<br><tt><font size=2>freenx-knx-bounces@kde.org wrote on 16/02/2013 01:51:04:<br>
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> Sonofabitch! I figured it out.<br>
> <br>
> It was a bit of a shot in the dark (I still can't untangle those <br>
> messy NX scripts), but I spun-up another VM with CentOS6 and freenx,<br>
> and watched it work just fine. Even VMWare-tools didn't cause
a <br>
> problem. So I considered WTH could be different enough between
the <br>
> two to cause problems. In a flash of inspiration I started looking
<br>
> into /etc/profile.d/ scripts, and found a suspicious character...
<br>
> Sure enough, *yum -y erase bash-completion* has COMPLETELY solved
<br>
> this damn problem.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Was that stopping bash working completely</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>or just FreeNX</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>or most scripts </font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> ???</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>> This one incident completely negates any
benefit<br>
> I've ever gotten from it, so it's gone for good.<br>
> <br>
> Some more thoughts in-line below...<br>
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<br><tt><font size=2>[SNIP]</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> <br>
> You can still have mouse copy/paste and resize, it's just done on
<br>
> your local xterm/putty/whatever instead of inside a remote X <br>
> session. For the odd GUI tool, SSH's X11 forwarding will make
that <br>
> automagically work. <br>
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<br><tt><font size=2>. . . at half the speed of treacle if yast is anything
to go by . . .</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2> <br>
> > Just use NX and don't look back. Even if non-X stuff worked
as well,<br>
> > you'd still have to find matching character-mode terminal emulators<br>
> > across the client platforms you use. You can grab the
running<br>
> > freenx session onto linux/windows/mac clients and barely know
the<br>
> > difference.<br>
> <br>
> I'd have to veto NX just because VX ConnectBot works great on <br>
> Android phones (sliders, in particular), while there's no NX client
<br>
> for Android.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Yup - seriously mssing</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>> Yes, I do real, serious, heavy-lifting
*work* from my <br>
> phone, so I don't have to carry a laptop around with me at <br>
> absolutely ALL times.<br>
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<br><tt><font size=2>We believe you.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>I have to make do with a netbook :(</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>The first one I bought cost me UK£1,700 !!!</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> ( ok just before
they were properly invented </font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>
and it was a $ony vaio ) )</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>[SNIP]</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> <br>
> Doesn't apply to me, I couldn't even get an xterm window up, never-<br>
> mind GNOME. <br>
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<br><tt><font size=2> . . . somewhat diagnostic . . .</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2> <br>
> But at least I finally found a fix. I do appreciate the help.<br>
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<br><tt><font size=2>. . . and we like the feedback . . .
:)</font></tt>