[FreeNX-kNX] cannot start console or xterm

[Rick Stout]

andreas loeffler wrote:
> --- 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 maybe the nxserver package is outdated ...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?
> 
Your freenx package is a little out of date. Try downloading a newer one
from here:

http://debian.tu-bs.de/knoppix/nx/

My rpm's are based on 2.4.0, so if you are running a redhat compatible 
distribution, try one of these:

http://fedoranews.org/contributors/rick_stout/freenx

> 
> --- 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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