NX Server, Node and Client 3.2.0 Release Announcement
2008-04-08
by: Silvia Regis
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ROME, Italy, April 8, 2008 - NoMachine releases today NX 3.2.0. The new
version offers improved behaviour of the client running in a Kiosk
Environment, adds Mac OS/X 10.5 among the NX Client supported
platforms, consolidates all the fixes and changes provided by the
maintenance releases made on the 3.1.0 branch and includes new fixes
for a number of issues.
Among the fixes sported by this latest version there are:
- NX Session abruptly suspends when using QGIS application.
- Sessions may fail to start on Windows because of a display initialization problem.
- Special German characters may be missing in copy and paste operations.
- Copy/paste from a client desktop into a NX session doesn't work via
the edit menu.
- NX node may be unable to set correct permissions for .X11-unix
directory during session startup.
- NX client can hang when running in plugin mode.
- The X server may be opened twice on MacOS/X 10.5 Leopard.
- When starting a further rootless session, NX doesn't use the already established NX tunnel.
Supported Platforms
Supported NX Node - Server platforms
Solaris SPARC 8/9/10
Linux x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise 4/5
- SuSe 10/10.1/10.2/Enterprise 10
- Mandriva 10.1/2005/2006/2007/2008
- Fedora Linux Core 3/4/5/6
- Fedora 7/8
- Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 Etch
- Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy/6.06 Dapper/6.10 Edgy/7.04 Feisty/7.10 Gutsy
- Xandros Desktop 4.1/Xandros Server 2.0
Linux i386
- RedHat 7.2/7.3/8.0/9.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3/4/5
- SuSE Linux 7.2/7.3/8.0/8.1/8.2/9.0/10/10.1/10.2/Enterprise 10
- Mandriva Linux 9.0/9.1/9.2/10.0/10.1/2005/2006/2007/2008
- Fedora Core 1/2/3/4/5/6
- Fedora 7/8
- Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Woody/3.1 Sarge/4.0 Etch
- Ubuntu 5.04 Hoary/5.10 Breezy/6.06 Dapper/6.10 Edgy/7.04 Feisty/7.10 Gutsy
- Xandros 3.0/Xandros Desktop 4.1/Xandros Server 2.0
Supported NX Client platforms
Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista
Mac OS/X PPC/i386 - 10.3/10.4/10.5
Solaris SPARC 8/9/10
Linux x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise 4/5
- SuSe 10/10.1/10.2/Enterprise 10
- Mandriva 10.1/2005/2006/2007/2008
- Fedora Linux Core 3/4/5/6
- Fedora 7/8
- Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 Etch
- Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy/6.06 Dapper/6.10 Edgy/7.04 Feisty/7.10 Gutsy
- Xandros Desktop 4.1/Xandros Server 2.0
Linux i386
- RedHat 7.2/7.3/8.0/9.0/RHEL 3/4/5
- SuSE Linux 7.2/7.3/8.0/8.1/8.2/9.0/10/10.1/10.2/Enterprise 10
- Mandriva Linux 9.0/9.1/9.2/10.0/10.1/2005/2006/2007/2008
- Fedora Core 1/2/3/4/5/6
- Fedora 7/8
- Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Woody/ 3.1 Sarge/ 4.0 Etch
- Ubuntu 5.04 Hoary/5.10 Breezy/6.06 Dapper/6.10 Edgy/7.04 Feisty/7.10 Gutsy
- Xandros 3.0/XDesktop 4.1/Xandros Server 2.0
Trouble Reports and Feature Requests consolidated in NX 3.2.0
NX Node and NX Server
FR12E01959 - Adding a configuration key for setting the maximum amount of data that can be pasted from an NX session
TR10E01907 - Printers added to CUPS on NX Server may not be removed after client logout
TR12E01972 - NX Node should not check the model parameter when trying to add a printer
TR12E01965 - NX node creates the clients log file even if logging of the X clients is disabled
TR07E01805
- NX Server should improve error reporting when it is not able to login
on remote node because of missing NX SSH key on the remote node
TR01F01985 - The setup procedure doesn't start automatically NX Server on Solaris 9
TR02F01999 - The init script to run nxsensor may fail to execute properly
TR02F02002 - The NX server setup procedure may try to set the proper context of the authorized key file even if it doesn't exist
TR02F02004
- If the SSH key has not been added to the user's authorized key file,
NX server doesn't make a further attempt to connect by using the user's
password
TR02F02006 - Even if the message can't be sent to the running session, NX server prints that message has been delivered
