xrdp xmonad no showing the xmobar

henninb · 2019-09-12 02:29:21

I am attempting to utilize xmonad while I xrdp (xorg session) to my archbox, however I cannot see my xmobar while using xrdp. xmonad is fully functional while I am on my archlinux box natively (startx) and I can see my xmobar. what are some things I need to consider to troubleshoot xmonad over xrdp?

henninb · 2019-09-12 23:56:44

Below are the details of the version i am working with.

xmobar 0.29.5
xmonad 0.15
The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 8.6.5

Problem exists with windows and mac rdp clients.

Last edited by henninb (2019-09-13 00:03:37)

Trilby · 2019-09-13 00:01:26

Please post the xorg logs from the session that works as intended and the one that does not.

Have you tested xrdb by using a local remote desktop client on the local machine (i.e., host and client on the same machine)?

Last edited by Trilby (2019-09-13 00:02:24)

henninb · 2019-09-13 00:35:39

Trilby wrote:

Please post the xorg logs from the session that works as intended and the one that does not.
Have you tested xrdb by using a local remote desktop client on the local machine (i.e., host and client on the same machine)?

I was able to use xfreerdp locally from the same archlinux system and saw the issue with the xmobar missing from the top. As a side note: I am running this same xmonad config on a mint linux system (different hardware), however xmobar is displaying with no issues. Not sure if it matters, but the versions are different as follows.

Mint - xmobar 0.24.5
Arch - xmobar 0.29.5

Mint - xmonad 0.13
Arch - xmonad 0.15

Mint - The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 8.0.2
Arch - The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 8.6.5

Are you looking to see the logs from /var/log? I don't see the xrdp session generating logs in that directory however I do have a file $HOME/.xorgxrdp.10.log. Let me know and I can post it to my github for viewing.

Thanks

Trilby · 2019-09-13 00:41:56

Xorg logs: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#General

Sharing / Pasting: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … in_clients

henninb · 2019-09-13 00:53:53

Trilby wrote:

Xorg logs: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#General
Sharing / Pasting: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … in_clients

Here is the working
https://github.com/BitExplorer/dotfiles … Xorg.0.log

Here is the non working
https://github.com/BitExplorer/dotfiles … rdp.10.log

henninb · 2019-09-13 01:03:14

Here is another interesting datapoint. If I start a terminal and then I run xmobar in the foreground in that terminal, the xmobar stays up and works fine. Not sure why but when I run it in the background, at least the one time I did, it core dumped.

Trilby · 2019-09-13 01:06:39

Thanks - the logs look pretty clean. But one thing stands out: the two sessions have (I think) very different screen geometries. Is your xmobar configured to show up at a certain place on the screen?

Can you post your xinitrc and any Xmonad/Xmobar configs (these can probably be in [ code ] tags here on the forum unless they are very long).

henninb · 2019-09-13 01:32:59

Trilby wrote:

Thanks - the logs look pretty clean. But one thing stands out: the two sessions have (I think) very different screen geometries. Is your xmobar configured to show up at a certain place on the screen?
Can you post your xinitrc and any Xmonad/Xmobar configs (these can probably be in [ code ] tags here on the forum unless they are very long).

My xmobar is configured to show at the top of the screen.

Here is my xmonad.hs

https://github.com/BitExplorer/dotfiles … /xmonad.hs

Here is my xmobarrc

https://github.com/BitExplorer/dotfiles … r/xmobarrc

Thanks for taking a look.

henninb · 2019-09-13 01:44:00

One more observation, after a fresh reboot and prior to startx, I rdp for the first time and xmobar does not start per the xmonad config above. This is strange because it does spawn for my local startx screen.

When I start the xmobar manually (from the terminal within the xrdp session) the "StdinReader" is showing as updating, but when I use startx from the console of the machine it shows what is expected.

I confirmed that the xmobar is being called, but it is exiting.

This is not the error, but I do see the output - "<stdin>: hGetLine: end of file"

Last edited by henninb (2019-09-14 18:04:21)

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xrdp xmonad no showing the xmobar

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