[CentOS] FreeNX authenticates but no desktop on centos 5 ??

Fri Apr 27 15:13:25 UTC 2007
Jeremy Gray <jrgray at gmail.com>

> Now ... this seems a really silly question ... but I will ask it anyway.
>
> You do fully have Gnome installed on the server in question, right?


well, at this point, I'm ready for questions that might seem really silly!
bring 'em on :-)

I'm new to gnome, but I assume its all there because: I did a clean install
of CentOS 5, and have done "yum update" several times since. I use gnome at
the console, no issues. a crisp looking gnome desktop pops up when I use vnc
to connect from the same mac client to the same centos 5 server. (in my
~/.vnc/xstartup file, the final  call is "gnome-session &")

so, while I certainly don't know my way around gnome, I would think that the
big chunks are all there at least. I have ~/.gnome ~/.gnome2 and
~/.gnome2_private

ls /usr/bin/gnome* | wc
returns 68 things (see below). not sure where else to look for gnome stuff

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  37796 Feb 18 13:33 /usr/bin/gnome-about
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  44100 Mar 14 08:24 /usr/bin/gnome-about-me
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  64184 Mar 14 08:24
/usr/bin/gnome-accessibility-keyboard-properties
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  60064 Mar 14 08:24 /usr/bin/gnome-at-properties
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  14640 Jan  6 04:47
/usr/bin/gnome-audio-profiles-properties
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  56728 Mar 14 08:24
/usr/bin/gnome-background-properties
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      9 Apr 13 14:25 /usr/bin/gnome-calculator ->
gcalctool
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 127044 Jan  6 04:47 /usr/bin/gnome-cd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      9 Apr 13 14:25 /usr/bin/gnome-character-map ->
gucharmap
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  53324 Mar 14 08:24 /usr/bin/gnome-control-center
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  38884 Mar 14 08:24
/usr/bin/gnome-default-applications-properties
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  21096 Mar 14 08:54 /usr/bin/gnome-default-printer
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  94656 Mar 14 12:02 /usr/bin/gnome-desktop-item-edit
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  96252 Mar 14 12:29 /usr/bin/gnome-dictionary
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  35724 Mar 14 08:24 /usr/bin/gnome-display-properties
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   9487 Jan  6 05:39 /usr/bin/gnome-doc-prepare
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     20 Apr 13 14:30 /usr/bin/gnome-eject ->
/usr/bin/gnome-mount
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  18392 Mar 21 21:46
/usr/bin/gnome-file-share-properties
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  69700 Mar 14 08:24 /usr/bin/gnome-font-properties
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  27272 Mar 14 08:24 /usr/bin/gnome-font-viewer
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      4 Apr 13 18:49 /usr/bin/gnome-help -> yelp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  74012 Mar 14 08:24
/usr/bin/gnome-keybinding-properties
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 121884 Mar 14 08:24
/usr/bin/gnome-keyboard-properties
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  97396 Jan  8 23:19 /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  59532 Jan  6 23:58 /usr/bin/gnome-mount
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  69776 Mar 14 08:24 /usr/bin/gnome-mouse-properties
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  56704 Mar 14 08:24
/usr/bin/gnome-network-preferences
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  11704 Jan  6 00:53 /usr/bin/gnome-open
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 540848 Mar 14 12:02 /usr/bin/gnome-panel
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     16 Apr 13 14:25 /usr/bin/gnome-panel-screenshot
-> gnome-screenshot
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  16156 Jan 21 18:14
/usr/bin/gnome-pilot-make-password
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  16320 Mar 14 12:08 /usr/bin/gnome-power-inhibit-test
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 195272 Mar 14 12:08 /usr/bin/gnome-power-manager
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  69460 Mar 14 12:08 /usr/bin/gnome-power-preferences
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 151028 Mar 14 12:28 /usr/bin/gnome-screensaver
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  12820 Mar 14 12:28
/usr/bin/gnome-screensaver-command
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  66020 Mar 14 12:28
/usr/bin/gnome-screensaver-preferences
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  60792 Mar 14 12:29 /usr/bin/gnome-screenshot
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 123884 Mar 14 12:29 /usr/bin/gnome-search-tool
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 129340 Mar 22 13:49 /usr/bin/gnome-session
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  86728 Mar 22 13:49 /usr/bin/gnome-session-properties
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  34964 Mar 22 13:49 /usr/bin/gnome-session-remove
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  35228 Mar 22 13:49 /usr/bin/gnome-session-save
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  88104 Mar 14 08:24 /usr/bin/gnome-sound-properties
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     22 Apr 13 14:25 /usr/bin/gnome-system-log ->
/usr/bin/consolehelper
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 133884 Mar 14 12:12 /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 305752 Jan  7 02:31 /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      5 Apr 13 14:26 /usr/bin/gnome-text-editor ->
gedit
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 106800 Mar 14 08:24 /usr/bin/gnome-theme-manager
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  43312 Mar 14 08:24 /usr/bin/gnome-theme-thumbnailer
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  17644 Mar 14 08:24 /usr/bin/gnome-thumbnail-font
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  42176 Mar 14 08:24 /usr/bin/gnome-typing-monitor
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  52652 Mar 14 08:24 /usr/bin/gnome-ui-properties
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     20 Apr 13 14:30 /usr/bin/gnome-umount ->
/usr/bin/gnome-mount
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  14536 Mar 14 12:31 /usr/bin/gnomevfs-cat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  14772 Mar 14 12:31 /usr/bin/gnomevfs-copy
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  16064 Mar 14 12:31 /usr/bin/gnomevfs-df
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  18508 Mar 14 12:31 /usr/bin/gnomevfs-info
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  16828 Mar 14 12:31 /usr/bin/gnomevfs-ls
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  15084 Mar 14 12:31 /usr/bin/gnomevfs-mkdir
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  15872 Mar 14 12:31 /usr/bin/gnomevfs-monitor
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  14024 Mar 14 12:31 /usr/bin/gnomevfs-mv
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  13884 Mar 14 12:31 /usr/bin/gnomevfs-rm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  66460 Jan  6 04:47 /usr/bin/gnome-volume-control
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  65260 Mar 14 12:26 /usr/bin/gnome-volume-manager
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  25912 Mar 14 12:26 /usr/bin/gnome-volume-properties
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  26872 Mar 14 08:24 /usr/bin/gnome-window-properties
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   2098 Mar 22 13:49 /usr/bin/gnome-wm
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