Issue with screen size when connecting to remote host

[prd_cv1]

I am using NoMachine 6.36 on Windows 7 64 bits to connect through network to another Centos 7.5 computer using GUI.

Randomly, when I connect to the remote Linux host from my Windows 7 one, the remote screen is displayed as a box stamp and I can’t find the way how to avoid it. I have too reboot both Linux and Windows box sometime several time until it works well again showing the remote login screen in a better resolution (corresponding to the Linux maximum one)

Also searched if the remote host should be up before the Windows box (or the contrary), never understoood

How can I avoid this phenomena ?

Thank you in advance

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[graywolf]

Are you using NoMachine version 6.3.6 on both sides, client and server? Would you update to the more recent 6.5.6?

Are you using NoMachine to create a virtual display on the server or to share an existing display?

I don’t think you need to reboot to workaround the issue. After the remote session got shown, run the NoMachine menu, look at the buttons near the bottom of the window and press the one showing the tip “Resize remote screen”. The remote session will resize adapting to the client window.

[prd_cv1]

Hi sir,

Thank you for your input. Checked and in fact Linux and Windows box were not on the same release number. I have just uninstalled / re-installed on the release available today (6.5.6.8 on windows and 6.5.6.9 on Centos) and it seems working well at first try!

Are you using NoMachine to create a virtual display on the server or to share an existing display?

How can I check this ?

Thank you again and regards

Bernard

[graywolf]

Are you using NoMachine to create a virtual display on the server or to share an existing display?

How can I check this ?

User Ctrl+Alt+0 to access the menu, chose “Connection” to view session info, check the “session type” field.

[prd_cv1]

Are you using NoMachine to create a virtual display on the server or to share an existing display?

Good evening sir : it is written “Physical desktop”

[Britgirl]

it is written “Physical desktop”

This is just a FYI 🙂 If you’ve installed the free version, you won’t be able to create a virtual desktop on the server. More about the differences between physical and virtual desktop is here: https://www.nomachine.com/AR10K00700

[prd_cv1]

Thank you for this explanation.

Another issue I can explain is often, when I enter the login / password on the no machine login screen, I connect and the windows show me again the login screen of my centos computer which let me able to choose the kinf of Graphical Desktop I want (Gnome, Gnome Classic, CDE, etc). It is the right behaviour for me.

But sometimes, in a way i can’t explain, NoMachine, after having asked me the login password on his wizard, connect me directly using by default Gnome 3 desktop (wrong behaviour)

How can i oblige NoMachine to show me each it the remote login page so that I can alway choose the Graphical Desktop I want ?

Thank you in advance & Regards

[graywolf]

But sometimes, in a way i can’t explain, NoMachine, after having asked me the login password on his wizard, connect me directly using by default Gnome 3 desktop (wrong behaviour)

Is it possible you had a previously started Gnome session on the remote host? In that case the greeter window is not presented, you’ll get the running session directly. By the way, that is the way Gdm (or any display manager, generally) works, it is not related to NoMachine configuration.

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