Hi all -
I (finally) stumbled across a VMware View (PCoIP enabled) linux client. You can download it here:
It's from HP's site and is part of their T5545 update. I downloaded the executable and extracted it to a temp folder and then SSH'd over the vmware-view-client_4.0.0-215529_i386.deb to my custom Debian build and installed it. Then I PXE booted the new image and see that it in fact has the PCoIP and multi-head components (bonus!).
Hope this helps everyone. Not sure why this wasn't available in the first place as competitors are more than happy to hand out their connection clients.
Warmest regards,
--Adam
One more update. I was just trying to get this working on Fedora 15. In order to get it working I had to create symlinks from the more current ssl and crypto libraries to the old versions it is looking for. Fedora installed libcrypto in /lib and libssl in /usr/lib.
Here is the end result of the the links I created:
# ls -lrt /usr/lib/libssl*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 216688 Jul 22 11:58 /usr/lib/libssl3.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 354608 Sep 7 14:47 /usr/lib/libssl.so.1.0.0e
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Sep 12 17:43 /usr/lib/libssl.so.10 -> libssl.so.1.0.0e
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Sep 12 18:38 /usr/lib/libssl.so.6 -> /usr/lib/libssl.so.1.0.0e
# ls -lrt /lib/libcrypto*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1600940 Sep 7 14:47 /lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0e
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Sep 12 17:43 /lib/libcrypto.so.10 -> libcrypto.so.1.0.0e
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Sep 12 18:33 /lib/libcrypto.so.6 -> /lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0e
As you can see vmware-view-client-4.6 is looking for so.6 versions of these libraries. Linking them to the new version is all that was needed.
Enjoy PCoIP on Fedora!
when running the hp vmware view clinet on ubtunu 10.10 or 10.04 i have 3 commands that you need to put in that will allows usb redirect to work flawlessly. If interested let me know
Yes, please share
ok here it is open a terminal
type these commands in
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/vmware/vmware-view-usb /etc/vmware/usb.link
and what about shade on the top of the screen? on windows (with original vmware view client) it displayed, but on this client (from hp) it not displayed ((
i need to set option to autoconnect to the same desktop all the time... may be i can set this option in client's config file?
There is now an official supported Linux client with PCoIP for Ubuntu.
More info here:
http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/vmware-view-client
// Linjo
Thanks Linjo, good find.
Gunnar Berger
Soooooo...............
Where could I download that?
Its in Canonicals Software repository.
// Linjo
I noticed the new linux client is now available in Ubuntu. Has anyone used it with LTSP and PXE booting to create a diskless view client? Ubuntu has a howto document but it was for the VMWare View Open Client. I'm just wondering if the procedure be the same but just substituting the client software with the new client?
Thanks,
Eric
Joel Lindberg wrote:
There is now an official supported Linux client with PCoIP for Ubuntu.
More info here:
http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/vmware-view-client
// Linjo
It works well now on Centos 6 using these symlinks:
# ln -s /usr/lib/libssl.so.1.0.0 /usr/lib/libssl.so.6
# ln -s /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.6
# ls -lrt /usr/lib/libssl*
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 221776 Dec 19 21:25 /usr/lib/libssl3.so
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 354976 Jan 25 03:12 /usr/lib/libssl.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 15 Feb 6 23:53 /usr/lib/libssl.so.10 -> libssl.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 24 Feb 7 00:10 /usr/lib/libssl.so.6 -> /usr/lib/libssl.so.1.0.0
# ls -lrt /usr/lib/libcrypto*
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1604324 Jan 25 03:12 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 18 Feb 6 23:53 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.10 -> libcrypto.so.1.0.0
debian squeeze amd64 view client's works great!!
got the deb from http://blog.mbentley.net/2012/02/linux-vmware-view-5-client-debs-for-i386-amd64-ubuntu-and-debian/
Re: Linux VMware View PCoIP client found! (finally)
debian squeeze amd64 view client's works great!!
got the deb from http://blog.mbentley.net/2012/02/linux-vmware-view-5-client-debs-for-i386-amd64-ubuntu-and-debian/
I've installed on Debian and it seems to work, but just USB redirection doesn't work.
Knows anyone howto get USB redirection working?
I'mt trying to get this to work on Fedora 16. I extracted the code from the Ubuntu release and did the symlinks for libcrypto, etc, and the client launched, but as soon as I hit connect, it segfaulted. Has anyone successfully run it on F16?
I'd use the source version, but it hasn't been updated for ages.
I'mt trying to get this to work on Fedora 16. I extracted the code from the Ubuntu release and did the symlinks for libcrypto, etc, and the client launched, but as soon as I hit connect, it segfaulted. Has anyone successfully run it on F16?
I'd use the source version, but it hasn't been updated for ages.
Hello Folks,
I was able to get USB redirection to work on Fedora 17... partially. For some reason the View client will not map large USB keys.
8 Gb USB -> works
32 Gb USB -> seen but wrongly seen as a 200Mb drive
Here are the packages I used:
hptc-manticore_3.2.1_i386.deb (ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/tcdebian/pool/thinpro32/non-free/)
vmware-view-client_4.6.0-366101-1_i386.deb (extracted from sp52674.exe)
hptc-view-mgr_4.6.0-T32014_i386.deb (extracted from sp52674.exe, downloaded from HP)
vmware-view-client_1.6.0-0ubuntu0.11.04_i386.deb (from Ubuntu mirror)
Step 1) Convert all deb to rpm:
alien --to-rpm *.deb
Step 2) temporarily install HP version of View client and retreive 'vmware-view-usb' broker binary:
rpm -Uvh --force hptc-manticore-3.2.1-2.i386.rpm hptc-view-mgr-4.6.0-1.i386.rpm vmware-view-client-4.6.0_366101-2.i386.rpm
cp -a /usr/lib/vmware/vmware-view-usb /usr/lib/vmware/vmware-view-usb.bak
rpm -e vmware-view-client-4.6.0_366101-2.i386
Step 3) create links for usb broker binary
cp -a /usr/lib/vmware/vmware-view-usb.bak /usr/lib/vmware/vmware-view-usb
chmod 4755 /usr/lib/vmware/vmware-view-usb
ln -s /usr/lib/vmware/vmware-view-usb /usr/bin/.
ln -s /usr/lib/vmware/vmware-view-usb /etc/vmware/usb.link
Step 4) install latest version of Ubuntu View client:
rpm -Uvh --force vmware-view-client-1.6.0-1.i386.rpm
Step 5) provide links to needed libraries:
ln -s /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.10 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8
ln -s /usr/lib/libssl.so.10 /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8
Hope this helps someone...
Even I had to link the crypto.so libraries to get my vmware view working.
Thanks
Scot