---
name: "x2gokdrive"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xserver-x2gokdrive"
version: "0.0.0.3-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/x2gokdrive"
---

# x2gokdrive(1)

X server providing a graphical backend for X2Go Server

## NAME

x2gokdrive - X server providing a graphical backend for X2Go Server

## SYNOPSIS

**x2gokdrive** \[**:***display*\] \[*option* *...*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**x2gokdrive** is a kdrive server that provides a graphical backend for X2Go desktop sessions, supporting modern extensions like composite, damage and randr.

Unlike *nxagent (aka x2goagent)* which is an X proxy, i.e. limited to the capabilities of the host X server, **x2gokdrive** is a real X server which uses the host X server window as "framebuffer" via fast SHM XImages.

## OPTIONS

The server accepts all the standard options of [Xserver(1)](/Xserver/1.md).

Furthermore, it understands the *nxagent*-way of providing session options via the $DISPLAY environment variable. Currently, only a subset of *nxagent's* nx/nx display options is supported. Non-supported nx/nx options get ignored.

## SIGNALS

Sending the SIGHUP signal to **x2gokdrive** switches the X server from running to suspend state and back.

Sending the SIGTERM signal to **x2gokdrive** shuts down the X server (and ends all applications attached to its $DISPLAY).

## CAVEATS

- •

  The '-host-cursor' cursor is static in its appearance.

- •

  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.

## SEE ALSO

[X(7)](/X/7.md), [Xserver(1)](/Xserver/1.md), nxagent(@appmansuffic@), [x2goagent(1)](/x2goagent/1.md)

## AUTHOR

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