NoMachine defaulting to headless rather than “real” desktop

[dje666]

Dear Forum,

I am using NoMachine to access my Linux PC (Ubuntu 22.04) from a Windows 10 Laptop. This system worked flawlessly until last week, when the NM player on the Win10 machine started connecting to a Virtual desktop on the Linux PC, rather than actually showing me the “real” Ubuntu desktop.

I see many instructions on how to get NM to connect to a headless remote unit, but how do I disable this activity and get the “real” desktop back?

Thanks,

 

DJE666

[Britgirl]

If the server is headless, then NoMachine will create a virtual display. We run the virtual desktop only if we can’t find any physical session running, so at a glance it seems something on the system.

This system worked flawlessly until last week

What changed last week? Did you update something? NoMachine, the OS? Or maybe change a setting or something?
What desktop environment is it?

The logs might show some hints as to what is happening. Please check the instructions in the following article, making sure you reproduce the problem before gathering the logs from the server. Submit them to forum[at]nomachine[dot]com making sure to reference the title of your topic in the email subject. Thanks!

https://kb.nomachine.com/DT07S00243
 

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