[FreeNX-kNX] CentOS6 FreeNX never starts session

[Ryan Cooley]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: freenx-knx-bounces at kde.org [mailto:freenx-knx-bounces at kde.org]
> On Behalf Of Les Mikesell
> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 1:06 PM
> To: User Support for FreeNX Server and kNX Client
> Subject: Re: [FreeNX-kNX] CentOS6 FreeNX never starts session
> 
> The difference is mostly irrelevant to me. I rarely run any normal
> desktop programs, but I park a freenx session in each of several
> locations, then run a bunch of stuff in terminal windows - mostly ssh
> sessions to nearby machines. Then I can grab the whole session from
> different NX clients with everything left running for months at a
> time. 

You could do the job with much less overhead using SSH and tmux or screen.  But my philosophy is pretty similar to yours...  Just fluxbox and urxvt.  I'd need NX far less if links (2.x) was still getting developed, and got CSS support, better javascript, etc.

> It is actually something they try to tweak to improve performance in
> their VIclient console sessions - you don't really have to install the
> guest tools.   I prefer freenx but their native client has the
> advantage of working even before the guest networking is set up.   And
> if you need it I can dig up the fix, which wasn't difficult.

That bug may very well be half of my problem...  One of the two systems is a VM. I previously uninstalled VMWare-tools, but maybe some remnant of it is lingering and causing problems.  I would greatly appreciate a pointer in the right direction.  Tips on debugging such issues in the future would also be appreciated.