Hello. I've got slackware running on an old desktop, using it primarily for printing and as network storage. I was recently looking into different remote desktop type programs, so as to have my desktop available from different places. FreeNX looks like my best option, speed-wise, but I can't get it working.

There was a package on slackware.it/en, and I installed it, and everything seems happy, but when I try to connect it times out. The server is slackware 10.2, and I've tried to connect from both Windows XP and this laptop (which is also Slackware 10.2... I've had a good time getting things working, but this time I don't seem to have any success with google.)

here's the feedback from the client. i don't really know what to do on the server... afraid i'm still too newbie at this.

NX> 203 NXSSH running with pid: 3295
NX> 285 Enabling check on switch command
NX> 285 Enabling skip of SSH config files
NX> 200 Connected to address: 192.168.1.101 on port: 22
NX> 202 Authenticating user: nx
NX> 208 Using auth method: publickey
HELLO NXSERVER - Version 1.4.0-44 OS (GPL)
NX> 105 hello NXCLIENT - Version 1.5.0
NX> 134 Accepted protocol: 1.5.0
NX> 105 SET SHELL_MODE SHELL
NX> 105 SET AUTH_MODE PASSWORD
NX> 105 login
NX> 101 User: personman
NX> 102 Password:
NX> 103 Welcome to: slack user: personman
NX> 105 listsession --user="personman" --status="suspended,running" --geometry="1024x768x24+render" --type="unix-kde"
NX> 127 Sessions list of user 'personman' for reconnect:

Display Type Session ID Options Depth Screen Status Session Name
------- ---------------- -------------------------------- -------- ----- -------------- ----------- ------------------------------


NX> 148 Server capacity: not reached for user: personman
NX> 105 startsession --session="slackserver-inside" --type="unix-kde" --cache="8M" --images="32M" --cookie="******" --link="wan" --kbtype="pc105/us" --nodelay="1" --encryption="1" --backingstore="when_requested" --geometry="1024x738" --media="0" --agent_server="" --agent_user="" agent_password="******"" --screeninfo="1024x738x24+render"

NX> 1000 NXNODE - Version 1.4.0-44 OS (GPL)
NX> 700 Session id: slack-1017-2E6DC3E3819EAE9DEEF3343EF3483DB8
NX> 705 Session display: 1017
NX> 703 Session type: unix-kde
NX> 701 Proxy cookie: 047d34c9f482a3baa95a0bc5d288e667
NX> 702 Proxy IP: 127.0.0.1
NX> 706 Agent cookie: 047d34c9f482a3baa95a0bc5d288e667
NX> 704 Session cache: unix-kde
NX> 707 SSL tunneling: 1
NX> 1004 Error: Session did not start.
NX> 504 Session startup failed.
NX> 999 Bye
Killed by signal 15.


also, sometimes the bits about session not starting and session startup failing are omitted.

on my desktop (winxp) it hangs at "setting up the x environment" but i'm not totally sure that's relevant, because i've got some weird ethernet card problems on there... in any case, thanks for any help

There is a mailing list for FreeNX here: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/freenx-knx/ since this is not really a Slackware-related question. You'll get more response from that list.

By the way, I could not find that package you're refering to at http://slackware.it/en/

Eric

My mistake. I got the package from here: http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/freenx/

Sorry if this is the wrong forum. I'll try my luck with the mailing list. Thanks for the help.

A yes, that is my package :-) I already wondered, since I never saw another freenx package online so far.
Can't help you much with your problem since I no longer work with FreeNX - the mailing list is quite active though (I am subscribed to it). If I install the nx and freenx packages, everything works - but don't forget to examine the node.conf to see if you need to change any parameters for your box. What release of Slackware for instance?

Eric

err.. yeah. the nx package.

Just incase anybody else is looking at this thread with interest, it's worth the note that I didn't install the nx package.

and I thought I'd seen other people do dumb stuff...
With this post, I crown myself King of Stupid.