FreeNX on 6.2-STABLE

[dewey hylton]

> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:30:55 -0600
> From: Albert Chin <freebsd-ports at mlists.thewrittenword.com>
> Subject: FreeNX on 6.2-STABLE
> To: ports at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <20070122173055.GD40173 at mail1.thewrittenword.com>
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> I've installed FreeNX on 6.2-STABLE:
>   # cd /usr/ports/net/freenx
>   # make install
>   [ install local user "nx" ]
>   # mkdir -p /var/lib/nxserver/closed \
>   /var/lib/nxserver/failed /var/lib/nxserver/running
>   # chown -R nx /var/lib/nxserver
>   # cd /usr/X11R6/NX/bin
>   # ./nxsetup --install --setup-nomachine-key
> 
> I have nxclient-1.5.0-141 installed on a Fedora Core 3 machine. I'm
> simply trying to get a remote xterm connection to the FreeBSD box with
> FreeNX installed. When I launch nxclient on the FC3 box and configure
> it to open an xterm on the FreeBSD box, it appears to go through the
> motions and the nxclient invocation returns. However, no xterm window
> appears. I can successfully connect to the FreeBSD box and run xterm.
> 
> I installed nxserver-2.1.0-17.i386.rpm on another FC3 box and can
> connect to it fine, with a similar nxclient config.
> 
> I have "Enable SSL encrypt of all traffic" enabled.
> 
> Anyone with any ideas?
> 
> Is there a detailed log file I can inspect?
> 
> -- 
> albert chin (china at thewrittenword.com)

until we are able to compile the newer nxserver backends on freebsd (help, help, 
hint, hint) you will probably need to use a 1.4 client.

if you have problems with the 1.4 client, turn up logging in node.conf and check 
the following files:
/var/log/nxserver.log
~/.nx/*/session