NxTop 3.1 Release Candidate 2
Posted by dohair on May 11th, 2011
NxTop 3.1 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) is now available. 3.1 Beta licenses will still work with this version. If your license has expired please contact the licensing team for assistance.
NxTop Center Installer: NxTop Center provides centralized management of users, images, computers, and other resources in a NxTop Environment. Run this installer on Windows 2008 R2 with Hyper-V to install or upgrade the NxTop Center.
NxTop Engine Install ISO: NxTop Engine includes the Hypervisor and other components that allow a computer to run NxTop VMs and to be managed by the NxTop Center. Burn this ISO to DVD media, then boot a computer from the DVD to install or upgrade NxTop Engine.
NxTop Engine Update Kit: Import the update kit into the NxTop Center software library. The new version can be assigned to computers within NxTop Center for central management of software upgrades.
NxTop PV Drivers: Run this installer in a personal NxTop VM or deployed custom NxTop VM to update the drivers, after updating the NxTop Engine. Do not install these drivers in Hyper-V VMs or on the NxTop Center host server. It is not necessary to update the drivers in shared NxTop images, this will automatically be done as part of the publish process.
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Hello i try to install NxTop
Hello
i try to install NxTop Engine 3.1 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) and in immediately after installation process started i see message
WARNING : The nVIDIA graphics processor in this system may not be supported by NxTop Engine. Press continue to proceed with installation.
after installation - reboot i see blue Nxtop logo screen and after that only black screen
and nothing to happen.
I think problem in next:
Installer not correct detected video subsystem
explain why I think so:
My hardware -
M2N-SLI Deluxe, Athlon 64 X2, 8GB ram, ATI radeon hd 2400 )
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM2/M2NSLI_Deluxe/
Because M2N-SLI based on NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI they not contain integrated video
But NxTOP installation process detected nvidia chipset and think what video on this system from NVIDIA, but this is a serious mistake, because in fact the video card in the ATI.
It is therefore wrong to consider that if the system chipset from NVIDIA, then the video subsystem from NVIDIA, as NVIDIA's a lot of chipsets do not contain integrated graphics. It seems to me that the installer should be more careful to check hardware.
I think it is a serious error and it must be corrected before the release of 3.1.
ps Just want to note that the following configuration - everything works fine:
(P5N7A-VM, Intel Core Duo E8400, 2GB RAM, video onboard Geforce 9300/nForce 730i
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_775/P5N7AVM/
Which confirms my hypothesis - the installer identified chispet motherboard nvidia and since then as the video subsystem is built into the chipset - all install successfully, but in general, as I wrote above, the installer should do additional testing.
It is not enough to assume that if motherboard chipset from one vendor and then the video subsystem from the same manufacturer, it can be another.
Hi Victor, You are correct
Hi Victor,
You are correct that the message is wrong however it is just a warning and does not affect the actual video drivers used by the NxTop engine.
Regards,
Simon Graham
Actually, after inspecting
Actually, after inspecting the installer more closely, I realise that your original theory was completely correct -- because we misidentify the system as having an NVidia graphics adapter, we end up installing the wrong video drivers!
This will be fixed today and will be in the final 3.1 release due very soon now.
Thanks for pointing this out,
Simon
Ok always happy to help ;)
Ok
always happy to help ;)
By the way wanted to ask - whether issued with the new build files NxTop whatsnew / whatsfix?
To make it clear that the fixed / added?
At least for betatesters.
I'm guessing I'm doing
I'm guessing I'm doing something completely wrong as I'm unable to import the 3.1-RC2 update.
I get the following error " The NxTop Engine update could not be created: Cannot parse version from kit."
Ideas?
when will be released the
when will be released the v3.1 GA ?