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create / use a key pair between my iPad and my Mac mini – I’m figuring that would be more secure than a username / password?
Hi, for key-based authentication take a look at the article here which explains how to set it up: https://kb.nomachine.com/AR02L00785.
I would also like to prevent the NoMachine server on my Mac from registering / publishing my Mac on the NoMachine cloud. I’ll plan on just VPNing in and accessing my Mac via IP address (I use DHCP reservation on this Mac)
NoMachine does not automatically register/publish a machine on Network unless you or a user with full admin privileges explicitly tell it to 🙂 But if you want to make sure it doesn’t accidentally get published for whatever reason, you can disable it completely in the configuration file and to do that, check this article here: kb.nomachine.com/AR06W01278.
and finally, just b/c I’m paranoid I’d like to restrict inbound connections to an IP range used by my firewall when connecting in via WireGuard. I know I can do that in PF on the Mac – but wasn’t sure if that was the best / most elegant solution
To restrict an incoming over IP connection to a specific range, you can do using your router/firewall configuration. What is possible within the server configuration file is to lock down which interface the nx server daemon is listening. You can do this with NXdListenAddress in the server.cfg file. It does not accept a range of addresses currently, that’s coming in version 10. You can also prevent the machine from broadcasting on LAN, it will still be reachable through creating a connection, but it won’t show up in other NoMachine users’ Machines panel if they are also on your same LAN.
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# Enable or disable broadcasting the required information to let
# other computers discover this host on the local network.
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# 1: Enabled. Other computers on the local network can find
# this host machine.
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# 0: Disabled. This computer cannot be found on the local
# network but it’s still reachable by providing its IP
# or hostname.
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EnableLocalNetworkBroadcast 0Hi, while we continue to monitor reports, investigate issues, and identify potential fixes for issues we are seeing on the macOS Golden Gate preview, we generally prefer to hold off on releasing those fixes while the operating system remains in beta. Beta releases can change significantly before the final version becomes available, and a fix implemented today may need to be revised, or even undone entirely, as Apple continues to make changes throughout the beta cycle. For this reason, we typically wait until the operating system reaches its official release before finalizing and delivering NoMachine fixes. This helps ensure that any changes we make are stable, effective, and won’t require further rework as the platform evolves. We appreciate your understanding and thank you for helping us identify potential issues ahead of the macOS official launch. We also appreciate your offer to test in advance 😉
Hi, thanks for submitting the logs, we have reproduced the issue. It’s related to libnxegl not being preloaded due to system scripts not being updated correctly on Armbian. A Trouble Report has been opened. Please use the following link to monitor its status: https://kb.nomachine.com/TR07X11883.
We’d still like to have new logs if that’s possible. From that last set, we see that you installed the library, but you didn’t reproduce the problem afterwards 🙂
Hi, you can send the logs to forum[at]nomachine[dot].com. Please use the title of this topic as the subject of your email. Thanks!
Hi, logs don’t show any new connection attempt after replacing the library. Please connect to the server again, reproduce the problem, then gather new logs.
Hello,
thanks for your patience. We analyzed the logs, but they don’t show any error, nor give an indication of where the error could be. To proceed further, we would like to see logs from both the working and the non-working case, so that we can compare them.
Hi,
is this a headless machine?
Are you connecting to the physical display?
When you connect, is the desktop you see in the NoMachine Player the same as the local Linux desktop?In the meantime, you could try disabling hardware decoding on the Windows (client) side – connect, open the NoMachine menu, go to Display > Change display > Advanced Option (Click Modify) > Tick the box for Disable client side hardware decoding.
Could it be that NoMachine is trying to connect to a session already running through another remote access tool? This could be interfering with the keyboard layout. You could try killing that session and then connect with NoMachine to connect to that headless machine. NoMachine will start its own virtual display.
Please refer to the following topic for tips about headless machines and running a virtual display on Wayland: https://forum.nomachine.com/topic/ubuntu-26-04-gnome-wayland
Virtual displays on Wayland will be supported in the upcoming version 10.
Hi, we reproduced the no keyboard/mouse problem on Arch in our labs after a system update. The problem is due to the system failing to load the uinput kernel module after the update. The errors in the logs match the ones in your logs. This issue has been reported also in the Arch Linux forum:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=212744
It’s not clear how the second GPU can affect your case. In our labs rebooting the system solved the problem. Please let us know if a reboot helps in your case and if you are available to install a debug library for us to investigate further.
You can set the IP address which has to be broadcast by uncommenting the following key:
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# Specify the network interface where the NX service will be bound.
# Populate the field with an IP address or a domain name.
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#NXdListenAddress “”Restart the nxserver after making the changes. This key accepts one network interface (IPv6 or IPv4). In the upcoming NoMachine 10, it will be possible to specify multiple network interfaces.
We’d like to send you a debug package which will allow us to extract more detailed logs. Can we send you the link to the package with further instructions?
Hi, we’ve reproduced and opened a Trouble Report. You can use this link to monitor its status.