[FreeNX-kNX] cannot start console or xterm

[andreas loeffler]

--- andreas loeffler <al_meil at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Kurt Pfeifle <k1pfeifle at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Wednesday 13 October 2004 16:52, andreas loeffler wrote:
> > > hi,
> > > 
> > > i've installed nxclient and nxserver on debian a little while ago
> > > i can connect to my server and run a gnome session
> > > but i cannot start any custom application like an xterm or just a
> > > console.
> > 
> > The shell you get on your system probably isnt a login shell.
> > That means no PATH is set, and no LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
> > 
> > Does xterm start, if you specify the full path, e.g. 
> > "/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm" ?
> > 
> > Kurt
> 
> i tried that, (here it's /usr/bin/X11/xterm) ... however it did not
> work
> 
> i did not mention that a blank/black window does pop up though,
> when connecting to a redhat server running the nomachine evalutaion
> copy of the server things are working as expected as well.


i have a patch ... 
seems that starting anything else but gnome-session or startkde is not
supported by the nxnode that i have ...
maybe the nxserver package is outdated ... ?
anyone else had this problem?


--- nxserver-0.1/nxnode 2004-10-14 09:56:14.000000000 +0200
+++ nxnode     2004-10-14 09:52:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@
               unix-gnome)
                STARTX=$(which gnome-session)
               ;;
+               unix-application)
+               STARTX=$application
+               ;;
        esac
        [ -n "$STARTX" ] || return
 
@@ -312,6 +315,7 @@
        display=$(getparam display)
        session=$(getparam session)
        type=$(getparam type | sed 's/%2d/-/g')
+       application=$(getparam application)
        cache=$(getparam cache)
        images=$(getparam images)
        cookie=$(getparam cookie)




		
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