[OpenIndiana-discuss] freenx

[Gary Gendel]

If I use the ssh running nxnode to test it, I get a black window and it
responds to resizing with the appropriate messages.  Unfortunately,
using the nxclient fails without trying to bring up a window. It gets as
far as "Downloading session data" and then it reports "Session startup
failed".

On 12/20/2012 08:21 AM, Jonathan Adams wrote:
> actually I can't find gdmsetup ... have you enabled gdm in some way though?
>
> On 20 December 2012 13:19, Jonathan Adams <t12nslookup at gmail.com> 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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