[CentOS] FreeNX

Fri Aug 12 16:07:36 UTC 2005
Dominik Składanowski <dominik.skladanowski at ch.pw.edu.pl>

>>>>>>>>>"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/
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