Jeremy Gray wrote:
and yes, deliberately breaking it works just fine :-) , meaning no authentication. I deleted the final '=' from the DSA key (from the key part, not the ===END===, which for me is more like -----END-----) and tried connecting, and it would not authenticate, saying the DSA key was corrupt or had had a passphrase attached to it. when I paste that back in, I get authenticated but no desktop. I also tried deleting a '-' from the ----END---- line, and it fails to authenticate
Is gnome starting normally at the console or could there be some problem at that level?yes, at the console its doing lots of lovely gnome-like things, and fires up over vnc
OK, the next obvious thing is the user logging in. Did you log in as the same user on the console for the gnome test? Also, in the NX client's advanced configuration section, did you check the 'enable ssl encryption of all traffic' box. That might or might not be needed, depending on firewalling.