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Installing the Graphics Agent for Linux on RHEL or CentOS

To install the PCoIP Graphics Agent for Linux software:

  1. Install wget:

    sudo yum install wget

  2. Install the Teradici repository:

    sudo yum install https://downloads.teradici.com/rhel/teradici-repo-latest.noarch.rpm

    !!! note: "Beta software is available" Users who wish to test pre-release versions of software can do so by selecting the beta distribution channel before installing. To switch to the beta channel:

    ```bash
sudo yum-config-manager --disable pcoip-stable
sudo yum-config-manager --enable pcoip-beta
```

Teradici does not recommend installing beta software in production systems.

  3. Install the EPEL repository:

    sudo wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
sudo rpm -i epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm

  4. Optionally install USB dependencies, if you intend to support USB devices other than keyboards, mice, and pointer devices. If you skip this step, USB redirection will be completely disabled and bridged USB devices will not work.

    sudo yum install usb-vhci

  5. Install the PCoIP Graphics Agent for Linux:

    sudo yum install pcoip-agent-graphics

  6. Note your machine's local IP address. Clients connecting directly to the host workstation will need this number to connect.

  7. Enter the license registration code you received from Teradici.

    Note: These instructions are for Cloud Licensing

    These instructions assume you are using Teradici Cloud Licensing to activate your PCoIP session licenses. If you are using the Teradici License Server instead, see Licensing the Graphics Agent for Linux.

    For unproxied internet connections, type:

    pcoip-register-host --registration-code=<XXXXXX@YYY-YYYY-YYY>

    For proxied internet conections, type:

    pcoip-register-host --registration-code=<XXXXXX@YYY-YYYY-YYY> --proxy-server=<serverURL> --proxy-port=<port>

  8. Reboot the Linux instance.

Installing the Graphics Agent for Linux on a Physical PC

When installing the PCoIP Agent on a physical machine, additional steps are required. If you installed the Graphics Agent for Linux on a virtual machine, you can ignore these steps.

Important: Install the agent first

You must install the Graphics Agent for Linux as described above before proceeding.

These steps are only required when installing on a physical, non-virtualized machine:

  1. Attempt to start a PCoIP session. The session will not be successful, but the attempt generates log information we'll use next.

  2. Look in /var/log/Xorg.100.log for lines like this:

    [   293.834] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): LNX Linux XGA (DFP-0): connected
[   293.834] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): LNX Linux XGA (DFP-0): Internal DisplayPort
[   293.834] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): LNX Linux XGA (DFP-0): 1440.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[   293.834] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[   293.834] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): LNX Linux XGA (DFP-1): connected
[   293.834] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): LNX Linux XGA (DFP-1): Internal TMDS
[   293.834] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): LNX Linux XGA (DFP-1): 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[   293.834] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[   293.834] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): LNX Linux XGA (DFP-2): connected
[   293.834] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): LNX Linux XGA (DFP-2): Internal DisplayPort
[   293.834] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): LNX Linux XGA (DFP-2): 1440.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[   293.835] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[   293.835] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): LNX Linux XGA (DFP-3): connected
[   293.835] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): LNX Linux XGA (DFP-3): Internal TMDS
[   293.835] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): LNX Linux XGA (DFP-3): 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[   293.835] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[   293.835] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-4: disconnected
[   293.835] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-4: Internal DisplayPort
[   293.835] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-4: 1440.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[   293.835] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[   293.835] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-5: disconnected
[   293.835] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-5: Internal TMDS
[   293.835] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-5: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[   293.835] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[   293.835] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-6: disconnected
[   293.835] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-6: Internal DisplayPort
[   293.835] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-6: 1440.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[   293.835] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[   293.835] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-7: disconnected
[   293.835] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-7: Internal TMDS
[   293.835] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-7: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock

  3. Note the names of the outputs with the highest maximum pixel clocks (as many as four will be shown). In the above example, you would note DFP-0, DFP-2, DFP-4, and DFP-6.

    Note: Systems with fewer than four displays

    If there are fewer than four outputs in your system, note them all.

  4. On the host machine, look in /tmp for a generated configuration file with a name similar to xorg.pcoip.######.conf.

  5. Copy this file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-xorg-pcoip.conf, and make it writeable (replacing ##### with the actual value):

    cp /tmp/xorg.pcoip.######.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-xorg-pcoip.conf
chmod u+w /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-xorg-pcoip.conf

  6. Open /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-xorg-pcoip.conf in a text editor.

  7. Change the ConnectedMonitor and UseDisplayDevice settings to the display IDs you noted earlier, as a comma-separated list. Using our example (your values may be different):

    Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP-0,DFP-2,DFP-4,DFP-6"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-0,DFP-2,DFP-4,DFP-6"

  8. Next, map these output values to your expected displays. In the Device section of 10-xorg-pcoip.conf, modify the monitor options to correspond to the displays in the previous step. Each output should be mapped to a monitor identifier from one of the Monitor sections in 10-xorg-pcoip.conf.

    Continuing our example, we would map the four outputs to four monitors like this (yours may be different):

        Option "Monitor-DFP-0" "Monitor0"
    Option "Monitor-DFP-2" "Monitor1"
    Option "Monitor-DFP-4" "Monitor2"
    Option "Monitor-DFP-6" "Monitor3"

  9. Save and close 10-xorg-pcoip.conf.

  10. To prevent the NVIDIA driver from changing the kernel mode setting, add the nomodeset parameter to the GRUB configuration:

    1. Open /etc/default/grub in a text editor.

    2. Add nomodeset to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT.

    3. Save and close the file.

    4. Rebuild the GRUB configuration:

      sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

    5. Reboot the machine.

  11. Attempt a PCoIP connection again. The connection should succeed.

    If the session does not start, make sure that the displays are correctly configured.

Once you've installed the software, you can configure it, register licenses, or connect to it.

Note: Desktop user interfaces will only be available using PCoIP

Once installed and running, the PCoIP Graphics Agent for Linux takes over the graphics subsystem which is then unavailable to hypervisors. You can only view the graphical user interface when connecting with a PCoIP client.

For example, you cannot view an ESXi virtual machine console through VSphere; you must connect to the machine using PCoIP.