HP Remote Graphics Software 7.0

IMPORTANT: After the RGS Sender is uninstalled, you will be prompted to restart your computer.
This restart is very important—if it is not performed, installation of a later version of the RGS Sender
may not succeed.
Installing RGS on Linux
This section describes installation of the RGS Receiver and RGS Sender on Linux. See Supported
hardware and software on page 91 for a list of the Linux operating systems that support the RGS
Receiver and RGS Sender.
If you plan to use Advanced Video Compression, see
Advanced Video Compression requirements
on page 92. Meeting these requirements is essential to having a quality experience when using this
feature.
Installing the RGS Receiver on Linux
NOTE: The Linux RGS Receiver is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. The Xlib version
1.1.5 is not supported.
RGS only supports multi-head displays on Linux systems that have NVIDIA cards in TwinView mode.
ATI dual-head is not supported.
To install the RGS Receiver on Linux:
1. Log in as root.
2. Go to the directory where you downloaded RGS, and navigate to the directory lin32/
receiver (32-bit version) or lin64/receiver (64-bit version).
3. Execute the following command:
./install.sh
The RGS Receiver will be installed into /opt/hpremote/rgreceiver.
4. You may be prompted to configure proxy settings. If you access the Internet through a proxy
server, these settings are required to activate advanced RGS features such as Advanced Video
Compression and HP Velocity.
IMPORTANT: The activation process uses anonymous access, so you must add the IP
address 192.151.30.9 to your proxy server's list of allowed anonymous access.
NOTE: If the Linux operating system already has proxy settings configured, it will be suggested
to use the settings from the operating system.
5. Optionally, add the directory /opt/hpremote/rgreceiver to your PATH environment
variable.
RGS Receiver audio requirements on Linux
The RGS Receiver installer will install a version of JACK Audio Connection Kit if one is not already
installed on the system. JACK is a low-latency sound server that works in conjunction with an ALSA
sound driver to mix and direct audio on the RGS Receiver system. The version of JACK provided with
the RGS Receiver installer is the version that is expected to be started by the script in /opt/hpremote/
rgreceiver/hprgsaudio. A different version may require adjustments to this script to provide different
options for the JACK daemon.
The JACK Audio Connection Kit is installed as an RPM package. The RGS Receiver will run on
systems without audio hardware, but the RGS Receiver will not run without the libraries provided by
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