NEXterminal pleased with new OS and management software

NEXterminal is pleased to have released the lastest version of their eLux ReLoaded (RL) version 2.8 and Scout management software (version 11.6). The release of these 2 versions have brought the NEXterminal clients completely in line with the latest technology available and allows customers to address issues which have come forward in daily operation. The openess and versitality of the NEXterminal software allows ammendments to be constantely made.

Also we have seen that more and more end-users and resellers start to experience the addedd value. Even though NEXterminal is not a very large player at the market, it's quality products (both hardware and software) gain slowly more market share. The possibility to run the eLux O/S also on other hardware (both thin clients and PC's) offer a very economic solution for past and future client implementations.

• Link - New release eLux (2.8) - thin client O/S
• Link - New release Scount (11.6) - Remote Management
• Link - Multiple platforms supported

Elux RL 2.8 released

FIXES BaseOS

• Failed to detect if a monitors DDC information could not be determined, sometimes confusing monitor information was shown

• Some corrections for chech and slovak keyboard mappings (cz and sk)

• Mirroring eLux RL running in VM did not show a user info dialog

• Use with Scout Enterprise V10.x (and higher) !

• NEXTerminal NEXCeed-I DVI output brokeN

• The technical users password $ELUXDEVICEPASSWORD was not correctly processed when it contains special characters

• In a multi screen environment the user logon dialogs were not correctly centered on the primary screeN

• After server initiated change of AD password was unsuccessful, all further tries failed and the user has to logon again

• Logon dialog did not show the Corporate Design Packagers pixmap for Loginscreen

• Action if last application is gone was signaled when a PN application was started twice

• Mic input devices did not work

• Starter: Do not show second monitor info, if it is identical with primary monitor

• Starter: ICA/PN-Agent applications could not connect if user/password contained german umlaute

• Starter: Do not show subscription information if device is unlicensed

NEW BaseOS

• Supports wide resolutions 1280×720,1920×1080

• Supports 802.1X configuration over DHCP tags0

• No more kernel messages on safe boot

• Starter: Dynamic DNS update can be configured in advanced network settings when dyndns package is installed

• Starter: PNA reconnect mode can be configured per application (default: off)

• Starter: On smart card authorisation types it is possible to configure if it should be possible to switch to normal user/password authorisation with the ESC key

• Starter: escape key closes Starter

• Starter: LDAP password can be changed via Shutdown -> Change password

• Starter: supports new authorisation type Smarty+LDAP

• Starter: Application dialogs with new passthrough option to set user/password/domain to $ELUXUSER/$ELUXPASSWORD/$ELUXDOMAIN

• Starter: Advanced mirror configuration dialog

• PAM user account expiration supported

• Browsing/reconnecting PN applications is now canceled after timeout (30 sec by default)

• ICA PreLogin does not longer show dialog if all parameters are given

• Client info as systray applet to show/change attributes Info1,Info2,Info3

• Mirror can be restricted to Scout Console only (requires mirror-2.5)

• Escape key now closes systray applet dialogs

• 802.1X configuration over DHCP tags

• Starter: VMwareview application can be defined with environment variables $ELUXUSER and $ELUXPASSWORD
  Environment variables $ELUXDEVICEUSER, $ELUXDEVICEPASSWORD (encrypted) and $ELUXDEVICEDOMAIN can be set with Scout to define a technical user within application definitions

• Starter: PowerTerm application window size and window layout can be defined

• Starter: Firefox application kiosk mode configuration extended

• Starter: Up to 4 serial printer can be defined if serial port is available

Elux RL 2.8 components

gnome-2.16.17-1

• Bugfix - Some application icons were not displayed in the menu or at the desktop

acrobatreader-9.3.1-1

• New - Initial version of Adobe Acrobat Reader V9 for eLux R

firefox-3.6.0.1-3

• Bugfix - Hide status bar in kiosk mode
  Known bugs - Java Runtime Environment (jre < 1.6.0.17-2) is not detected and therefore not working

jre-1.6.0.17-2

• New - Firefox V3.6.0 adapted to eLux RL (For more information see Firefox Release Notes)

ica-11.102-2

• New - Requires now package audiolibs for better sound support
  New - Citrix ICA Client / Receiver V11.102 adapted to eLux RL (For more information see Citrix Product Documentation)
  Bugfix - Fixed corrupt keyboard mapping files (some keys did not not work)

ica-11.2-7

• New - Environment variables CLIENTHOSTNAME_PATTERN and CLIENTUSERNAME_PATTERN can be defined to set clientname and username/password/domain

leoconnect-2.0-4

• New - Program completely reviewed, supports now NoMachine NX client

skype-2.1.0.18-1

• New - Skype V2.1 Beta 1 adapted to eLux RL

thunderbird-2.0.0.12-3

• Bugfix - Does not longer share the same home directory with Firefox

vmwareview-4.0.1-1

• New - VMware View Client V4.0.1 adapted to eLux RL, for details see www.vmware.com
  New - Changelogs available: VMware View Client / PCIOP

jre-1.6.0.17-2

• Bugfix - JRE was not detected by Firefox 3.6.0

mirror-2.5-1

• New - Mirror can be allowed for Scout consoles only

• New - Client hostname, ip address and MAC address are now visible in vncviewer window title during mirror session

