[FreeNX-kNX] Problem installing freenx-server-0.7.3 (edited nxloadconfig and 'make install' fails)

[onlinespending at gmail.com]

OK, I was actually able to get it to work.  I commented out some lines 
in nxsetup (check for root user, starting sshd (since it's already 
running), and creating the nx user).  And now I have it working.  I can 
give more detailed installation instructions for those who would like it.

Thanks,
Ben

On 4/23/2010 7:13 PM, onlinespending at gmail.com wrote:
> OK, more progress made.  DESTDIR was problematic because setting it to 
> the same as NX_DIR would just append PATH_BIN and PATH_LIB to DESTDIR 
> (you'd get a long directory comprised of $DEST_DIR/$PATH_BIN for 
> instance).  So I just removed any reference to DESTDIR from the 
> Makefiles and had it use PATH_BIN and PATH_LIB as is.
>
> I know have it installed correctly.  But I cannot issue nxsetup 
> --install, since it says root is required.  I'm not sure if I need to 
> even run this.
>
> I try starting nxserver-usermode, using 'nxserver-usermode --start'.
>
> NX> 100 NXSERVER - Version 3.2.0-73 OS (GPL, using backend: 3.4.0)
> mv: cannot stat `$HOME/NX/home/nx/.ssh/authorized_keys2.disabled': No 
> such file or directory
> NX> 122 Service started
> NX> 999 Bye
>
> How do I go about creating the ssh keys when I am trying to use 
> usermode and don't have root access?  With nxserver-usermode is the 
> nxssh wrapper still necessary?  I feel like I'm almost there.
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>
> On 4/23/2010 5:46 PM, onlinespending at gmail.com wrote:
>> I resolved some of my issues.  After looking at the Makefile it was 
>> pretty clear that the DESTDIR directory needed to be set.  That 
>> information is not in the Installation Guide unfortunately.  However, 
>> now I'm not seeing any sort of etc directory.  Do I just go ahead and 
>> create one and copy the node.conf.sample file to there?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ben
>>
>> On 4/23/2010 5:16 PM, onlinespending at gmail.com wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am trying to install freenx-server-0.7.3 on my Linux box at work 
>>> so that I can login from home from a Windows client.  I do not have 
>>> root access, but I'm not sure my problems are even related to that 
>>> limitation.
>>>
>>> I had no problem compiling the NoMachines sources.  I copied all 
>>> libraries and binaries to $HOME/NX/lib and $HOME/NX/bin as 
>>> instructed in the Installation guide (nx-X11, nxcomp, nxcompext, 
>>> nxcompshad, nxproxy).  I then uncompressed the 
>>> freenx-server-0.7.3.tar.gz file and issued the 'patch -p0 < 
>>> gentoo-nomachine.diff'.
>>>
>>> So far so good.
>>>
>>> I edited the nxloadconfig file to point to $HOME/NX.  After fixing 
>>> up a couple of more things (nxagent version check and libXrender 
>>> version) in the nxloadconfig, I ran an nxloadconfig --check.
>>>
>>> Warning: Could not find nxdesktop in $HOME/NX/bin. RDP sessions 
>>> won't work.
>>> Warning: Could not find nxviewer in $HOME/NX/bin. VNC sessions won't 
>>> work.
>>> Warning: "/usr/lib/cups/backend/nxipp" is not executable.
>>>          Users will not be able to enable printing.
>>> Warning: "/usr/lib/cups/backend/smb" is not executable.
>>>          Users will not be able to enable printing.
>>> Warning: Invalid value "COMMAND_START_CDE=cdwm"
>>>          Users will not be able to request a CDE session.
>>> Warning: Invalid cupsd version of "/usr/sbin/cupsd". Need version 1.2.
>>>          Users will not be able to enable printing.
>>> head: cannot open `$HOME/NX/bin/nxnode-login' for reading: No such 
>>> file or directory
>>> Error: expect necessary for $HOME/NX/bin/nxnode-login could not be 
>>> found in ''. Please install it or change nxnode-login accordingly.
>>>
>>>   Errors occured during config check.
>>>   Please correct the configuration file.
>>>
>>> For now I ignored the Error and Warnings.
>>>
>>> Doing a make appeared OK.  But when I do a make install I get this.
>>>
>>> source nxloadconfig &&\
>>> export PATH_BIN PATH_LIB CUPS_BACKEND NX_VERSION &&\
>>> make nxenv_install
>>> make[1]: Entering directory `$HOME/NX'
>>> install -m755 -d /$PATH_BIN/
>>> install -m755 -d /$PATH_LIB/
>>> install -m755 -d /$NX_ETC_DIR/
>>> install: cannot change permissions of `//': Operation not permitted
>>> make[1]: *** [nxenv_install] Error 1
>>> make[1]: Leaving directory `$HOME/NX'
>>> make: *** [install] Error 2
>>>
>>> I edited out my actual home directory in the stdout from above and 
>>> replaced it with $HOME.  So I have two problems.  One is the lack of 
>>> nxnode-login when I do the nxloadconfig check.  The other, more 
>>> serious problem, is the Error I'm receiving when I do the make install.
>>>
>>> I appreciate any help.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ben