HP Remote Graphics Software 6.0 User Guide

Installing the RGS Sender on Linux
NOTE: The Linux RGS Sender can only be installed on the computers and Linux operating systems
shown in
Supported hardware and software on page 142. Installing the Sender on a non-supported
computer will prevent an RGS connection from being established.
The RGS Sender requires a license key to establish an RGS connection (except on HP Z series
workstations, HP EliteBook mobile workstations, and HP ZBook mobile workstations). For information
on RGS Sender licensing on Linux, see the
HP Remote Graphics Software Licensing Guide ,
available at
http://www.hp.com/support/rgs
To install the RGS Sender on Linux, perform the following steps:
1. Log in as root.
2. Install the accelerated NVIDIA graphics driver. This is required prior to installing the RGS
Sender. The NVIDIA driver install creates the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf used by the RGS Sender
installation.
NOTE: For some features, it is recommended to have an NVIDIA Quadro 2000 or better
graphics card with driver version 305.29 or greater.
The minimum NVIDIA driver version for RHEL6 is 256.53. The latest NVIDIA driver for your
product is available at
http://www.hp.com/support . Select Download drivers and software . Enter
the product to search for. Select the OS. Scroll down to Driver — Graphics — NVIDIA.
Download the driver.
Install the driver using the Linux rpm command.
NOTE: The rpm command must be executed as the user root .
TIP: Installing the driver while the system is at run level 3 should allow the installation to
complete without a reboot. Installing while at run level 5 will require a reboot.
3. Go to the directory where you downloaded RGS, and change to the directory lin64/sender.
4. Execute the following command:
./install.sh
This command will give you a choice of performing a manual installation or a partially automated
installation (automating steps 5 and 6). The RGS Sender will be installed to /opt/hpremote/
rgsender.
5. This last step of the install is optional and will ask if you would like to automatically customize the
following files to enable proper function of the RGS Sender:
a. /etc/X11/xorg.conf—The configuration file for the X server will be modified to load the rge
extension in the “Modules” section.
b. /etc/pam.d/rgsender—This configuration file will be modified to allow the RGS Sender to
interact with the currently supported PAM authentication.
c. /etc/pam.d/gdm*, /etc/pam.d/kdm*, /etc/pam.d/xdm*—These configuration files will be
modified to ensure proper PAM authentication window manager support for the RGS
Sender process. If a different window manager is in use, that file must be manually
configured.
The rgsender_config_64-*.rpm provides an automated way to handle the standard
customizations described below. This is especially useful for network or unattended installations
22 Chapter 3 Installing and activating RGS