Installing and Configuring the Citrix Client on Ubuntu

After a long long long time I've finally managed to get the Citrix client working on Ubuntu, Gutsy Gibbon 7.10.

While there are lots of how-tos for i386 machines, there are barely any that mention getting the client to work on the x86 arch.

Follow all the steps here:[ https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CitrixICAClientHowTo ]
In brief:
sudo aptitude install libmotif3
sudo aptitude install libxaw7
sudo tar xvfz en.linuxx86.tar.gz [the linux client from the citrix website]
sudo ./setupwfc
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/ICAClient/wfica /usr/local/bin/wfica
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/ICAClient/wfcmgr /usr/local/bin/wfcmgr

At this point if you run: /usr/lib/ICAClient/wfcmgr &
you might see this error:
wfcmgr: error while loading shared libraries: libXm.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Try creating a softlink: sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libXm.so.3 /usr/lib32/libXm.so.3

If you still get the error then it due to an architecture conflict.
The tips from this post helps: [ http://backports.ubuntuforums.com/showthread.php?t=39556 ]
- Download the 32 bit libmotif3_2.2.3-2_i386.deb from http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/i386/libmotif3/download
- Install it with: sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture libmotif3_2.2.3-2_i386.deb
- Create a softlink with: sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libXm.so.3 /usr/lib32/libXm.so.3

Now try: /usr/lib/ICAClient/wfcmgr &
It should work!


Now to setup the connection.

When I ran my .ica file:
/usr/lib/ICAClient/wfcmgr ~/Desktop/desktop.ica
I kept getting an error:
Cannot get address for application "Desktop"

After a while of tweaking I managed to get things working by manualy adding settings from my desktop.ica file into /home//.ICAClient/appsrv.ini and changing the settings in the client GUI.. To compare to your situation here's my deskop.ica and my modified appsrv.ini.

Additional Reference:

• CTX107102 - ICA Program Neighborhood Client, ini file reference


• CTX331178 - Appsrv.ini Parameters Deciphered


• CTX145271 - PN.ini Parameters Deciphered

Note: In the course of changing things at one point I managed to get to the login screen but when I tried to login the server would reject me saying that I needed to be added to a group. That was because my #InitialProgram was set to an IP address in the appsrv.ini. When I changed it to #Desktop I managed to get in.


desktop.ica
-----------------
[WFClient]

Version=2
TcpBrowserAddress=123.123.12.12
UseAlternateAddress=1

[ApplicationServers]
Desktop=

[Desktop]
Address=Desktop
InitialProgram=#Desktop
ClientAudio=Off
Compress=Off
ScreenPercent=99
DesiredColor=2
TransportDriver=TCP/IP
WinStationDriver=ICA 3.0


appsrv.ini
-------------------
[WFClient]
Version=1
TcpBrowserAddress=123.123.12.12
UseAlternateAddress=1

[ApplicationServers]
Desktop=

[Desktop]
WinStationDriver=ICA 3.0
TransportDriver=TCP/IP
DisableCtrlAltDel=On
DoNotUseDefaultCSL=On
LocHttpBrowserAddress=123.123.12.12
EncryptionLevelSession=Basic
Compress=Off
TransportReconnectDefault=True
UseAlternateAddress=0
ProxyUseDefault=On
EnableAudioInput=No
AudioBandwidthLimit=1
ClientAudio=On
MouseSendsControlV=Off
CDMAllowed=On
UseDefaultSettingForColormap=Yes
ZLMouseMode=2
ZLKeyboardMode=0
InitialProgram=#Desktop
Address=123.123.12.12
Launcher=Custom

Sabayon Linux

Yeah long time no update on the Linux front. My motherboard is still fried. The Video and Sound port aren't working so for now I play my music over the network from the windows machine. 95% of my work is done on windows now.. Just waiting for another month or so and then i plan to get a new mobo and buy 2 300GB HDD and set them up as RAID disks on the linux machines.. No more DVD backups then!! Raarrr!!

Randa recently send me a link to this new Linux Distro called Sabayon and boy is it yum yum yum!!! Im just dying to try out Sabayon.. Am dying to upgrade the HW so that I can try it out...

Till I do, heres some links for more on Sabayon:

Sabayon on Wikipedia

Sabayon Review