[CentOS] FreeNX

[Johnny Hughes]

On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 18:07 +0200, Dominik Składanowski wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>"yum install nx freenx" and it works fine. FreeNX server in extras repo
> >>>>>>>>>is 1.4.0 version, but from http://www.nomachine.com/download.php you can
> >>>>>>>>>download only new 1.5.0 version. Will it be works together?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>I couldn't get the latest client from NoMachine to work with the
> >>>>>>>>latest FreeNX packages on WBEL4, I had to grub around for an older
> >>>>>>>>client, nxclient-1.4.0-92.exe. I think I found it on download.com or
> >>>>>>>>similar.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=nxclient-1.4.0-92.exe&meta=
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>The first hit has direct links to the download.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>I have checked it on my CentOS 4.1 box. In "extras" CentOS repo there is
> >>>>>>>1.4.0 NX server, and from nomachine site you can download only 1.5.0
> >>>>>>>client - it don't work together. Server and client have to be the same
> >>>>>>>version.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Has anybody NX client 1.4.0 for linux?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>They work fine together (1.5.0 client and 1.4.0 server) ... I am using
> >>>>>>them right now.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>The client is free, but it is not GPL or distributable.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>I am going to build the 1.5.0 server in a couple hours ... I'll e-mail
> >>>>>>you when it is updated ... but I am typing this right now from a machine
> >>>>>>running 1.5 client (on CentOS-3) connected to a 1.4.0 server (on
> >>>>>>CentOS-4).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>I also connected to this server via a 1.5.0 windows client.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>OK ... I built and installed / tested the 1.5.0 server RPM for CentOS-4
> >>>>>i386.  It is now posted to the main server and syncing to the mirrors.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>in 15-20 minutes, nx-1.5.0-0.centos4.i386.rpm and
> >>>>>freenx-0.4.4-1.centos4.noarch.rpm should be available at:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/extras/i386/RPMS/
> >>>>>
> >>>>>See this article for install instructions:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>http://fedoranews.org/contributors/rick_stout/freenx/
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks for mail Johnny. I just updated (yum update) my FreeNX server,
> >>>>restarted - nxserver, sshd and finally system - and still "nxserver
> >>>>--status" appears as a 1.4.0 version. On my second CentOS box I made 1/2
> >>>>hour ago fresh install of FreeNX server and it's the same.
> >>>>
> >>>>Of course rpm in extras repo is named 1.5.0.
> >>>>
> >>>>Strange but true.
> >>>>
> >>>>Maybe am I doing something wrong?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>You are not doing anything wrong ... the output of that command provides
> >>>this for me:
> >>>
> >>>NXSERVER - Version 1.4.0-44 OS (GPL)
> >>>
> >>>but, the package that provides the the file nxserver is freenx and not
> >>>nx.
> >>>
> >>>Here are the NX sourcefiles involved in the nx rpm:
> >>>
> >>>URL:            http://www.nomachine.com
> >>>Source0:        nxproxy-1.5.0-9.tar.gz
> >>>Source1:        nxcomp-1.5.0-63.tar.gz
> >>>Source2:        nxcompext-1.5.0-16.tar.gz
> >>>Source3:        nx-X11-1.5.0-15.tar.gz
> >>>Source4:        nxagent-1.5.0-87.tar.gz
> >>>Source5:        nxviewer-1.5.0-14.tar.gz
> >>>Source6:        nxdesktop-1.5.0-59.tar.gz
> >>>Source7:        nxscripts-1.5.0-11.tar.gz
> >>>Source9:        nxagent
> >>>
> >>>Those are the latest files freenx and nx source for RPM distros from:
> >>>http://fedoranews.org/contributors/rick_stout/freenx/
> >>>
> >>>I am again use the 1.5.0 client for Linux on CentOS-3 connected to the
> >>>latest nx, freenx CentOS-4 server.
> >>
> >>OK.
> >>
> >>I tried to connect to FreeNX server (CentOS 4.1) after today update
> >>(1.5.0) using both nxclients (Windows): 1.4.0 and 1.5.0.
> >>Only 1.4.0 nxclient can connect.
> > 
> > 
> > Did you paste the key from the server
> > at /var/lib/nxserver/home/.ssh/client.id_dsa.key
> > 
> > into your client?
> 
> Yes. Just like written here:
> http://fedoranews.org/contributors/rick_stout/freenx/

Try editing the certificate file on the server
(/var/lib/nxserver/home/.ssh/client.id_dsa.key)... and copying the
entire key text, then pasting it into the window that clicking the
"Key..." button on the "Client Configuration form" in the Server Section
opens up.

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