Modern X Client Definition Requirements

Launching a desktop or X client from a modern Linux operating system requires a unique D-Bus session that supports the client session. D-Bus is an inter-process communication (IPC), and a remote procedure call (RPC) mechanism that allows communication between X clients in the same user session.

For a GNOME 3 Desktop session launched from the GDM Login Screen (XDMCP), these conditions are handled by GDM and do not need to be configured in Reflection X Advantage.

If you’re not using an XDMCP connection, you’ll need to launch a D-Bus session on your client command line as follows.

HINT:Using the dbus-run-session command is the best method to start the D-Bus for an X client.

To configure a command to launch a modern X client such as GNOME Terminal

  1. On the X Manager window, click the Plus button next to X Clients to create a new client definition.

  2. In the new client definition, enter a Name and the Host name.

  3. From the Host type drop-down list, select Linux.

  4. From the Command drop-down list, select Terminal.

  5. In the Session list, select a session definition that has the appropriate extensions enabled for a modern X client.

    The client command should contain the following elements:

    (dbus-run-session -- /usr/bin/gnome-terminal --display=%IP#% --wait)

    You can use one of the sample GNOME 3 X client definitions such as Linux - gnome-terminal (GNOME 3). If these samples are not listed in the X Manager window under Session Definitions, you can add them by importing the linux_gnome3_templates.rxd template file. (See Import Installed Templates.)

When you start the session, the dbus-run-session command launches the client with a unique D-Bus session and terminates the D-Bus session when the gnome-session client exits.

NOTE:The dbus-run-session command is available only on newer systems such as RHEL 6.10 and above and RHEL 7.6 and above. To set up a unique D-Bus session on older systems, use the dbus-launch command instead.

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