Trouble connecting to Linux Mint XFCE desktop

[grundar]

Hi,

I want to connect to a remote computer running Linux Mint 20.3 with pre-installed xfce desktop.

If I logged in with NoMachine using the physical display all is ok. See first image with the black linux mint screen.

If I logged in using NoMachine virtual desktop I got an very old-styled desktop of xfce. See the second image with the blue xfce-screen.

My /usr/NX/etc/node.cfg has the normal xfce start-command:

DefaultDesktopCommand /usr/bin/startxfce4

What can I do to get the modern Linux Mint xfce desktop in the virtual desktops?

I installed NoMachine Workstation (Evaluation).

Did you need some more infos?

Thanks for your help

Grundar

 

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[fisherman]

I did not check startup scripts for the Linux Mint that loads correct theme on physical desktop. NoMachine starts command you mentioned in your post. I can recommend workaround that possibly you can use.
– Remove existing xfce settings for that user that has loaded standard xfce desktop.
rm -rf ~/.config/xfce4 or rm -rf /home/user/.config.xfce4
– log to the desktop with user physically or using NoMachine physical session
– then logout
– Create virtual desktop session

[grundar]

Thank you for your reply. I tested your workaround. But without any success. After the login via NoMachine the physical desktop is also “damaged”. Removing the xfce-config folder rebuild the desktop only in some parts. for example: the menu and the taskbar are in the old-style or corrupt.

And the virtual desktops were not affected by this action.

That way didnt work. 🙁

Any suggestions?

[Britgirl]

There was a typo in the previous reply. Could you try with the following and tell me if that works:

rm -rf /home/type_username_here/.config/xfce4

then follow the steps as before (log in to desktop using NoMachine physical session, logout, create virtual desktop session)

[grundar]

Now I tried some steps around, but there was no success.

I made a fresh install of NoMachine Workstation.

I edit /usr/NX/etc/server.cfg and activated the physical desktop to all users with

PhysicalDesktopSharing 1

Add a new desktop user

Reboot the machine

Connect the desktop user via NoMachine

Logged in the desktop-user with the physical desktop – and logged out

Canceled the connection and reconnect with NoMachine.

Create a new virtual desktop.

Now I see the (wrong) blue xfce desktop.

Then I logged out the virtual desktop and logged in with root and removed .config/xfce4 Folder from my desktop-user.

Logged in the desktop-user with the physical desktop – and logged out

Create with the desktop-user a new virtual desktop.

Again I see the (wrong) blue xfce desktop.

Than logged out and logged in the desktop-user with the physical desktop. Now I see the (good) black xfce- desktop with some little damages. Some icons in the taskbar are corrupt.

Hmmm …? Very tricky. What can I do now?

[Britgirl]

We reproduced the same behaviour. But this seems to be more of a problem of Mint and not NoMachine. It can be fixed by setting the environment varible in node.cfg:

DefaultDesktopCommand "env XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-xfce:/etc/xdg:/etc/xdg /usr/bin/startxfce4"

This should be enough to get the correct desktop GUI. Since the desktop-user was already logged and probably you had “wrong” settings saved, you need to reset it with:

rm -rf /home/desktop-user/.config/xfce4

and then logging in to your NoMachine session should give you the desired DE.

[grundar]

Yeah! What a tricky option! But that rocks 🙂

Thank you very much!!

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