Nxserver not starting “properly” on boot?

[wmorrison]

I have nxserver set up to “Start the server at system startup,” and it does, I can see the process.

But I try to connect from the client and it can’t connect.

Then on the server, in the gui, “Server settings,” “Status,” I observe “Server status” shows green for “server running.”

Then I click Ports. Initially the far right column Status shows Running (green) but after a few seconds it turns gray.

I go back to Status and click “Restart the server,” which requires my password, but then it works and the server restarts.

After that, I can connect from the client.

I have to do this every time the machine the server is on is rebooted.

Any idea what’s going on, and how to correct it?

I don’t think it’s a client version problem since I can connect after the above process, but I’ll add some info anyway.

server
nomachine 8.16.1
Arch Linux (EndeavourOS)
KDE Plasma

client
nomachine 8.13.1
MX Linux
KDE Plasma

[Britgirl]

It looks like you have “start the server at system startup” disabled. Did you install NoMachine from the AUR repository? If so, take a look at my answer to this topic dealing with the same problem: https://forum.nomachine.com/topic/nxd-does-not-start-from-systemd-but-does-from-nxserver-restart-2#post-46344.

[wmorrison]

Figured it out.

I was not previously aware two settings were required.

First, “Start the server at system startup”, which I had, and could see the process started on boot as expected.

But second, on the Ports tab, the port can be either “Manual” or “Automatic.” Mine was “Manual.” I changed it to “Automatic,” rebooted, and now I can connect from the client without additional actions.

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