[OpenIndiana-discuss] freenx

Alex Smith (K4RNT) shadowhunter at gmail.com
Thu Dec 20 15:33:22 UTC 2012 

I can't tell you the internals of how the NX protocol works, but it does
*not* require or use XDMCP or X directly, I have used regular NX on Linux
hosts in runlevel 3 (no X11 running directly on the host), just with all
the software installed.

I wish I knew the internals of the NX protocols, then I would help with
this. :(

On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Jonathan Adams <t12nslookup at gmail.com>wrote:

> root at jadlaptop:/etc# svccfg -s application/x11/x11-server listprop | grep
> exec
> start/exec                                                     astring
>  "/lib/svc/method/x11-server -d 0 -c %i %m"
> stop/exec                                                      astring
>  ":kill -TERM"
>
> I'm not sure what I changed in svccfg ... I didn't change any .conf
> file to get XDCMP working (grep of files in etc shows no XDCMP)
>
> On 20 December 2012 13:51, Jonathan Adams <t12nslookup at gmail.com> wrote:
> > jadams at jadlaptop:~$ ssh -X localhost /usr/NX/bin/nxnode --agent :1001
> > The authenticity of host 'localhost (::1)' can't be established.
> > RSA key fingerprint is 6e:a6:8a:14:57:f6:6a:ad:f5:0a:e8:33:a3:72:11:18.
> > Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
> > Warning: Permanently added 'localhost' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
> > Password:
> > NX-:1001> 1000 NXNODE - Version 3.2.0-74-SVN OS (GPL, using backend:
> 3.4.0)
> > NX> 716 Starting NX Agent ...
> > Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/openwin/lib/X11/rgb'
> >
> > NXAGENT - Version 3.4.0
> >
> > Copyright (C) 2001, 2010 NoMachine.
> > See http://www.nomachine.com/ for more information.
> >
> > Info: Agent running with pid '2693'.
> > Session: Starting session at 'Thu Dec 20 13:18:34 2012'.
> > Info: Using alpha channel in render extension.
> > Info: Not using local device configuration changes.
> > error opening security policy file
> /usr/openwin/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
> > Session: Session started at 'Thu Dec 20 13:18:34 2012'.
> > Session: Terminating session at 'Thu Dec 20 13:18:50 2012'.
> > Session: Session terminated at 'Thu Dec 20 13:18:50 2012'.
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > On 20 December 2012 13:33, Gary Gendel <gary at genashor.com> wrote:
> >> 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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