[FreeNX-kNX] Re: kNX-client - just a wrapper?!

[Martin Honermeyer]

So, what packages are needed exactly in which versions? Sorry, but I
couldn't find any information about this!

Anyway, nxcomp (1.3.2) doesn't compile for me. Maybe I'll look into it.


Martin


Kurt Pfeifle wrote:

> On Wednesday 15 September 2004 01:29, Martin Honermeyer wrote:
> 
>> I just looked at the knx source and tried to find out how it works. Am I
>> right kNX ist using the NXclient commercial binary for the final
>> connection?
> 
> No, you are wrong.
> 
>> So it is rather a wrapper around the existing implementation?
> 
> No it is a standalone-application in its own right. It strives to
> acquire the same (or even more) functionality as the commercial
> NoMachine NX Client, and stay compatible to both the FreeNX and
> the NoMachine NX Servers.
> 
> However, it relies on the NoMachine GPL/NX libraries and binaries,
> against which it links (but not "nxclient"). It can read and use
> the "nxclient.conf" or "nx session name.conf" config files. It
> wraps nxproxy.
> 
>> I am curious because I'd finally like to have an NX client on my AMD64
>> machine, which, needless to say, doesn't work with the (32bit) binary
>> client implementation!
> 
> You can compile kNX from the sources, which are in the KDE CVS
> repository (module kdenonbeta, subdir knx). For instructions
> about how to compile KDE, see
> 
>   http://quality.kde.org/develop/cvsguide/buildstep.php
> 
>> Greetz,
>> Martin
> 
> Cheers,
> Kurt