The following Feature Request and Trouble Reports have been solved in version 3.2.0:
FR03F02037 - Updating the name of the NX Statistics DB
TR03F02019 - The printing service may not accept the correct device uri syntax to export a printer
TR02F01999 - The init script to run nxsensor may fail to execute properly
TR03F02032 - The NX Node setup procedure doesn't verify if dbus is present on the system
TR03F02033 - The NX node configuration keys to specify RDP and RFB clients may be missed
TR03F02030 - NX node may be unable to set correct permissions for .X11-unix directory during session startup
TR03F02038 - NX server doesnt clean the session db during the nxserver start-up
NX Server Manager
The following Feature Request has been implemented in version 3.2.0:
FR03F02036 - Updating the name of the NX Server Manager db
NX Builder
FR02F02005 - NX Builder should give the possibility to configure the RDP session to run a single Windows application
TR02F02003 - Starting VNC sessions by using NX Builder may fail
TR01F01997 - Notice and Warning messages may be displayed into the Web page when running NX Builder
TR03F02016 - VNC sessions may fail to start when launched via NX Builder
TR03F02017 - RDP sessions may fail to start when launched via NX Builder
The following Feature Request and Trouble Report have been solved in version 3.2.0:
FR03F02027 - Improving the embeddable code generated by NX Builder in the Configuration interface
TR03F02022 - RDP session running in single application mode may fail to start when launched via NX Builder
NX Client
TR12E01967 - The session may fail if the home directory path contains spaces
TR01F01990 - Some keyboard layouts may be not set correctly inside the NX session
The following Feature Request and Trouble Reports have been solved in version 3.2.0:
FR08E01819 - Improving the NX Client restarting procedure when the noexit file is present
TR04F02042 - Sessions may fail to start because of a display initialization problem
TR12E01962 - NX client can hang when running in plugin mode
TR03F02018 - The NX Client dialogs may show wrong UTF8 characters
TR03F02024 - The X server may be opened twice on MacOS/X 10.5 Leopard
TR03F02028 - When starting a further rootless session, NX doesn't use the already established NX tunnel
TR01F01998 - Possible difficulties arise when entering username in the NX Client GUI, Add a new resource panel
NX Core
FR12E01957 - Adding the capability of limiting the amount of data transfered
in a single copy&paste operation
TR10E01924 - The X11 agent may crash when running Mesa/OpenGL code
TR06D01397 - Drag and drop operations don't work for some Java applications
in a floating window X11 session
TR12E01966 - Emacs GUI elements (tool-tips) aren't displayed properly in rootless
mode
TR01F01982 - Session Log may grow with Compiz enabled while moving windows
on screen
TR06D01395 - In a rootless X11 session some windows don't stay on top
TR08E01811 - In a rootless session running on Windows O.S., a window may show the content of the window below
TR02F02000 - The nxwin component may fail to build
TR01F01986 - Error 'No response received from remote server ' may be issued under certain conditions
The following Trouble Reports have been solved in version 3.2.0:
TR12E01973 - NX Session abruptly suspends when using QGIS application
TR03F02026 - The Close button to issue the Terminate/Disconnect dialog may not work correctly
TR03F02031 - Auto-disconnect feature doesn't work if the screen saver is on
TR03F02025 - Special German characters may be missing in copy and paste operations
TR09E01863 - Random termination of NX session
TR11E01948 - CAPS LOCK status is not synchronized after NX session reconnection
TR11E01950 - Copy/paste from a client desktop into a NX session doesn't work via the edit menu
TR10E01911 - The mouse button state is not correctly handled in rootless sessions
TR08E01832 - Catching of Alt-Tab key combination may not work
Download NoMachine NX products
The latest edition of the all the NX commercial products is available here:
http://www.nomachine.com/download
Installation
Installation
instructions for Linux and Solaris SPARC platforms use the sudoutility.
