How do I enable freenx/nxserver?

Bjarne Wichmann Petersen freebsd.nospam at mekanix.dk
Thu Sep 22 23:03:27 PDT 2005


On Thursday 22 September 2005 15:49, dewey hylton wrote:

> > I'm trying to get at nxserver running on my 5.4-box, but I'm totally
> > confused
> >
> > now (been reading a ton of guides/howtos/tips that all say something
> > different). Bottom line is: I can't get it to work.
> >
> > I've installed freenx/nxserver from ports. I've tried running:
> >
> > #/usr/X11R6/NX/bin/nxsetup --install --setup-nomachine-key --clean
> > --purge
> >
> > But it fails:
> > Generating public/private dsa key pair.
> > Your identification has been saved
> > in /usr/X11R6/NX/etc/nxserver//users.id_dsa.
> > Your public key has been saved
> > in /usr/X11R6/NX/etc/nxserver//users.id_dsa.pub.
> > The key fingerprint is:
> > xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx root at xx.xx
> > Setting up /var/lib/nxserver/ ...done
> > Setting up /var/log/nxserver.log ...done
> > Setting up user nx ...pw: option requires an argument -- g
> > pw: unknown switch
> >
> > Now, what do I do?
> >
> > Bjarne
> what version of freenx are you running, and was it installed via package or
> port or manually?

Installed through ports (actually portinstall with the -P switch). The version 
is 0.4.4.

Could it be that I've got both bash2 and bash3 installed? (bash3 was a 
dependency for freenx)?

Bjarne


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