HP Remote Graphics Software 6.0 User Guide

Starting the Sender on Linux
The Linux Sender is started by the “rge” X server extension. The Sender cannot be started manually.
Proper configuration and startup of the Sender can be verified by examining the X server log file
(Xorg.0.log). The log file will show that the extension is loaded, and that the extension has started the
Sender:
Log file content should be like:
(II) LoadModule: "rge"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/librge.so
.
.
.
(RG) 10:29:52.654 HP Remote Graphics extension. Build date : Jul 15 2009
(RG) 10:29:53.002 Listening for RG connections at /var/opt/hpremote/rgsender/sockets/rgsender-rge:
0
(RG) 10:29:53.631 Started rgsender process PID = 5780
END of log file example.
The rgsender.sh command has two options that can be executed from the command line. The
rgsender.sh command does not start the Sender if either of these options are used.
The functionality of each option is as follows:
[-v | -ver | -version] —Displays the Sender version information.
[-h | -help | -?] —Displays the rgsender.sh command line options that are listed on this
page.
Sender audio on Linux
The RGS Sender will attempt to capture audio from the default audio device to be played back on the
RGS Receiver. The audio device on the Sender system needs to be configured appropriately to
enable audio capture. See
Configuring audio on Linux on page 71 for details on configuring the
audio device on a Linux sender.
On devices without audio hardware, the Virtual Audio Driver can be used to enable audio to be
captured and played back on the RGS Receiver. The driver and appropriate libraries need to be
compiled and installed to match the current Linux kernel. The source code and instructions for
installation are in the virtual_audio_driver.tar file and can be found in the source directory on the
distribution disc.
Using the Sender 39