If you don't have it installed, log on as superuser ("root")and run the
commands without sudo.
Installation of NX Client
EXE version for Windows
- Download the EXE
- Open
the folder where you saved the package and install it by double
clicking on the icon of the NX Client executable. The NX Setup Wizard
will take you through the installation.
PKG.ZIP version for Mac OS X
- Log on with an administrative account (an account that has the privileges to install software packages)
- Download the PKG.ZIP
- Open the folder where you saved the package and uncompress the archive by double clicking on the icon of the archive.
- Then double-click on the icon of NX client .pkg package: the Installer will take you through the installation.
RPM, DEB, TAR.GZ version for Linux and SPARC.GZ version for Solaris
Please refer to installation instructions available in the next section: Installation of NX Server.
Installation of NX Server
Installation
of NX Server for Linux requires the download and installation of three
packages: client, node and server. The client is needed because it
ships libraries used by the node. The node is needed because it ships
tools needed by the server. Furthermore, the SSH server daemon (SSHD)
needs to be up and running on each of the NX Node machines since NX
relies on the mechanism provided by the SSH subsystem for handling user
authentication.
RPM version for Linux
- Download the RPMs
- Change your working directory to the location where you saved the package and install it by running from a console:
# sudo rpm -i nxclient-3.2.0-xy.i386.rpm
# sudo rpm -i nxnode-3.2.0-xy.i386.rpm
# sudo rpm -i nxserver-3.2.0-xy.i386.rpm
DEB version for Linux
- Download the DEBs
- Change your working directory to the location where you saved the package and install it by running from a console:
# sudo dpkg -i nxclient_3.2.0-xy_i386.deb
# sudo dpkg -i nxnode_3.2.0-xy_i386.deb
# sudo dpkg -i nxserver_3.2.0-xy_i386.deb
TAR.GZ version for Linux
- Download the TAR.GZs in the /usr directory
- Change your working directory to the location where you saved the package and install it by running from a console:
# cd /usr
# sudo tar zxvf nxclient-3.2.0-xy.i386.tar.gz
# sudo tar zxvf nxnode-3.2.0-xy.i386.tar.gz
# sudo tar zxvf nxserver-3.2.0-xy.i386.tar.gz
- Install the NX Node and NX Server software:
# sudo /usr/NX/nxnode --install
# sudo /usr/NX/nxserver --install
SPARC.GZ version for Solaris
- Download the SPARC.GZs
- Change your working directory to the location where you saved the package and install it by running from a console:
# sudo gunzip nxclient-3.2.0-xy.sparc.gz
# sudo pkgadd -d nxclient-3.2.0-xy.sparc
# sudo gunzip nxnode-3.2.0-xy.sparc.gz
# sudo pkgadd -d nxnode-3.2.0-xy.sparc
# sudo gunzip nxserver-3.2.0-xy.sparc.gz
# sudo pkgadd -d nxserver-3.2.0-xy.sparc
The complete set of installation instructions is available at:
http://www.nomachine.com/installation.php
You can find here more detailed instructions on how to configure and administer NX Server and NX Client:
http://www.nomachine.com/configuration.php
NoMachine NX OSS components
Together with the commercial NX products, NX 3.2.0 includes updates to the following OSS components:
nxproxy-3.2.0-1
nxcomp-3.2.0-6
nxcompext-3.2.0-1
nxssh-3.2.0-1
nxuexec-3.2.0.1
nxspool-3.2.0-1
nxsensor-3.2.0-1
nxbuilder-3.2.0-1
nxservice-3.2.0-1
nxcompsh-3.2.0-1
nxkill-3.2.0-1
nxcompshad-3.2.0-1
nx-X11-3.2.0-1
nxwin-3.2.0-3
nxauth-3.2.0-1
nx-X11-compat-3.2.0-1
nxagent-3.2.0-3
nxesd-3.2.0-1
nxscripts-3.2.0-1
Sources of OSS NX components can be downloaded here:
http://www.nomachine.com/sources
Please refer to the ChangeLog of each specific package for information about all changes introduced since version 3.1.0.
The NX Development Team
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