From freenx-knx Mon May 29 11:03:59 2006 From: walter harms Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 11:03:59 +0000 To: freenx-knx Subject: Re: [FreeNX-kNX] FreeNX on Suse 10.1 Message-Id: <447AD51F.2000707 () bfs ! de> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=freenx-knx&m=114890073311835 hi serge, thx for the hints. did you try to start fvwm2 also or kde/gnome only ? re, wh Serge Weinstock wrote: > Serge Weinstock wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to use FreeNX on a Suse 10.1 box and I've run into several >> problems. >> >> * The first one was that I wasn't able to get any sound. I solved that >> by making my account a member of the group audio. >> >> * The second one was a recurring warning message about the power save >> daemon not running and about dbus problems. I solved that by using the >> default X client script for logging in. >> >> * The third and still unsolved problem is that I'm unable to mount >> devices like the DVD drive or a USB key through KDE or Gnome UI. When I >> try, I get the following cryptic error message: >> 'A security policy in place prevents this sender from sending this >> message to this recipient, see message bus configuration file (rejected >> message had interface "org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume" member "Mount" >> error name "(unset)" destination "org.freedesktop.hal"' >> >> This happens only when I use my normal login. If I logged as root, I >> don't get any problem. >> >> Any idea on what is going wrong ? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Serge >> > > I have finally solved all my problems! > As it can be useful to others, here is my recipe: > > * If you want remote users to have access the audio devices, make them > members of the audio group. This is very useful for people like me who > use their computer as a jukebox and want to be able to access it remotely. > > * The commands for launching KDE or GNOME are no more "startkde" and > "gnome-session". A lot of applications now use dbus (message bus daemon) > as a system wide mean for applications to talk to each others. So a > specific dbus daemon must be launched for your session and a global > environment variable must be set in order for applications to know to > which dbus daemon to talk to. > This can be done by replacing the following lines in > /etc/nxserver/node.conf : > COMMAND_START_KDE='/usr/bin/dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session > /opt/kde3/bin/startkde' > COMMAND_START_GNOME='/usr/bin/dbus-launch --sh-syntax > --exit-with-session /opt/gnome/bin/gnome-session' > > * if you want your remote users to have access to removable medias like > CDs or USB keys, you must first get dbus working as explained above, > secondly configure HAL to allow these users to access remotely the > devices. > > For that: > + add a group "powerusers" and make the desired users members of this group > + edit /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf and add the lines: > > send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement"/> > > > > > > just before the final > replace 1000 by the ID of the powerusers group. > + reboot the system > > And it works! > > Serge > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Were you helped on this list with your FreeNX problem? > Then please write up the solution in the FreeNX Wiki/FAQ: > http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.phtml?title=FreeNX_FAQ > Don't forget to check the NX Knowledge Base: > http://www.nomachine.com/kb/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > FreeNX-kNX mailing list --- FreeNX-kNX@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/freenx-knx > ________________________________________________________________ > > > ________________________________________________________________ Were you helped on this list with your FreeNX problem? Then please write up the solution in the FreeNX Wiki/FAQ: http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.phtml?title=FreeNX_FAQ Don't forget to check the NX Knowledge Base: http://www.nomachine.com/kb/ ________________________________________________________________ FreeNX-kNX mailing list --- FreeNX-kNX@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/freenx-knx ________________________________________________________________