Here's a strange experience using xpra v2.3.1-r19531 as the server on a new installation of lubuntu 18.04. This is a fresh installation from the xpra.org repos.

Here at my remote location, I can connect to the machine that serves Xpra using a direct ssh connection (not the Xpra client) and check my mounts. The results are unsurprising:

$ mount | grep /dev/sd | sort
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 
(rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,stripe=32734,data=ordered)
/dev/sda3 on /boot/efi type vfat 
(rw,relatime,fmask=0077,dmask=0077,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sda4 on /16.04 type ext4 (rw,noatime,data=ordered)

But when I enter exactly the same command into a terminal window on the same machine but provided by an Xpra session, the results are quite different and surprising:

$ mount | grep /dev/sd | sort
/dev/sda1 on /home type ext4 
(rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,stripe=32734,data=ordered)
/dev/sda1 on /root type ext4 
(rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,stripe=32734,data=ordered)
/dev/sda1 on /tmp type ext4 
(rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,stripe=32734,data=ordered)
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 
(ro,noatime,errors=remount-ro,stripe=32734,data=ordered)
/dev/sda3 on /boot/efi type vfat 
(ro,relatime,fmask=0077,dmask=0077,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sda4 on /16.04 type ext4 (ro,noatime,data=ordered)

(The terminal application is lxterminal 0.3.1.)

Note that all my usual mounts are read-only, not read-write, and there are strange new mount points not seen before. The read-only attribute interferes with the normal operation of many standard applications. The disk /dev/sda on the machine running the Xpra is healthy. I can repeat the direct inquiry via ssh shown first and get the same results any time *after* seeing the anomalous report coming through Xpra.

I am mystified. Any proposed explanations and/or remedies for this situation (even me-too reports) would be most welcome. Thanks!    - Philip
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