[FreeNX-kNX] FreeNX on FC5 [was Re: problems near the end of connect w/freenx client with fc5 on both machiens]
John H.
mistamaila at gmail.com
Wed Mar 29 05:59:44 UTC 2006
moving the dir fixed it, thanks! i will email rick stout and tell
him to put it on that page for any fedora 5 users running into same
problem.
thanks again. i'm removing myself from list, so no need to flame me again.
On 3/28/06, Luke Hutchison <luke.hutch at gmail.com> wrote:
> ________________________________________________________________
> Don't forget to check the NX Knowledge Base:
> http://www.nomachine.com/kb/
> Please also check the FreeNX Wiki+FAQ for hints.
> http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.phtml?title=FreeNX_FAQ/
> ________________________________________________________________
>
>
> Are you running SSH on the default port? Did you rename or
> remove /usr/X11R6?
>
>
>
> On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 17:20 -0600, John H. wrote:
> > ________________________________________________________________
> > Don't forget to check the NX Knowledge Base:
> > http://www.nomachine.com/kb/
> > Please also check the FreeNX Wiki+FAQ for hints.
> > http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.phtml?title=FreeNX_FAQ/
> > ________________________________________________________________
> >
> >
> > i am using rick's fc5 rpms. i had to rpm -e the installed rpms first,
> > though, i think when i did yum update(or something like that). at any
> > rate, i uninstalled then installed rick stout's.
> > i think that may be the source of the problem.
> >
> > at any rate, i get the timeout now near the end. any help appreciated.
> >
> > On 3/28/06, Luke Hutchison <luke.hutch at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 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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