FreeNX Server

Is there a way to use NX protocol while doing or instead of XDMCP?

Asked by Endolith

In GDM, you can go to Options and select XDMCP, which lets you log in to a remote computer without logging into the local one, and have it behave like you're logged in locally to the remote one.

The responsiveness is slow, though, and I'm wondering if there's a way to use NX in the same role.

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thouters (thomas-langewouters) said : 		#1

create a file named /usr/share/xsessions/nxclient.desktop
with these permissions:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 225 2008-12-26 23:01 /usr/share/xsessions/nxclient.desktop
and the folowing contents ( think this is a verbatim copy of the nxclient .desktop file)

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Comment=Client for connection to a remote NX server
Exec=/usr/NX/bin/nxclient
Icon=nxclient-icon
Name=NX Client for Linux
Type=Application
MimeType=application/nx-session
Categories=X-nxclient;

or if you must use qtnx:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=QTNX
Name[en_GB]=QTNX
Comment=Client for NX remote desktop
Comment[en_GB]=Client for NX remote desktop
Exec=/usr/bin/qtnx
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Network;Qt;RemoteAccess;

Select the NX client for linux session in GDM. You won't have a windowmanager, but that shouldn't be a problem.

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