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The following articles about updating and what is preserved, session and cfg files will help:
Upgrade from NX 3.5.0 to NoMachine 4 on Linux and compatibility policies
https://www.nomachine.com/AR10I00603The most frequently asked options for pre-configuring the client and the session behavior
https://www.nomachine.com/DT07M00094If you want the virtual Linux desktop functionality, then you need to purchase a license for the Workstation. We provide the evaluation software on the website without download restrictions. If you are evaluating and need more time, please contact our sales team with your scenario details.
We aren’t aware of the any issues on Ubuntu with installing our packages. Can you send us the logs as per the instructions here? https://www.nomachine.com/AR07K00677
Send them to forum[at]nomachine[dot]com making sure to reference the topic in your email. Thanks!
It already does what you are asking đ All of our servers let you connect to the remote desktop when the login screen is showing. We aren’t aware of any bugs regarding this. Can you tell us the Linux distribution and version you are using on the server side?
Hmmm. Seems like a bug. If you only installed the free version (I thought you had followed my advice in another post and downloaded the Workstation) on top of the old free, then in theory it should install without any problems. We’ll look into this. For now, here’s a workaround:
1. Create file: sudo touch /usr/NX/etc/DisableBlockingScript
2. Do the update again (NoMachine Free)
3. Remove the file:
sudo rm /usr/NX/etc/DisableBlockingScriptMac OS X 12 – A typo. I meant to write 11. El Capitan is the 11th release, also known as 10.11.
Anyway, let me try and explain better. You are using an old version of 4 (4.0.x) and it was replaced by subsequent versions of NoMachine, the last one being 4.6. When this was released El Capitan was still in beta so naturally it was tested with Apple’s own beta software. No issues were reported at the time. Then September 30th El Capitan was officially made available to the public. As you probably know testing software compatibility with third party beta applications doesn’t guarantee that issues won’t arise when that third party app comes out of beta. We released NoMachine 5 the day after. Similarly to version 4.6, in the run up to the release of NoMachine 5, it was tested using Apple’s beta version.
In the 2 weeks that have passed we’ve obviously been testing our own software heavily with the official El Capitan. We generally aim to be completely compatible within 30 days of a supported operating system production release (though I add that no software provider can give any one assurance that a software will be bug free), and also according to our own release schedule. So, any issues that you are reading about now certainly have the next NoMachine update (and this will be version 5.x) as a target release for fixes.
Useful reading about our policies:
https://www.nomachine.com/AR03E00450
https://www.nomachine.com/AR08C00250
https://www.nomachine.com/AR07H00568
El Capitan came out in June I believe, so in theory the older version of NoMachine (4.0.x) doesn’t actually support El Capitan since it’s a version of NoMachine from 2014 when Mac OS X 12 wasn’t available. NoMachine 4.0 has since been superseded. No one has reported any problems with such an older version because the majority of our users have a more recent version installed. We always recommend users download the latest version in order to get the most recent fixes.
Any issues that are reported on El Capitan will be fixed in one of the next updates to version 5.
Please note that the forums are for NoMachine software issues only (version 4 or 5). If you have any questions about 3.5.0 software or NX derivatives, these need to be directed via the website and won’t be published here. Thanks!
The message says:
NoMachine Workstation appears to be installed on this host. Two
different NoMachine packages canât be installed at the same time on
the same host. Be sure you uninstall NoMachine Workstation before
installing NoMachine.This means exactly that. You can’t install a free NoMachine package on top of a Workstation package already installed.
Did you try to update to version 5 using the automatic updates facility?
This topic has come up often in the forums early on and we prepared a number of articles based on these forum posts that answer such questions about what has changed between version 3 and the later NoMachine software, now NoMachine 5.
For example, a good article to start with is:
https://www.nomachine.com/AR11K00745You will read that in version 4 (now version 5) we introduced the âlightweightâ mode. The lightweight mode is available in the Linux Workstation and all products providing Linux virtual desktops (so no lightweight mode for the free Linux version that doesnât have virtual desktops). It works in the same way as NX 3, that is by using the glorious X11 protocol. The responsiveness with legacy X11 applications will be the same as you were accustomed to before. You probably wonât be able to watch Netflix or YouTube, do videoconferencing, play a game, but if you are not interested in doing that, lightweight NX 5 sessions are what you are looking for. I.e the Workstation would be a good starting point.
Download it here: https://www.nomachine.com/download/linux&id=13
This domain issue will be fixed in the next update of NoMachine 5. Here’s the Trouble Report: https://www.nomachine.com/TR08M05944.
Please use the “Notify me” to know when a fix is available.
Everyone, please update to version 5. The TR https://www.nomachine.com/TR07M05813 was fixed in this release.
Try the latest packages of version 5 that we just released and let us know if you’re still having problems. This version has a feature specifically for headless Linux servers https://www.nomachine.com/FR10L02842.