[FreeNX-kNX] "Session startup failed" - Can't open

[Adam Carheden]

Thanks Igor for confirming it's possible.

For the list's reference, it looks like portage doesn't always resolve 
dependencies independent of order. I have a clean gentoo 2006.0 AMD64 
install (I'm still booted into the CD) with the 20060828 snapshot. I'm 
running a script that will install all of my packages, including 
nxserver-freenx, nx-x11-bin, and others. ">x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9" is 
masked in /etc/portage/package.mask. The first time I ran it (with the 
-pvt emerge flags and xorg-x11 emerged only as a dependency), I got a 
bunch error messages like this:

	[blocks B] x11-*/*' (is blocking x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r8)

If I added x11-base/xorg-x11 as the first package to emerge, I got no 
blocked packages and xorg-x11-6.8.2-r8 was listed. It's emerging now, 
but I'll be sure to post again if NX doesn't work when it's done.

Seems like portage should pick correct xorg-x11 for me rather than 
whining about blocks. I think it's an incarnation of this bug

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79606




Igor Manassypov wrote:
> Hi Adam,
> 
> There is a solution to use X7 with a new nxclient 2.0, - the patch
> involves changing some flags in the node.conf, but from what I heard it
> is not too stable yet. So you should be better off with using the pre-7
> x.
> 
> The way to force it back is indeed to mask it, although you are masking
> it incorrectly. Below are my portage package defs:
> /etc/portage/package.use
> net-misc/nxserver-freenx commercial
> 
> /etc/portage/package.mask
> 
>>x11-base/xorg-x11-6.9
> 
> 
> 
> I built two boxes with the above settings recently. Just make sure you
> use the older nxclient 1.5, not nxclient 2.0
> 
> 
> -igor
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Carheden [mailto:carheden at cira.colostate.edu] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 1:44 PM
> To: Igor Manassypov
> Cc: freenx-knx at kde.org
> Subject: Re: [FreeNX-kNX] "Session startup failed" - Can't open
> 
> Igor,
> 
> Thanks for your previous advice on nxserver/amd64. I works fine on an 
> older gentoo machine, but I'm now working with a new install where xorg 
> 7.0 is the default. Any chance you figured out how to force portage to 
> use X 6.8? It's not as simple as just masking >=x11-base/xorg-x11-7.0.
> 
> Any links or advice would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Igor Manassypov wrote:
> 
>>Hi Adam,
>>
>>
>>The issue was with the port of the nx-x11. Nnow I managed to get both
>>x86 and x86_64 rolling. 
>>
>>You have to emerge the nx-x11-bin, and not the nx-x11. Also, observe
> 
> the
> 
>>sequence: nx-x11-bin and then nxserver-freenx. Keep in mind the
>>'commercial' USE flag. Also, the nxsetup script is buggy, if you run
> 
> it
> 
>>you notice the 'unmatched ]' exception on line 499, - correct it by
>>adding extra space in front of it, and re-run the script. That should
> 
> do
> 
>>it. Let me know if that helps.
>>
>>Also, I was working on the nx with the new xorg - don't up your x's to
>>7.0, it wont work with nxserver.
>>
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>
>>-igor
>>
>>
>>
>>---
>>Igor R. Manassypov, M.Eng.,
>>Network Architect,
>>CI Investments Ltd.
>>Toronto, Canada
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Adam Carheden [mailto:carheden at cira.colostate.edu] 
>>Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 2:02 PM
>>To: Igor Manassypov
>>Subject: RE: [FreeNX-kNX] "Session startup failed" - Can't open
>>
>>Mr. Manassypov
>>
>>You posted to the KDE nx-server mailing list here: 
>>http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/freenx-knx/2006-June/003727.html
>>
>>I'm having the same problem on Gentoo x86_64 (x86 works fine). Any 
>>chance you resolved it?
>>
>>Thanks
> 
> 

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