HOWTO: Can I use FreeNX with Ubuntu?

[Ashex]

To run freenx server in edgy, you can install the dapper packages from the seveas repositories.

There's an article in the ubuntu wiki that you can read Here about setting it up.

I recommend using the following repository for installing the packages:

deb http://seveas.imbrandon.com dapper-seveas freenx 
deb-src http://seveas.imbrandon.com dapper-seveas freenx

Add that to /etc/apt/sources.list

and then run the following commands:

wget http://seveas.imbrandon.com/1135D466.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - 
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install freenx

With the packages in the repository, these are 1.5, not 2.0.
So if you want to connect from a windows machine, grab the V1.5 nxclient Here.

[SubTerRaiN]

have a question:

how can i re-enter an existing session, say display 1000 ?

because i open several programs there, i suspend my session, and when i try to enter that session - a new one, say 1001, is created, and i cannot access my apps from 1000...

any ideas ?

thanks.

[tannedin]

To run freenx server in edgy, you can install the dapper packages from the seveas repositories.

There's an article in the ubuntu wiki that you can read Here about setting it up.

I recommend using the following repository for installing the packages:

deb http://seveas.imbrandon.com dapper-seveas freenx 
deb-src http://seveas.imbrandon.com dapper-seveas freenx

Add that to /etc/apt/sources.list

and then run the following commands:

wget http://seveas.imbrandon.com/1135D466.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - 
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install freenx

With the packages in the repository, these are 1.5, not 2.0.
So if you want to connect from a windows machine, grab the V1.5 nxclient Here.

tried this, now getting a "Server not installed or NX access disabled"

NX> 203 NXSSH running with pid: 13801
NX> 285 Enabling check on switch command
NX> 285 Enabling skip of SSH config files
NX> 200 Connected to address: 68.54.239.81 on port: 3838
NX> 202 Authenticating user: nx
NX> 208 Using auth method: publickey
NX> 204 Authentication failed.

[oldweasel]

I get that message also, anyone know how to get around this final issue?

[Nu_]

Please check your ssh setup:

- Make sure "nx" is one of the AllowUsers in sshd_config.
- Make sure your sshd allows public key authentication.
- Make sure your sshd is really running on port 22.
- Make sure your sshd_config AuthorizedKeysFile in sshd_config is set to authorized_keys2.

when i run nxsetup i get this, does anyone know how to add a user to sshd?

[gambit32]

DISREGARD: FIXED

I was able to fix this by changing
127.0.0.1 localhost
in /etc/hosts to
127.0.0.1 localhost unix

For some reason today, Im no longer able to login to freenx. I get a black window, and its not able to load a window manager.

I tried uninstall freenx entirely, and reinstalling from scratch, to no avail. I get this from 3 different client machines, of none of whose settings have changed

gambit32@ubuntu:~/.nx/C-ubuntu-1000-811529A990DCF8731709D52C8710D456$ cat session

NXAGENT - Version 2.1.0

Copyright (C) 2001, 2006 NoMachine.
See http://www.nomachine.com/ for more information.

Info: Agent running with pid '7570'.
Session: Starting session at 'Fri Jun  1 12:32:36 2007'.
Info: Proxy running in server mode with pid '7570'.
Info: Waiting for connection from '192.168.1.146' on port '5000'.
Info: Accepted connection from '192.168.1.146' with port '3829'.
Info: Connection with remote proxy established.
Info: Synchronizing local and remote caches.
Info: Handshaking with remote proxy completed.
Info: Using wan link parameters 768/24/1/0.
Info: Using agent parameters 5000/50/0/0.
Info: Using cache parameters 4/4194304/8192KB/8192KB.
Info: Using image streaming parameters 50/128/1024KB/3072/384.
Info: Using image cache parameters 1/1/32768KB.
Info: Using pack method '16m-jpeg-9' with session 'unix-gnome'.
Info: Using ZLIB data compression 1/1/32.
Info: Not using ZLIB stream compression.
Info: No suitable cache file found.
Info: Established X client connection.
Info: Using shared memory parameters 1/1/1/2048K.
Info: No window manager has been detected.
nxagentOpenScreen: Forcing fullscreen mode with no window manager running,
Info: Using local device configuration changes.
Info: Using alpha channel in render extension.
Session: Session started at 'Fri Jun  1 12:32:37 2007'.
SESSION_MANAGER=local/ubuntu:/tmp/.ICE-unix/7582

[joker535]

I have my server end setup and working fine on 7.04. I have the windows client running on my laptop and I can successfully connect to my ubuntu box from the lan.

I went into the router and forwarded port 22 tcp to the static ip of my server. I have a static IP on the wan side and when I put it in the client, I can not connect tot he server.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Bob

[daflame]

If anyone is interested, I have Ubuntu packages for a working version of FreeNX 0.7.1. Everything is quite good with only a config file change you can have unlimited sessions on your machine and RDP proxy using rdesktop. The free version of !M server only allows 2 sessions max. I have found this to be limiting at times. Especially if you are trying to setup a server. Plus it runs with the latest NX 3.0 backend and client. I have working versions compiled for gutsy on x86_64 and i386. If anyone needs other dist packages, please let me know and I'll start a VM to build one.

[c-m]

http://kanotix.com/files/debian/ ./

does not exist

[qpieus]

If anyone is interested, I have Ubuntu packages for a working version of FreeNX 0.7.1. Everything is quite good with only a config file change you can have unlimited sessions on your machine and RDP proxy using rdesktop. The free version of !M server only allows 2 sessions max. I have found this to be limiting at times. Especially if you are trying to setup a server. Plus it runs with the latest NX 3.0 backend and client. I have working versions compiled for gutsy on x86_64 and i386. If anyone needs other dist packages, please let me know and I'll start a VM to build one.

yes, I'm interested. Where can i get it (gutsy i386)?