Luxembourg, October 21st, 2021 - NoMachine makes available updated version 7 packages to fix some issues affecting earlier iterations including problems related to macOS on M1 such as black screen, screen blanking not deactivated and audio not working. Additionally, this release adds support for Okta and updates the Apache HTTP Server to version 2.4.51.

Version 7.7.4 also updates USB drivers to prevent a possible privilege escalation. Due to the new driver version, support for USB forwarding has been dropped for the Windows XP operating system.

Included in version 7.7.4:

FR12R04051 - Adding support for Okta primary authentication with public application in NX protocol
FR01S04064 - Automatically rebuild nxusb.ko kernel module after its upgrade
FR09S04217 - Replacing the UserNXDirectoryPath key with UsersDirectoryPath
FR04S04160 - Updating nxhtd in packages v. 7 and 6. to Apache v. 2.4.51

TR10S10388 - Possible local privileges escalation by USB forwarding
TR03S10115 - A NoMachine server/node host becomes unreachable when it gets the subscription reminder
TR08S10329 - After updating to macOS 11 (Big Sur), keyboard and mouse are no longer responsive in the login window
TR04S10221 - Authentication fails in NIS environment on Fedora 33, RHEL 8 and CentOS 8
TR04S10180 - Black screen occurs when connecting to macOS Big Sur (M1) with display turned off
TR08S10335 - Black screen occurs when rebooting macOS 11 (Big Sur) or when making logout
TR07S10302 - Cannot generate any longer OTP password to connect to the Cloud Server node
TR06S10292 - Cannot synchronize the cluster db when more than 900 profile rules are set
TR07S10314 - Copy&paste inside the session results in pasting the text previously selected
TR06S10301 - Display server terminates unexpectedly on multi-monitor Mac
TR06S10275 - Error 'nxserver.exe is not valid' is not valid occurs when connecting by the web to Linux running on Hyper-V
TR08S10336 - First connection to a Windows node of a Cloud Server fails with "The session negotiation failed"
TR05S10272 - Frequent termination of the nxserver.bin daemon on some Linux machines
TR10P08952 - Grabbing the keyboard doesn't work when Wayland is enabled
TR06S10288 - Kerberos Keyring Cache is not correctly cleaned up
TR05S10269 - Maximizing applications expands across all monitors when 'full screen on all monitors' is selected
TR02Q09146 - NoMachine client uses by default the system username also when connecting with the library SSH client
TR06S10282 - NoMachine does not restore resolution after disconnection on Mac OS with M1
TR07S10323 - NoMachine does not work correctly after installing on Windows XP 64 bit
TR03S10140 - Option "Change the remote display resolution to match the window" is not disabled in the UI when the server is configured to forbid resize
TR08S10331 - Session fails to start when the file path contains the word 'keeper'
TR07S10321 - Starting a connection through a proxy fails with "invalid argument" error
TR09S10354 - The connection monitor is shut down and restarted every seconds causing high CPU consuming
TR10Q09459 - The connection panel in the NoMachine client menu shows an incorrect UDP port
TR12R09958 - The first reconnection attempt to macOS after system reboot, fails
TR09S10350 - The screen blanking is not deactivated on Mac M1 upon session disconnection
TR04S10224 - When key-based authentication is chosen, the key must be added twice
TR06S10299 - NoMachine failover cluster is not working properly with SSH protocol
TR04S10204 - Old text is pasted instead of the new one just copied
TR04S10212 - Audio is not working with NoMachine client on macOS 11 Big Sur (M1)
TR09S10355 - File manager doesn't show up in web session when clicking on "Upload file from the client"

Supported Platforms

Windows 32-bit/64-bit XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10

Windows Server 2008/2012/2016/2019

Mac OS X Intel 64-bit 10.7 to 10.11/macOS Intel 10.12 to 11.x

Linux 32-bit and 64-bit

RHEL 4 to RHEL 8
SLED 10 to SLED 15
SLES 10 to SLES 15
openSUSE 10.x to openSUSE 15.x
Mandriva 2009 to Mandriva 2011
Fedora 10 to Fedora 34
Debian 4.0 to Debian 10
Ubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 21.04

Raspberry Pi 2/3/4 ARMv6/ARMv7/ARMv8

Download NoMachine Packages

You can download the latest packages suitable for your Operating System from the NoMachine Web site at the following URL:

https://www.nomachine.com/download

Customers with valid subscriptions should log in to their customer area and download the "Production version".

Automatic updates

The automatic check for updates is scheduled to check our repositories every two days.

To update the free NoMachine package:

• - Open the NoMachine User Interface from your Programs Menu.
• - From the Machines panel click on 'Settings', then on 'Server' and finally on 'Updates'.
• - Then click on the 'Check now' button.

To update the NoMachine Enterprise Client immediately:

• - Click on 'Settings', from the Player panel click 'Updates'.
• - Then click on the 'Check now' button.

More information about the check for automatic updates is available here:

https://www.nomachine.com/AR05M00847

Manual package update

Please follow the instructions to update your installation manually:

On Windows:

• - Download and save the EXE file.
• - Double click on the NoMachine executable file.
• - As for the installation, the Setup Wizard will take you through all steps necessary for updating NoMachine.

On macOS:

• - Download and save the DMG file.
• - Double-click on the Disk Image to open it and double-click on the NoMachine program icon.
• - As for the installation, the Installer will take you through through all steps necessary for updating NoMachine.

On Linux:

You can use the graphical package manager provided by your Linux distribution or update NoMachine by command line by following instructions below. If you don't have the sudo utility installed, log on as superuser ("root") and run the commands without sudo.

RPM

• - Download and save the RPM file.
• - Update your NoMachine installation by running:
• # rpm -Uvh <pkgName>_<pkgVersion>_<arch>.rpm

DEB

• - Download and save the DEB file.
• - Update your NoMachine installation by running:
• $ sudo dpkg -i <pkgName>_<pkgVersion>_<arch>.deb

TAR.GZ

• - Download and save the TAR.GZ file.
• - Update your NoMachine installation by running:
  • $ cd /usr
  • $ sudo tar xvzf <pkgName>_<pkgVersion>_<arch>.tar.gz
  • $ sudo /usr/NX/nxserver --update
• If you are installing Enterprise Client or Node run respectively:
  • $ sudo /usr/NX/nxclient --update
  • $ sudo /usr/NX/nxnode --update

Documents

Installation and configuration guides for the NoMachine products are available at:

https://www.nomachine.com/all-documents

The NoMachine Development Team