[FreeNX-kNX] Black screen after NX login

[Jack Tanner]

Kurt Raschke <kurt <at> raschke.net> writes:
> I've got FreeNX set up on a Red Hat 9 server, and when I log in with  
> the NX client, the "!M" logo flashes briefly, then I get a black  
> screen.  If I ssh to the server and run DISPLAY=localhost:1004  
> startkde, then KDE comes up in the NX session and everything runs  
> fine.  But it's my understanding that this step shouldn't be necessary.
> 
> Any suggestions on where to start troubleshooting?
> 
> I am running FreeNX 0.4.4, from http://fedoranews.org/contributors/ 
> rick_stout/freenx/, and I'm using the NX client on OS X.

I see the exact same thing. My setup is similar (FC4, FreeNX 0.4.4, NX Windows
client).

That's a nice trick with the DISPLAY=localhost command. For Gnome, one can run
gnome-session instead of startkde.

It doesn't help if you use the latest and greatest NX components, either -- same
problem seen with the fourth release of the NX Windows Client, and with the NX
server RPMs described in the thread "NX Server RPMS second maintenance release".