you can do so by connecting with a different Window Manager.

• Example:
  • If originally connected with XFCE, you can connect with ICEWM and when prompted, terminate your XFCE session.
  • Then fully logout/close your ICEWM temporary session.
  • Finally, you should be able to log back in to XFCE with a fresh clean interface.

Choppy/Slow connection with broken window shading

• Try disabling compositor
  • Settings
  • Window Manager Tweaks
  • Compositor
  • Un-check: "Enable display compositing"