[FreeNX-kNX] FreeNX in Fedora 7 refuses to work

[Ronald]

IT WORKS :D
I installed all the fontpackages for Fedora and then I ran it :)
For now, I'm gonna figure out which package needs to be installed and 
create a howto. Thanks :D

> Ok, I think I'm almost there :) . I reinstalled my system and the freenx 
> and nx package (thanks for the tip :) ). Then I installed the closed 
> source viewer from www.nomachine.org.
> 
> I managed to hop over 2 errors and I went completely down on this one 
> (but I did got a LOT further). I enabled the log and it seems to be a 
> font issue...
> 
> There are a lot of font errors, so I have no idea what to do. I managed 
> to find the Type1 font, would a symlink help?
> 
> The xorg.conf server file says about fonts:
> 
> Section "Files"
> ...
>         FontPath     "unix/:7100"
>         FontPath     "built-ins"
> EndSection
> 
> And a search on packages of fonts returned a lot of hits.
> 
> What to do next?
> 
>             Thanks in advance, Ronald
>> The Fedora setup procedure is described in detail here:
>>     http://fedoranews.org/contributors/rick_stout/freenx/
>> For FC7 follow the FC5 instructions. You shouldn't need to touch 
>> nxsetup as the RPM does it for you.
>>
>> I suggest you completely uninstall freenx and nx before following the 
>> above. Since you've done so much it _might_ take a bit of manual 
>> cleanup before the reinstall. If it doesn't work out of the box with 
>> the instructions above then see the FAQ for instructions on turning on 
>> logging:
>>     http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.phtml?title=FreeNX_FAQ/Problem_Solving 
>>
>> Post the logs and we can probably work out what's going on.
>>
>> On Wednesday 26 September 2007, Ronald wrote:
>>> hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I'm posting to this list as a last resort of getting freenx to work:
>>>
>>> I tried the distroforums first, but it seems that they don't know 
>>> either:
>>>
>>> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=871332
>>>
>>> Anyway, since this is my last resort, I will try to be as clear as
>>> possible of my last actions:
>>>
>>> I installed the freenx by downloading the Fedora Core 7 packages:
>>>
>>> yum install freenx nx
>>>
>>> And I installed the closed source viewer from the nomachine site:
>>>
>>> rpm -i 
>>> http://64.34.161.181/download/3.0.0/Linux/nxclient-3.0.0-78.i386.rpm
>>>
>>> Then I tried a few times (quite a lot actually without any result) to
>>> get the server going. This is what I tried now:
>>>
>>> Remote data from previous attempts:
>>> /usr/share/doc/free*/nxsetup --uninstall --purge
>>> rm -rf /home/Ronald/.ssh /root/.ssh /home/Ronald/.nx /root/.nx
>>> service sshd stop
>>>
>>> Retry:
>>> /usr/share/doc/free*/nxsetup --install
>>>                    # Create my own keys
>>> service sshd stop
>>> cd /etc/ssh/
>>>                             # It seems that SSH only picks up keys at
>>> this place (weird?)
>>> rm -rf ssh_host_dsa_key.pub ssh_host_dsa_key
>>> cp /etc/nxserver/users.id_dsa.pub ssh_host_dsa_key.pub
>>>      # Copy the generated keys to the /etc/ssh directory (I did the
>>> private one too, while I know that is not neccessary)
>>> cp /etc/nxserver/users.id_dsa ssh_host_dsa_key
>>> service sshd restart
>>>                          # Restart the SSH-server (I attach the ssh.conf
>>> for you)
>>> /usr/libexec/nx/nxserver --adduser Ronald
>>>              # Add myself to the users
>>> /usr/libexec/nx/nxserver --passwd Ronald
>>> /usr/libexec/nx/nxserver --start
>>>                      # Start the server (never saw any documentation
>>> about this, but I think it's neccessary)
>>>
>>> The client:
>>>
>>> Host: 127.0.0.1
>>>                         # Firewall configured to allow
>>> Password: <as entered during the --passwd Ronald>
>>> Key: The content of: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
>>>
>>> Ok, connection gives this:
>>>
>>> "Server not installed or NX access disabled"
>>>
>>> The log says:
>>> NX> 203 NXSSH running with pid: 15977
>>> NX> 285 Enabling check on switch command
>>> NX> 285 Enabling skip of SSH config files
>>> NX> 285 Setting the preferred NX options
>>> NX> 200 Connected to address: 127.0.0.1 on port: 22
>>> NX> 202 Authenticating user: nx
>>> NX> 208 Using auth method: publickey
>>> NX> 204 Authentication failed.
>>> ________________________________________________________________
>>>      Were you helped on this list with your FreeNX problem?
>>>     Then please write up the solution in the FreeNX Wiki/FAQ:
>>>   http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.phtml?title=FreeNX_FAQ
>>>          Don't forget to check the NX Knowledge Base:
>>>                  http://www.nomachine.com/kb/
>>>
>>> ________________________________________________________________
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>>>       https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/freenx-knx
>>> ________________________________________________________________
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________________________________________
>>      Were you helped on this list with your FreeNX problem?
>>     Then please write up the solution in the FreeNX Wiki/FAQ:
>>   http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.phtml?title=FreeNX_FAQ
>>          Don't forget to check the NX Knowledge Base:
>>                  http://www.nomachine.com/kb/
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