[OpenIndiana-discuss] freenx

Gary Gendel gary at genashor.com
Thu Dec 20 13:29:29 UTC 2012


custom.conf contains:

[xdmcp]
Enable=true

and "svcs gdm" shows it online.  BTW, I can vnc to this machine and get
the gdm chooser but I'd prefer NX.  Do you get the complaint about /tmp?

Gary

On 12/20/2012 08:19 AM, Jonathan Adams wrote:
> hmm ... this works for me ...
>
> have you "run gdmsetup and enable XDMCP" ?
>
> On 20 December 2012 12:58, Gary Gendel <gary at genashor.com> wrote:
>> Jon,
>>
>> Thanks, that got me past the problem.  BTW, I tried your package which
>> gave me the same results as mine.  In addition, when I log in to user nx
>> your installation complains about embedded newlines in strings.
>>
>> I can almost taste this now.
>>
>> gary at abby:~> ssh -X phoenix /usr/NX/bin/nxnode --agent :1001
>>
>> *** Is below a problem? The mode /tmp is 1777 so I'm not sure why it's
>> complaining: ***
>>
>> NX-:1001> 1000 NXNODE - Version 3.2.0-73 OS (GPL, using backend: 3.5.0)
>> NX> 716 Starting NX Agent ...
>> _XSERVTransmkdir: ERROR: Mode of /tmp/.X11-unix must be set to 1777
>> _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: mkdir(/tmp/.X11-unix) failed, errno = 9
>> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for local
>>
>> NXAGENT - Version 3.5.0
>>
>> Copyright (C) 2001, 2011 NoMachine.
>> See http://www.nomachine.com/ for more information.
>>
>> Info: Agent running with pid '12218'.
>> Session: Starting session at 'Thu Dec 20 07:48:27 2012'.
>> Info: Using alpha channel in render extension.
>> Info: Not using local device configuration changes.
>> Session: Session started at 'Thu Dec 20 07:48:27 2012'.
>> Session: Terminating session at 'Thu Dec 20 07:48:45 2012'.
>> Session: Session terminated at 'Thu Dec 20 07:48:45 2012'.
>>
>> *** And the new fonts entry does this: ***
>>
>> FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2,
>> should be 1; fixing.
>> NX> 716 NX Agent exited with status: 0
>> NX-:1001> 1001 Bye.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> On 12/20/2012 05:55 AM, Jonathan Adams wrote:
>>> I got it working on Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris ... my steps are on my
>>> "Google drive"
>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6o_jmGQm0dWSGV6UGE2RExnUU0
>>> https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6o_jmGQm0dWeW45SjhfbklFVlE
>>>
>>> Add to /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias
>>>
>>> fixed "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso10646-1"
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>
>>> On 20 December 2012 02:46, DormitionSkete at hotmail.com
>>> <dormitionskete at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> If you get it working, would you please post the steps you took to install and get it working?
>>>>
>>>> I'd really appreciate it.
>>>>
>>>> This is one of those pieces of software that I'd like to use, but haven't had a chance to even try installing it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 19, 2012, at 7:27 PM, Gary Gendel wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm real close to getting freeNX working.  However, I'm stumped by the error I'm getting:
>>>>>
>>>>> $ ssh -X phoenix /usr/NX/bin/nxnode --agent :1000
>>>>> NX-:1000> 1000 NXNODE - Version 3.2.0-73 OS (GPL, using backend: 3.5.0)
>>>>> NX> 716 Starting NX Agent ...
>>>>> NXAGENT - Version 3.5.0
>>>>>
>>>>> Copyright (C) 2001, 2011 NoMachine.
>>>>> See http://www.nomachine.com/ for more information.
>>>>>
>>>>> Info: Agent running with pid '2688'.
>>>>> Session: Starting session at 'Wed Dec 19 21:05:09 2012'.
>>>>> Info: Using alpha channel in render extension.
>>>>> Info: Not using local device configuration changes.
>>>>> Error: Aborting session with 'Could not open default font 'fixed''.
>>>>> Session: Aborting session at 'Wed Dec 19 21:05:09 2012'.
>>>>> Session: Session aborted at 'Wed Dec 19 21:05:09 2012'.
>>>>> NX> 716 NX Agent exited with status: 1
>>>>> NX-:1000> 1001 Bye.
>>>>>
>>>>> This error happens even if I try to log in from the local OpenIndiana host.  I turned on using the font server, and I tried putting in a font path, but it still fails with the same error.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone have success getting freeNX working?
>>>>>
>>>>> Gary
>>>>>
>>>>>
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