http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2330/nx-server-and-slackware<p>I'm running Slackware 13.1 (for now, 13.37 is real close!). I recently started using nxserver/freenx for remote access since it is so much faster than VNC. I log into (and stay logged into) the workstation as a single, non-root user and I'd like to be able to attach to that KDE session whenever I need to access the machine remotely.</p> <p>Right now when I connect, I always get a new KDE session. Is there a trick to making this work?</p> <p>So I worked through the article jeremy posted.<br> </p> <ul> <li>I verified the RENDER extension is loaded</li> <li>activated ENABLE_PERSISTENT_SESSION = "all" (although i believe this is the default)</li> <li>restarted freenx</li> </ul> <p>I see no way to change the color depth for the nx client and the font issue seems to be a none issue. As for pixmaps, depths and visuals, I don't know what those are :-).</p> <p>Any other thoughts would be appreciated.</p> <p>\\Greg-</p>enWed, 13 Apr 2011 18:18:36 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2330/nx-server-and-slackware#2341<p>Interesting and it makes sense. I have this running on a Fedora 14 box as well and I thought I had this working. but now that I look closer, since I only access this machine remotely, I was being fooled.</p> <p>Thanks</p>gmartinWed, 13 Apr 2011 18:18:36 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2330/nx-server-and-slackware#2341http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2330/nx-server-and-slackware#2340<p>Thanks for the clarification - I've updated my answer.</p> <p>--jeremy</p>jeremyWed, 13 Apr 2011 17:49:10 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2330/nx-server-and-slackware#2340http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2330/nx-server-and-slackware#2338<p>I did as you suggested</p>gmartinWed, 13 Apr 2011 17:28:25 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2330/nx-server-and-slackware#2338http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2330/nx-server-and-slackware#2337<p>I have VNC working. NX appears to be much faster that VNC. What are the limitations of NX that TeamViewer would solve?</p>gmartinWed, 13 Apr 2011 17:28:08 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2330/nx-server-and-slackware#2337http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2330/nx-server-and-slackware/2333<p>You can send an X session over VNC pretty easily. I SSH in then do X over that. Of course why not just look at using TeamViewer which is free for non-commerical use and doesn't have the limitations of NX?</p>RonWed, 13 Apr 2011 13:53:13 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2330/nx-server-and-slackware/2333http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2330/nx-server-and-slackware/2332<p>You can't connect to the KDE session you started at the console to my knowledge. NX works by spawning a pseudo-X11 server on the remote machine, and then forwards the protocol stream to the NX client, which is also an X server. Sessions running on a different X server cannot be picked up. NX is really more of a terminal server than a generic remote control solution.</p> <p>(Old) You can read more on NX session reconnection policies <a href="http://www.nomachine.com/ar/view.php?ar_id=AR03C00166">here</a>.</p> <p>--jeremy</p>jeremyWed, 13 Apr 2011 13:34:03 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2330/nx-server-and-slackware/2332http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2330/nx-server-and-slackware#2331<p>One note. If I connect thru nx to the workstation and get a new session then, disconnect that session. I can resume it through nx. What I want to accomplish is connecting to a KDE session I started at the console. \\Greg</p>gmartinWed, 13 Apr 2011 13:23:22 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/2330/nx-server-and-slackware#2331