Windows Client for Linux System Server

Available Methods

Possible methods are VNC, TeamViewer, NoMachine. Below we document using ssh. With ssh you will need an X server with support for OpenGL on the client. Possibilites are Exceed and Exceed 3D which you will have to purchase from OpenText (www.OpenText.com) OR cygwin (www.cygwin.com) which is free. However, we have noted an intermittent problem with cygwin in that the 3D Open GL drawing of the room view (with light model) does not always show up. The program is drawing but one only sees the background color. Exceed from OpenText works correctly.

When you run a program from a terminal window, you have to type ./ before the program name, such as
./DosimetryCheckTasks

Instructions for using NoMachine

Install openssh-server package on the linux server

On the linux system you must have the openssh-server package installed. To check that the "openssh-server" package is installed on the Ubuntu system and that it is listening on port 22, run the command in a terminal window:

$ sudo netstat -ltnp | grep 22

An X server with support for OpenGL will be needed on the Windows machine. Cygwin can be downloaded from cygwin.com. However, we have noted a intermittent problem in that the 3D Open GL drawing of the room view (with light model) does not always show up. The program is drawing but one only sees the background color.

Exceed from OpenText works correctly, www.opentext.com. You will need to purchase Exceed and Exceed 3D.

When you run a program from a terminal window, you have to type ./ before the program name, such as
./DosimetryCheckTasks

Instructions for using Exceed
Instructions for using Cygwin

Settings to make on your Windows client

We recommend you select to NOT show contents of Windows while moving them so as not to cause a cascade of redraw events should you drag any window across the application. On Windows XP go to Control Panel, select "Display", then "Appearance", then "Effects", and unclick "Show window contents while dragging".

On Vista select "Personalize Appearance and Sounds" from the control panel, then at the bottom select "Open classic appearance properties for more color options", select "Appearnce" on "Appearance Settings", then select "Effects" and toggle off "Show window contents while dragging".

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