Multiple client monitor use case for GNOME

[jay_guidos]

Hey All,

I am trying to figure out if NoMachine can support our use case. Let me be explicit on what we have and our requirements.

Each member of our entire team has:

* a single dedicated Linux headless virtual server running NoMachine server and GNOME

* a Windows machine with NoMachine client

* 4, 5, or 6 physical displays attached to the Windows machine

What we want is to dedicate 2, 3, or 4 physical PC displays to the NoMachine client, leaving 1 physical display for routine corporate tools and 1 or two displays for Operations and Monitoring.

What does not work well is a running the NoMachine client on 1 or all monitors. 1 is not nearly enough real estate, and the ‘all displays’ option is a non starter, since that would obscure our operations tools.

Spanning the Linux desktop across multiple monitors is not something anybody seems to want. I see some mention of using less than ALL of the client side monitors (something more than 1, but less than all of them), and also some mention of being able to maximize a specific application within a single client display, and that is probably something our team could use.

I can’t determine if this is possible using any combination of NoMachine products. Is such a set up possible, or close to possible, and what would we need to set up for this to work?

Regards.

 

[Britgirl]

Hi, when connecting to a virtual Linux desktop, supported in any of the NoMachine Terminal Server products, you can maximize the session window to all monitors or one of the monitors on the client side. To enable it:

– Open the NoMachine menu panel inside the session (ctrl+alt+0 or click on the page peel in the upper right corner of the window)
– Click on ‘Display’
– Click on ‘Resize remote display’ then on ‘Fullscreen on all monitors’

It’s not possible, however, to dedicate 2, 3, or 4 displays to the NoMachine session window. We could evaluate the possibility of implementing said functionality, but this would need careful consideration, so what I suggest for now is that you reach out to us through the website with some more details.

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