I am able to SSH using Putty with the old account just fine. I just tried the xterm command. Freenx claimed to have established the display, but then immediately crashed with nothing on my screen. So, yes, I am able to login locally to both gnome and terminal with that user account. Freenx just won't work anymore for that user since the crash, and I have no idea why. Also, for the new user I created, I am able to get in with freenx and see a desktop, but my gnome windows are unmovable and fixed on the screen? I'm guessing I'll need to get X Windows and gnome working properly before freenx works like it used to? Surely someone has seen something like this before though? <br>
<br>I've never seen a Linux machine pwn itself when rebooting until my server crashed and messed this all up...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 4:17 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris@ccburton.com" target="_blank">chris@ccburton.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br><tt><font><a href="mailto:freenx-knx-bounces@kde.org" target="_blank">freenx-knx-bounces@kde.org</a> wrote on 03/01/2013 05:32:08:<div><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.</div></font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font>And thereby hangs a tale . . . </font></tt>
<br><div>
<br><tt><font>> Needless to say, I finally got X working
again, but now, I'm</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>> unable to login via freenx using my typical user
account.</font></tt>
<br>
<br></div><tt><font>Hmmm. Just that account. What about other accounts
over FreeNX ???</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font>Can you log in locally with that account ??</font></tt>
<br><div>
<br><tt><font>> When I do login, the authentication is <br>
</font></tt>
<br></div><tt><font>Right. So you can actually log in . . . .</font></tt>
<br><div>
<br><tt><font>> 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></div><tt><font>. . . but your old X session doesn't start properly
anymore.</font></tt>
<br><div>
<br><tt><font>> So, to start, I deleted all gnome cache, deleted
all sessions,</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>> restarted the nxserver and freenx-server service,
and deleted</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>> stuff in the /tmp/user-orbit folder. None
of that helped.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>> What's weird is that I created a new user, added
the user to the</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>> allowed SSH list, and tried connecting using
the same settings.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>> With the new user, I can get in and see my gnome
desktop.</font></tt>
<br>
<br>
<br></div><tt><font>so . . . actually the issue is . . </font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font>you have an old account which "now won't work"
with FreeNX</font></tt>
<br><tt><font> (i.e. X (nxagent)
is starting but gnome isn't)</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>but</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>a new one does work</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>so</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>that means FreeNX is working just fine.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font>so . . .so . . .</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>What about this old account ???</font></tt>
<br>
<br>
<br><tt><font>***</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>Does it work OK from a local console login</font></tt>
<br><tt><font> (i.e gnome starts
. . .it is just broken over NX only)</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>or</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>does it not work locally either</font></tt>
<br><tt><font> (i.e. the account
config has been broken)</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>***</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font>also you can try . . .</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font>Temporarily</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>set the session in nxclient to just</font></tt>
<br><tt><font> run xterm</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>i.e.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>in nxclient</font></tt>
<br><tt><font> <configure>(button)<general>(tab)<desktop>(setting)</font></tt>
<br><tt><font> set to Unix Custom
(drop downs)</font></tt>
<br><tt><font> <Settings>(button)<Application>(setting)</font></tt>
<br><tt><font> choose "Run
the following command" </font></tt>
<br><tt><font>and enter</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>
xterm</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>in the box.</font></tt>
<br>
<br>
<br><tt><font>You should get an xterm window when you connect,</font></tt>
<br><tt><font> (if it's
just gnomish or startx issue)</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font>Also, in your connected xterm window . . .</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>try</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>starting your window manager at the command line e.g
enter:-</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font>
metacity &</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font>and</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>see if you get a movable window around your xterm.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font>You could also try starting gnome at the command line.</font></tt>
<br><div>
<br>
<br><tt><font>> 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></div><tt><font>Well there are any number of things see my Q above</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font>BUT</font></tt>
<br><tt><font>the quick fix will be to just set up a new account
for yourself.</font></tt>
<br>
</blockquote></div>