On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 16:25 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 07:39 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > >> We have created a new version of freenx (freenx-0.5.0-8.c4.noarch.rpm) > >> and moved it to the testing repo. > >> > >> This is based on the code displayed at the LWE in San Francisco ... > >> > >> http://lwn.net/Articles/146825/ > >> > >> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8489 > >> > >> (though it is not officially released as stable by the freenx people) > >> > >> This version should handle printing and reconnecting to running sessions > >> much better. > >> > >> Running sessions (on the nx server, that is the machine you are > >> connecting to) are stored in "/var/lib/nxserver/db/running" ... if you > >> have been disconnected in the past, there may be several old sessions > >> out there that need to be cleaned up ... go remove the sessions that are > >> invalid (all of them in that directory if you do not have any open > >> sessions to that server). There is no real auto cleanup of these if > >> your session breaks ... I will try to develop something that works > >> later. In the meantime, if you session list is to big and some are dead, > >> you will have to delete them manually. > >> > >> This version also allows rootless mode, which is faster compression. > >> > >> So far, this is a major improvement to my user experience for NX. > >> > >> ------------------ > >> Copy the testing CentOS-Testing.repo file from here: > >> > >> http://dev.centos.org/centos/4/ > >> > >> to /etc/yum.repos.d/ , then use this command to install freenx: > >> > >> yum --enablerepo=c4-testing install freenx nx > >> > >> Report issues with this to the freeenx tracker here: > >> > >> http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=1307 > >> > >> ------------------- > >> A guide for setting up the NoMachine client (to connect to the freenx > >> server, if you installed it) is here: > >> > >> http://fedoranews.org/contributors/rick_stout/freenx/ > >> > >> (you only need to do the client items, as the server is taken care of > >> with the above yum install). > > ---- > > further feedback...the resume sessions has been working perfectly > > including several unavoidable interruptions (undoubtedly caused by flaky > > Internet connection at other end). > > > > I would say that it's very worthwhile upgrade. > > > > Craig, > > can you provide feedback on the issue tracking online please ? url is in > the email you replied to. ---- done Craig