Home > Documents > Software Updates
Software Updates
Second Maintenance Release of the NX 3.4.0 Node packages

2010-06-14  by: Silvia Regis

ROME, Italy, June 14, 2010 - NoMachine releases today a new version of NX Node 3.4.0. This second maintenance release of the node resolves a number of issues affecting the software such as:

  • Mounting of a Samba resource can fail when reconnecting the session on Windows platform.
     
  • The mouse mapping configuration may be ignored in an NX session.

  • Memory usage of nxagent may grow in sessions running for a long time.

  • The Ctrl + left key combination may not work as expected on Mac OS X.

 

Supported Platforms

Solaris SPARC 8/9/10

Linux x86_64

  • Red Hat Enterprise 4/5
  • SuSe 10/10.1/10.2/10.3/11/Enterprise 10
  • Mandriva 10.1/2005/2006/2007/2008/2009
  • Fedora Linux Core 3/4/5/6
  • Fedora 7/8/9/10/11/12/13
  • Debian GNU Linux 4.0 Etch/5.0 Lenny
  • Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy/6.06 Dapper/6.10 Edgy/7.04 Feisty/7.10 Gutsy/8.04 Hardy/8.10 Intrepid/9.04 Jaunty/9.10 Karmic/10.4 Lucid
  • 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 7.2/7.3/8.0/8.1/8.2/9.0/10/10.1/10.2/10.3/11/Enterprise 10
  • Mandriva Linux 9.0/9.1/9.2/10.0/10.1/2005/2006/2007/2008/2009
  • Fedora Core 1/2/3/4/5/6
  • Fedora 7/8/9/10/11/12/13
  • Debian GNU Linux 3.0 Woody/3.1 Sarge/4.0 Etch/5.0 Lenny
  • Ubuntu 5.04 Hoary/5.10 Breezy/6.06 Dapper/6.10 Edgy/7.04 Feisty/7.10 Gutsy/8.04 Hardy/8.10 Intrepid/9.04 Jaunty/9.10 Karmic/10.4 Lucid
  • Xandros 3.0/Xandros Desktop 4.1/Xandros Server 2.0

 

Trouble Reports solved
     
 

TR05H02346 -   Mounting of a Samba resource can fail when reconnecting the session on Windows platform                     
                 
TR03H02335 - Ctrl + left click doesn't work as expected on Mac OS X

TR04H02337 - The nxagent may crash when running jgears

TR09F02102 -  The mouse mapping configuration may be ignored in an NX session

TR01F01995 - Memory usage of nxagent may grow in sessions running for a long time

TR03G02196 - Dialogs could be issued invisible behind an NX fullscreen session

TR02H02327 - The AltGr key is sometimes indefinitely locked in the NX session

TR08D01478 - In rootless sessions, windows are grayed and can't be closed if a composite manager is running on the target X server


Download the NX Node package


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

http://www.nomachine.com/download/
 

Upgrade

Upgrade instructions for Linux and Solaris SPARC platforms use the sudo utility. If you don't have it installed, log on as superuser ("root") and run the commands without sudo.

It is highly recommended you disable access to new NX sessions and terminate all running sessions before proceeding with the upgrade of the node. To disable access to new NX sessions and terminate all the running sessions, open an xterm or similar and run the following commands:

# sudo /usr/NX/bin/nxserver --stop
# sudo /usr/NX/bin/nxserver --shutdown

After the upgrade procedure is completed, restart NX server by running:

# sudo /usr/NX/bin/nxserver --start
 
RPM version for Linux

  • Download the RPM
  • Change your working directory to the location where you saved the package and upgrade the node installation by running from a console:
    # sudo rpm -Uvh nxnode-3.4.0-xy.i386.rpm

DEB version for Linux

  • Download the DEB
  • Change your working directory to the location where you saved the package and upgrade the node  installation by running from a console:
    # sudo dpkg -i nxnode_3.4.0-xy_i386.deb


TAR.GZ version for Linux

  • Download the TAR.GZ in the /usr directory
  • Change your working directory to the the /usr directory  and uncompress the package by running from a console:
    # cd /usr  
    # sudo tar zxvf nxnode-3.4.0-xy.i386.tar.gz
  • Run the setup script for updating the NX Node software:
    # sudo /usr/NX/bin/nxnode --update


SPARC.GZ version for Solaris

  • Download the SPARC.GZ
  • Change your working directory to the location where you saved the package, uninstall the previous version of the software and install the new package by running from a console: 
    # sudo pkgrm NXnode
    # sudo gunzip nxnode-3.4.0-xy.sparc.gz
    # sudo pkgadd -d nxnode-3.4.0-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 Node and NX Server:

http://www.nomachine.com/documents/admin-guide.php
 

NoMachine NX OSS components

Together with the commercial NX products, this maintenance release sports updates to the following OSS component:

nxagent-3.4.0-8

The following components were not updated since the previous 3.4.0 releases:

nxcomp-3.4.0-7
nxcompext-3.4.0-1
nx-X11-3.4.0-3
nxcompshad-3.4.0-3

nxuexec-3.4.0-2
nxspool-3.4.0-2
nxsensor-3.4.0-2

Sources of all the OSS NX components can be downloaded here:

http://www.nomachine.com/sources/

Please refer to the ChangeLog of each specific package for more information about all changes introduced since the previous 3.4.0 versions.


The NX Development Team



[SUP]



Technology Brief
Data encryption and security

NX security is guaranteed at every layer involved in the communication process. NX uses SSH public-key encryption and 128 bit volatile random cookie generation.

Multimedia support

NX transparently tunnels Linux multimedia channels. Not only does NX play KDE and Gnome system sounds, but you can listen to MP3s played on the server and local workstation simultaneously.

Unified support for all major remote desktop protocols

Thanks to its outstanding compression performances, NX is able to deliver X, RDP and RFB remote sessions using the same client. This is achieved by translating "foreign" protocols into X-Window, the native protocol of NX.

 


Home | News | About Us | Partners | Contact Us
Products | Download | Support | Documents | Customers
Copyright 2002-2010, Medialogic - VAT 05773981005