I've tried every single possible way of installing the server now, I've read every how to available and I still can't get it to work. Please let me know in which step I do wrong. I'm using ubuntu 10.10. I will mainly be referring to the following [how-to](https://askubuntu.com/questions/7930/how-can-i-install-freenx-server), but also [this](http://forums.techarena.in/guides-tutorials/1392442.htm), and [this one](http://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeNX).

* First I add the ppa
* Install Freenx
* Download the special Freenx package as stated in the howto, fix ownership - install it
* Create custom SSH key
* Copy the file /var/lib/nxserver/home/.ssh/client.id\_dsa.key to the client and import it in nomachine (windows 7 x64)
* Check that both the user I will be logging in with and the user nx is in AllowedUsers in the /etc/ssh/sshd\_config file
* Check the port that ssh is listening on
* Login through nomachine with my regular user account in ubuntu

I always receive the message "authentication failed for [user]" when I try to log in. And I can't see the user "nx" which is said to be created during installation when I look under System->Administration->"Users & Groups". Can anyone please enlighten me if there is any step that I miss or have misunderstood? 

Thank you very much!

(Or is there an easier way of enabling remote desktop that it can be used with a windows machine? I prefer not using VNC because I was hoping of being able to get better performance than that. And when I tried using XRDP I only received a black screen on the client.)