[FreeNX-kNX] FreeNX on FC5 [was Re: problems near the end of connect w/freenx client with fc5 on both machiens]

Tue Mar 28 19:09:01 UTC 2006

For the record, for anyone who is trying to get NX working on FC5:

Rick Stout's FC5 RPMs work great for me, and I didn't have to change
anything to get them working out of the box on FC5.  (Hmm, except maybe
deleting the directory /usr/X11R6, which is not used in FC5, and its
presence seems to mess up NX, but I think Rick talks about that on his
web page.)  Google "rick stout freenx" for the web page and links to his
RPMs.

In fact FreeNX + !M client are now working for me better than they ever
have before (i.e. with fewer weird problems that I can't track down).
Mostly, the bugs with NX' interoperability with GNOME seem totally fixed
in the latest FreeNX versions, which Rick's RPMs are built from.

On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 19:43 +0000, Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 March 2006 16:50, John H. wrote:
> > did you understand that i had it working for quite some time, working
> > fine, at least 3-4 months? 
> 
> I did.
> 
> > i thought i explained that. 
> 
> You mentioned it.
> 
> > i upgraded to fc5 
> 
> Do you understand that none of us has FC5 running? Do you understand 
> that we can only help you, if you cooperate, and put some effort into
> finding the problem yourself by following our hints?
> 
> Did you understand that this upgrade exchanged completely your Xorg
> installation? Do you understand that this causes quite a few problems
> to other people too? See, when the FreeNX you use was released it could
> be made so that it knew about standard paths used by X (including font
> paths); and node.conf wasn't required because FreeNX worked with its
> defaults.
> 
> Now that you changed some of the environment FreeNX was functioning in
> underneath its a**e, you may need to tell it about some of the new para-
> meters. That's why you may need to use a node.conf now. But not a 1:1
> copy of the *sample (which has everything commented out) -- rather one
> that is adapted to your needs.
> 
> > and had to remove then reinstall the freenx nx 
> > packages, so what files would that have affected/removed that had been
> > edited?  if i was told that, i could possibly fix it.
> > 
> > and yes, i looked at the faq,
> 
> "looked at" is not enough. Have you ever tried to follow some of the
> detailled steps outlined there? And if so, why didn't you say so?
> And what were the results?
> 
> > that's how i knew to look at nxserver.log 
> 
> You said your nxserver.log was empty... Did you notice the hints in 
> the FAQ how you can make it log more verbosely? Did you notice the
> hints in the FAQ about *other* logfiles but the nxserver.log to 
> look at? See, with each NX connection there is also sshd involved
> which tends to log into its own log files.
> 
> John, you're stealing my time by not being as cooperative as you 
> *could* be: you have not made *any* visible effort to provide more
> info; specifically, you have not answered my questions, and have not 
> responded to Thorsten's hints. Let me hold your hand one last time
> by repeating, while rephrasing and being more specific, and by
> paraphrasing contents of the FAQ: 
> 
> * Did you edit the node.conf so that it does not only contain
>   comments?
> 
> * What are now the actual contents of node.conf (without any
>   comments)?
> 
> * What is the value you set for NX_LOG_LEVEL ?  What about 
>   SESSION_LOG_CLEAN ?
> 
> * To what values did you set the other parameters mentioned 
>   in the FAQ ? 
> 
> * Did you check logs on *both* sides of the failing connection?
> 
> * Do you succeed in running this command:
>   "ssh -i /usr/NX/share/keys/server.id_dsa.key nx at nxserver" ?
> 
> * Also, have you searched the archives of this list for other
>   reports about FC5 problems, and how they were solved?
> 
> Cheers,
> Kurt   [ not really hoping for a better answer this time, but
>          betting on yet another "It still does not work. What 
>          now?"-mail... ]
> 
> 
> > On 3/28/06, Kurt Pfeifle <k1pfeifle at gmx.net> wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 28 March 2006 07:21, John H. wrote:
> > > > i did, and the same error happened.
> > >
> > > Can you please be a bit more specific ???
> > >
> > > So you copied the node.conf.sample to node.conf... and you edited it to
> > > match your desired settings... and these settings were?
> > >
> > > And you've also read the FAQ, about how to increase the verbosity of
> > > logging? And where to look for logs? And you've looked for the logs on
> > > both sides of the failing connection, yes?
> > >
> > > > On 3/27/06, Kurt Pfeifle <k1pfeifle at gmx.net> wrote:
> > > > > On Sunday 26 March 2006 19:02, John H. wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > ??  i have never used a node.conf i do not believe, and there is only
> > > > > > the node.sample or whatever now.
> > > > >
> > > > > Why don't you just turn the *.sample into a *.conf then? That's what it
> > > > > is for!
> > >
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