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Installing the FreeNX server in Ubuntu
You need to add the following source list to your /etc/apt/sources.list file
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
If you are using Ubuntu Dapper you need to add the following lines
deb http://free.linux.hp.com/~brett/seveas/freenx dapper-seveas freenx
deb-src http://free.linux.hp.com/~brett/seveas/freenx dapper-seveas freenx
Once you add above sources you need to save and exit this file now you need to
You need to authenticate these packages using the following command
wget http://free.linux.hp.com/~brett/seveas/freenx/1135D466.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Once you add above sources you need to save and exit this file now you need toYou need to authenticate these packages using the following command
wget http://seveas.theplayboymansion.net/seveas/1135D466.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Now you need to update the source list using the following command
sudo apt-get update
Install Freenx server
sudo apt-get install freenx
this will complate all the required packages for freenx.
One more important note is you have to install ssh package in your ubuntu machine because by default freenx server will use port 22 for communicating over ssh.
Install ssh in ubuntu
sudo apt-get install ssh
On some machines or networks, port 22 may be blocked or not allowed. For example, some providers block port 22. To make the SSH server listen on port 877, you can do the following
Edit the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config
sudo gedit /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Find
Port 22
and change it to
Port 877
You then need to restart SSHD. Try
sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart
Edit the file /etc/nxserver/node.conf
sudo gedit /etc/nxserver/node.conf
Find
# The port number where local ’sshd’ is listening.
#SSHD_PORT=22
and change it to
# The port number where local ’sshd’ is listening.
SSHD_PORT=877
That is, change the port number to the one that sshd is listening to, and uncomment the line.
Now this will complete the freenx server installation now you need to download freenx client from here
In this example i am using freenx client for windows and i have installed in my windows xp machine
Once you finish the installation you should be having freenx shortcut in your desktop now you need to double click on that and you should see the following screen and click next here
Here you need to enter the session name,server name or ipaddress and port number and click next
Now you need to choose your session and screen resolution and click next
Configuration completed screen and click finish
Now you need to enter the username and password you want to connect as and click login
Connection established screen
Finally connected to the remote machine and you can see this in the following screen
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November 9th, 2006 at 5:25 pm
Hi,
Couldn’t find the packages for edgy at:
deb http://seveas.theplayboymansion.net/seveas edgy-seveas all
Could you please let me know the url where I can find the package?
Regards,
Anant
November 15th, 2006 at 4:47 am
I had the same problem but adding a forward slash “/” at the end of “http://seveas.theplayboymansion.net/seveas” fixed that problem. But now I’m getting dependency errors.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
freenx: Depends: expect
nxagent: Depends: libxcomp1 but it is not installable
Depends: libxcompext1 but it is not installable
Depends: nxlibs but it is not installable
Guess I’ll track those down now.
December 2nd, 2006 at 4:30 pm
Same problems :
From http://free.linux.hp.com — “page not found 404″
from http://mirror.ubuntulinux.nl — “Depends : nxagent (>= 1.1.92+1.5.0) but is not installable
February 3rd, 2007 at 3:12 am
And I even can´t find the freenx package on the server
February 24th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
hello i setup as you wrote bu it coulndt wok
i can connect via Ssh bu i couldn connect NX Client
Nx client says Authentication failed user xxx
did i miss sometihng? or
should i make extra configuration sometihng for?
regards..