[FreeNX-kNX] FreeNX + VNC: Failure

[dewey hylton]

> Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 17:44:32 +0200
> From: "Felix E. Klee" <fk at linuxburg.de>
> Subject: Re: [FreeNX-kNX] FreeNX + VNC: Failure (Felix E. Klee)
>
> On Wed,  7 Sep 2005 07:28:12 -0400, "dewey hylton"
> <freenx at deweyonline.com> said:
> > i use freenx to connect with vnc all day long, every day i'm at work.
>
> Very interesting, so there is hope ... :-)
>
> > i've used tightvnc on the server side successfully, but currently i
> > use ultravnc as the windows server and realvnc as the linux server.
> > specifically, i use the X module on linux to provide a vnc connection
> > to my X:0 ...
>
> Above you mention a Windows and a Linux server, below you mention a
> FreeBSD server, so I'm a bit confused.  Do you run FreeNX on all
> three systems?
>
> > nxserver: 1.4.0 backend, 0.4.4 freenx frontend (running on freebsd)
>
> Please tell me which version of FreeBSD you're running and where you
> obtained the nxserver and freenx packages.
>
> Also: Did you try 1.5.0 as a backend?
>
> > clients : 1.4.0 and 1.5.0 clients, plus the 1.5.0 web-based java
> > plugin - all from both windows and linux.
>
> I've now also tried the web-based java client (from Opera 8 under LINUX)
> and the Windows client (under Win98SE).  All were version 1.5.0 and
> whith all I got the problem that the VNC-via-NX connection couldn't be
> established reliably, if FreeNX was used on the LINUX server.
> --
> Felix E. Klee

definitions:
nxserver: the host running freenx
server  : host running vncserver
client  : host running nxclient

what's been tested successfully, and where:
nxserver -> freebsd 4.10, 4.11, 5.3, 5.4
            freenx 0.4.4
            nxserver (nxlibs) 1.4.0
server   -> win2kpro, ultravnc
            gentoo linux, tightvnc (vncserver) and realvnc X module
client   -> win2kpro/winxp/gentoo linux
            nomachine nxclient 1.4.0, 1.5.0
            java plugin (ie6 on win32 and firefox on win32/linux)
            moznx plugin (firefox)

freenx is currently running on freebsd 5-stable, but has been tested on all
versions listed above. freenx and nxserver ports are available in the official
freebsd ports tree. i'm the maintainer for both ports. currently freenx-0.4.1 is
in ports; freenx-0.4.4 has not yet been committed, though it has been submitted.
you can find freenx-0.4.4 at the following location while waiting for it to show
up in freebsd ports ...

http://www.deweyonline.com/nx/freebsd.html

i have not yet tried the 1.5.0 backend on freebsd, because i have not yet been
able to finish porting it to freebsd.