FreeNX

Okay, I have successfully installed FreeNX server on the Amahi HDA. Here are the steps to get it up and running. It is fairly straight forward and easy, although there is one point that can be a little confusing but that is during the client setup, not the server.

First, log into your hda and open a terminal window.

Second, su to root and run the following command:

[root@localhost ~]# yum update

Third, run this command to install FreeNX:

[root@localhost ~]# yum install freenx

That's it. FreeNX should now be installed and running on your HDA. In order to use FreeNX, you will need a client to connect with. Go to http://www.nomachine.com/download.php and select the one for your appropriate operating system.

After downloading and installing the client, you will need to copy the client.id_dsa.key into the client. What I did was to scp the key from my server (/etc/nxserver/client.id_dsa.key) to my local system, open the file in a text editor, copy everything in it and paste it into the client. In my client this was under "Configure" then on the "General" tab, there is a button labeled "Key". This is where I pasted the client key information.

• NOTE* If you miss or overlook the step for the client key configuration, the client will attempt to use a default key for the HDA, and this does not work.

Finally, save the configuration, and then run the client to log into the HDA.