<br><tt><font size=2>freenx-knx-bounces@kde.org wrote on 03/01/2013 05:32:08:<br>
<br>
> Hi All,<br>
> <br>
> My server crashed over the weekend, and I had to clean up the mess
<br>
> left behind by Xorg and X Server.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>And thereby hangs a tale . . . </font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>> Needless to say, I finally got X working
again, but now, I'm</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>> unable to login via freenx using my typical user
account.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>Hmmm. Just that account. What about other accounts
over FreeNX ???</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>Can you log in locally with that account ??</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>> When I do login, the authentication is <br>
</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>Right. So you can actually log in . . . .</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>> successful, and I'm just left with a black screen
with a mouse <br>
> cursor. I know X is running, as the process ID shows up.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>. . . but your old X session doesn't start properly
anymore.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>> So, to start, I deleted all gnome cache, deleted
all sessions,</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>> restarted the nxserver and freenx-server service,
and deleted</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>> stuff in the /tmp/user-orbit folder. None
of that helped.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>> What's weird is that I created a new user, added
the user to the</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>> allowed SSH list, and tried connecting using
the same settings.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>> With the new user, I can get in and see my gnome
desktop.</font></tt>
<br>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>so . . . actually the issue is . . </font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>you have an old account which "now won't work"
with FreeNX</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> (i.e. X (nxagent)
is starting but gnome isn't)</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>but</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>a new one does work</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>so</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>that means FreeNX is working just fine.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>so . . .so . . .</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>What about this old account ???</font></tt>
<br>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>***</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>Does it work OK from a local console login</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> (i.e gnome starts
. . .it is just broken over NX only)</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>or</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>does it not work locally either</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> (i.e. the account
config has been broken)</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>***</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>also you can try . . .</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>Temporarily</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>set the session in nxclient to just</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> run xterm</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>i.e.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>in nxclient</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> <configure>(button)<general>(tab)<desktop>(setting)</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> set to Unix Custom
(drop downs)</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> <Settings>(button)<Application>(setting)</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> choose "Run
the following command" </font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>and enter</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>
xterm</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>in the box.</font></tt>
<br>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>You should get an xterm window when you connect,</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> (if it's
just gnomish or startx issue)</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>Also, in your connected xterm window . . .</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>try</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>starting your window manager at the command line e.g
enter:-</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>
metacity &</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>and</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>see if you get a movable window around your xterm.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>You could also try starting gnome at the command line.</font></tt>
<br>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>> I'm running Ubuntu 10.04. I've <br>
> looked at countless forum posts where others have had the same <br>
> problem and tried everything. Nothing has fixed it for the main
<br>
> user account. I have logging enabled in the nxserver, and no
errors<br>
> are reported in the nxserver.log or in the session cache files themselves.
<br>
> <br>
> Can anyone suggest anything else I can try or where to start?<br>
</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>Well there are any number of things see my Q above</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>BUT</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>the quick fix will be to just set up a new account
for yourself.</font></tt>
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