SuSE 11.3 NoMachine - The server's evaluation period has expired

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#1

On two SuSE 11.3 x64 machine I have installed NoMachine desktop sharing. It have worked fine till recent. On the one of the machines when i try to log in I receive - the server’s evaluation period has expired , the other works fine , even the application has been installed on both machines at same time.
I uninstalled the expired one, deleted all has left in /usr/NX and in home folder and reinstalled in again. But again receive the same massage . Obviously somewhere something has been written by the application or the application relays on some other information which confuse the usage.
I checked the expire period on the working maching -

linux:/home/one # cat /usr/NX/etc/server.lic | grep ‘Expiry’
Expiry: Thu Sep 23 12:10:18 EEST 2010
linux:/home/one # cat /usr/NX/etc/node.lic | grep ‘Expiry’
Expiry: Thu Sep 23 12:10:18 EEST 2010
linux:/home/one #

Actually it has been expired but it works fine.

Any idea what is supposed to be fixed ?

#2

olegue wrote:

>
> On two SuSE 11.3 x64 machine I have installed NoMachine desktop sharing.
> It have worked fine till recent. On the one of the machines when i try
> to log in I receive - the server’s evaluation period has expired , the
> other works fine , even the application has been installed on both
> machines at same time.
> I uninstalled the expired one, deleted all has left in /usr/NX and in
> home folder and reinstalled in again. But again receive the same massage
> . Obviously somewhere something has been written by the application or
> the application relays on some other information which confuse the
> usage.
> I checked the expire period on the working maching -
>
> linux:/home/one # cat /usr/NX/etc/server.lic | grep ‘Expiry’
> Expiry: Thu Sep 23 12:10:18 EEST 2010
> linux:/home/one # cat /usr/NX/etc/node.lic | grep ‘Expiry’
> Expiry: Thu Sep 23 12:10:18 EEST 2010
> linux:/home/one #
>
> Actually it has been expired but it works fine.
>
> Any idea what is supposed to be fixed ?

Not sure… we run NX, but we run FreeNX. I’m posting this from my openSUSE
11.3 via FreeNX right now. So… one possible solution might be to switch
to FreeNX??

#3

Pay the fees maybe?

#4

On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:03:26 +0000, olegue wrote:

> Actually it has been expired but it works fine.
>
> Any idea what is supposed to be fixed ?

You’re using a commercial application which requires that you pay for it
after the evaluation period. Solution: Either use a different product
(like FreeNX) or pay the license fee for NoMachine.

Asking here about how to circumvent their licensing policy is not the way
to avoid paying for it. With commercial software, if you want to use it
and it requires payment, then you must pay for it.

Jim

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#5

On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:21:57 +0000, Jim Henderson wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:03:26 +0000, olegue wrote:
>
>> Actually it has been expired but it works fine.
>>
>> Any idea what is supposed to be fixed ?
>
> You’re using a commercial application which requires that you pay for it
> after the evaluation period. Solution: Either use a different product
> (like FreeNX) or pay the license fee for NoMachine.
>
> Asking here about how to circumvent their licensing policy is not the
> way to avoid paying for it. With commercial software, if you want to
> use it and it requires payment, then you must pay for it.

I suppose it would also be good to mention (and I apologise for not
mentioning it in my initial reply here) that if you did pay for the
product, then you should have support available from NoMachine, and I’m
sure they’d be happy to help you resolve the issue. :slight_smile:

Jim

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#6

Hi
The OP needs to install the free version (NX Free Edition) that allows
two concurrent connections.

Maybe one is running that version…

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openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.34.7-0.3-default
up 7:43, 2 users, load average: 0.01, 0.04, 0.07
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#7

I have tried FreeNX - configured tha data for the connection I want, after pushing button connect a small popup windows very ancient fashion appeared containing eight dishes to be filled, I do not know that second pass . Tried with unchecked authentication key in configuration panel, tried with copied ssl key as well, but the popup windows always appeared.
Then switched to Qtnx which is another open source front end, there was no popup windows to ask for another pass, but it fails to login.

#8

No, I have downloaded the free version and the rpm packs are one and the same installed on both machines. I have created a plain folder repo wich feeds Yast soft manager the both machines, so the soft is indentical.

#9

“You’re using a commercial application which requires that you pay for it
after the evaluation period. Solution: Either use a different product
(like FreeNX) or pay the license fee for NoMachine.”

That is what I have downloaded:

NoMachine NX - Download: NX Free Edition for Linux

“free forever” whatever it means.

#10

Hi
Well my version says;


Expiry:             Unlimited

So you might have downloaded the enterprise version? What is the
output from;


rpm -qa |grep nx

nxnode-3.4.0-14
nxclient-3.4.0-7
nxserver-3.4.0-14

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#11

On the machine with expire period server - No working one it gives :

linux:/home/two # cat /usr/NX/etc/node.lic | grep ‘Expiry’
Expiry: Unlimited
linux:/home/two # cat /usr/NX/etc/server.lic | grep ‘Expiry’
Expiry: Unlimited
linux:/home/two # rpm -qa |grep nx
nxnode-3.4.0-14.x86_64
nxserver-3.4.0-14.x86_64
nxclient-3.4.0-7.x86_64

On the machine that works I receive :

linux:/home/one # cat /usr/NX/etc/server.lic | grep ‘Expiry’
Expiry: Thu Sep 23 12:10:18 EEST 2010
linux:/home/one # cat /usr/NX/etc/node.lic | grep ‘Expiry’
Expiry: Thu Sep 23 12:10:18 EEST 2010
linux:/home/one # rpm -qa |grep nx
nxnode-3.4.0-14.x86_64
nxserver-3.4.0-14.x86_64
nxclient-3.4.0-7.x86_64

#12

Hi
I suggest a re-install of the free version, but check that after you uninstall NX that /usr/NX is all gone. Maybe also view the file list via YaST and ensure all the files/directories get removed before you re-install.

#13

On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:06:03 +0000, olegue wrote:

> “You’re using a commercial application which requires that you pay for
> it
> after the evaluation period. Solution: Either use a different product
> (like FreeNX) or pay the license fee for NoMachine.”
>
> That is what I have downloaded:
>
> ‘NoMachine NX - Download: NX Free Edition for Linux’
> (http://www.nomachine.com/download-package.php?Prod_Id=2072)
>
> “free forever” whatever it means.

In that case, your best recourse probably is to ask NoMachine why you’re
getting an expiration message on the free server version from their site.

Jim

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