• Bugfix - Client running in VESA mode did not show a mirror information window

• Bugfix - Mirror user query dialog was not visible when user authorisation dialog was active

net_dialin-1.5-1

• Bugfix - Unsufficient file permissions corrected

• New - Improved error handling

• New - UMTS support

pcsc_lite-2.1.3.1.3-5

• Bugfix - Removed error messages which were visible on debug console after factory reset

• New - Reader support for FujitsuTechnologySolutions GmbH SmartCase KB SCR eSIG

touchscreen-1.1-2

• Bugfix - Starter: clicking on ‘Calibrate’ button did not start the calibation tool program

xsupplicant-1.2.8.1-2

• New - EAP version can be set with parameter

• New - supports 802.1X configuration over DHCP tags

New Scout version 11.6

New

• PN agent setting for reconnecting sessions

• System check for server, license, subscription and container

• On smart card authorisation types it is possible to configure if it should be possible to switch to normal user/password authorisation with the ESC key

• Inter Console Communication

• The keep alive messages of the server are now written to the file KeepAlive.txtMirror invitation protocol is used to allow only scout administrators to mirror a client

• ICA,RDP,PNA session definitions have now a ‘PassThrough’ button to automize $ELUXUSER, $ELUXPASSWORD, $ELUXDOMAIN

• When authorising via Smartcard(Smarty) is configured as the access authorisation, an additional LDAP authorisation is possible

• Quick setup (systray) for device info to change device attributes Info1, Info2, Info3

• Support of mysql driver version 5.1

• New icons

• More kiosk mode settings in browser sessions

• The display of the message box when refreshing the configuration (F5) can be enabled/disabled

• OS license field in device properties to show Windows CE and Xpe licenses

• The keyboard type can be shown in the device properties window

• Scout server files folders can be opened by menu entries

• ‘Logoff server and disconnect sessions’ setting in pna advanced settings

• If no device is in the database it is possible to switch back to the device subscription mode

• Values of envrionment can be encrypted

• A certificate report event may be reported by the client

• It is possible to define printer on com ports 1 to 4

Bugfix

• Export and Import of printers sometimes does not work

• The resolutions 1280×720 and 1920×1080 were not visible in the screen properties dialog

• read old ini file entries before reading default registry settings

• When changing all security policies at once, the first one was inverted

• The ‘Compare client setup’ function can be called now from the list view

• The ‘#System’ diagnostic template can not be disabled with the space bar any longer

• Administrators with an root ou set do not see any devices when selecting the ‘View’->’Devices’ menu.

• The compare client setup menu is now disabled with the correct adminstrator policy

• Terminating the console results in an error if a OU selection box was used in the console session (e.g. setting the root ou)

• When Puma is installed in combination with a MySQL server the myelux web server authorisation may fail due to an invalid password

Changed

• The info systray icon is now enabled by default (only on new installations)

• Take over the info fields from the client even they are empty

• When defining new printers the type (usb,com..) may not be assigned correctly

• The subscription dialog is displayed even if the enterprise subscription is selected

• Display only the devices within an root ou in the subscription dialog

• The dialog for editing the threshold values for an instance was missing in the english resources

• Take over the info fields from the client even if they are empty

• When setting a root ou for an administrator the visible flag for this ou is set automatically

• No user confirmation necessary if a new security policy is created

• The log level for console is now only On or Off. The log level for server ist Off/Keep alive/On.

• Do not display a subscription end date on Windows CE/Xpe devices

• The builtin part of unused licenses are counted as managment licenses

• License summary dialog : Display in only one tree view, addedd the ‘New license…’ button

• When importing configurations the ‘independent setups’ are informed

• Database description updated

• SCMD : A user data source is created instead of a system data source

• SCMD : Evaluate all parameters when creating a pn agent session

• Set device state to not active if mac/ip address or password check fails on discover command

• Added /tmp/801X.log, xquery -r and xrandr -q to diagnostic files

• German text in RDP advanced display options

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