[FreeNX-kNX] Re: Release: FreeNX 0.7.3 "Priscilla One Year Edition"

[Marcelo Shima]

There is a patch on launchpad that fix the problem.

It will be fixed in the package. For now use the patch.

Regards

Marcelo

Em 20/01/2011, às 06:40, Richard Cowan <rmc001 at jefferson.edu> escreveu:

> Hello Fabian:
>
> I read the post on this page:
>
>    http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/freenx-knx/2008-August/007324.html
>
> I believe I have this precise problem:
>
>    "- I found a very old patch (2005), which enables connection from 32
>    bit to 24 bit and vice-versa.
>
>    Ooops, I forgot that one, I think ..."
>
> I am using ubuntu 10.10, and have installed the FreeNX server available
> in the repos:
>
>    0.7.3.git100327.e224628-0~ppa7~lucid (freenx-server)
>
> On my ubuntu workstation, I have also installed the client from NoMachine:
>
>    NX-Client for Linux, Version 3.4.0-5
>
> This arrangement works fine to launch a nice local display session, with
> good performance and responsiveness. However, what I want is to be able
> to connect to the FreeNX server from my Windows XP and Windows 7
> workstations. The client I have installed on those is:
>
>    NX-Client for Windows, Version 3.3.0-6
>
> I think the problem is, my Windows displays are 32-bit, whereas the
> sessions created by the NX-client on both Linux and Windows are 24-bit?
>
> From the Windows client, I am unable to resume a disconnected session
> that I started locally using the Linux client. The option to Resume is
> greyed out and disabled in the session administrator. The only option
> available is to Terminate the session, and start a new one. When I start
> the new session, the performance is much worse than when I use the Linux
> client on ubuntu. Screen re-drawings and mouse/keyboard responsiveness
> is degraded. In addition, the Windows-client initiated sessions have
> display anomalies, such as nearly transparent gdm-window borders,
> missing right-corner window controls like minimize, maximize, and close,
> etc. It makes it difficult to work in this environment because I have to
> guess at where the locations are for windows borders to move or resize
> windows.
>
> I used FreeNX without any problems just the way I wanted to when I was
> using Ubuntu 9.04 workstation. I didn't have to do anything special, or
> change any defaults for clients/displays on either Linux or Windows. I
> thought perhaps the patch you mentioned above would fix these issues,
> but I have been unable to find it anywhere. Your posting seems to be the
> only one that mentions it, in any search engine i have tried.
>
> Can you help me to fix these cross-platform problems?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help that you can provide.
>
> --
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Richard Cowan
> Jefferson Information Technologies (Jeff-IT)
> Thomas Jefferson University
> 130 S. 9th Street, Suite 2206
> Philadelphia, PA 19107
> phone: 215.503.8735
> fax: 215.923.5294
> e-mail: richard.cowan at jefferson.edu
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> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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