Ubuntu 11.10 : FreeNX

Ubuntu11.10 ( NX server : unity-2d ) ---- Win7 ( NX client )

# tail -1 /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10" # uname -ri 3.0.0-14-server x86_64

[ install NX server on Ubuntu 11.10 ]

download server ,node and client deb packages from http://www.nomachine.com/download-package.php?Prod_Id=3592

# ls nxclient_3.5.0-7_amd64.deb  nxserver_3.5.0-9_amd64.deb nxnode_3.5.0-7_amd64.deb

install these deb packages.

# dpkg -i nxclient_3.5.0-7_amd64.deb # dpkg -i nxnode_3.5.0-7_amd64.deb # dpkg -i nxserver_3.5.0-9_amd64.deb

configuration files are stored under /usr/NX/etc

# ls /usr/NX/etc/ administrators.db         node.cfg             profiles.db.lock administrators.db.lock    node.lic             profiles.db.sample administrators.db.sample  nodes.db             server-debian.cfg.sample guests.db                 nodes.db.lock        server.cfg guests.db.lock            passwords.db         server.lic guests.db.sample          passwords.db.lock    users.db keys                      passwords.db.sample  users.db.lock node-debian.cfg.sample    profiles.db          users.db.sample

binary files are installed under /usr/NX/bin directory.

# ls /usr/NX/bin/ nxagent   nxesd   nxnode   nxsensor  nxservice  nxssh   nxuexec nxclient  nxkill  nxprint  nxserver  nxspool    nxstat

[ NX server : ubuntu 11.10 ]

# egrep -v ^# /usr/NX/etc/server.cfg | egrep -v ^$ ConfigFileVersion = "2.0" EnableClipboard = "both" EnablePasswordDB = "0" EnableStatistics = "1"

node.cfg

# egrep -v ^# /usr/NX/etc/node.cfg | egrep -v ^$ ConfigFileVersion = "2.0" CommandFuser = "/bin/fuser" CommandXmodmap = "/usr/bin/xmodmap" CUPSBinPath = "/usr/bin" CUPSSbinPath = "/usr/sbin" EnableCUPSSupport = "1" MountShareProtocol = "none" CommandStartGnome = "/etc/gdm/Xsession gnome-session"

start the NX server with the startup script.

# /usr/NX/scripts/init/nxserver start Trying to start NX server: NX> 122 Service started. NX> 999 Bye. Trying to start NX statistics: NX> 723 Cannot start NX statistics: NX> 709 NX statistics are disabled for this server. NX> 999 Bye.

[ NX client : Windows 7 ]

download the NX client and install it.

configure the NX session for the Ubuntu

edit the NX client configuration ( *.nxs ) to use Japanese keyboard layout.

<option key="Custom keyboard layout" value="jp" />

the configuration files are stored under C:\Users\Username\.nx\config folder.

[ connect to the NX server ]

[ tips ]

1. can’t enter underscore

$ xmodmap -pke > ~/.Xmodmap

edit .Xmodmap

$ egrep 123 .Xmodmap keycode 123 = backslash underscore

$ echo "can enter _" can enter _

2. enter Japanese characters via NX serssion

install ibus-mozc

# apt-get install ibus-mozc

add the following lines in ~/.bashrc

export LANG="ja_JP.utf-8" export LC_TYPE="ja_JP.utf-8" export GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus export XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus export QT_IM_MODULE=ibus

3. start NX server when booting

# cp /usr/NX/scripts/init/nxserver /etc/init.d/ # # update-rc.d nxserver defaults