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Version 1.0.1

Release Notes

Dell Wyse ThinLinux v1.0.1 Release Notes 2

Contents

Release Type and Definition ......................................................................................................................... 4

Version .......................................................................................................................................................... 4

Release Date ................................................................................................................................................. 4

New Features ................................................................................................................................................ 5

BIOS and BIOS Utility ................................................................................................................................. 6

New Enhanced UI ...................................................................................................................................... 7

User, Session, Login and Administration .................................................................................................. 8

System Settings App .................................................................................................................................. 9

Connections and VDI ............................................................................................................................... 10

Import and Export Configurations .......................................................................................................... 13

Citrix Desktop Appliance mode (Power on to Power off VDI Theme) .................................................... 13

Thin Client Management ........................................................................................................................ 14

802.1X and SCEP ..................................................................................................................................... 16

INI Files and INI settings support ............................................................................................................ 17

Network and Wireless modules .............................................................................................................. 17

Add-ons Management ............................................................................................................................ 17

Imaging solutions .................................................................................................................................... 18

Display Settings and Quad Display (GFX) ................................................................................................ 19

Custom GNOME ...................................................................................................................................... 21

Firefox Web Browser .............................................................................................................................. 22

System Information................................................................................................................................. 22

OEM Branding ......................................................................................................................................... 23

Factory Reset .......................................................................................................................................... 23

Security ................................................................................................................................................... 23

Language Support ................................................................................................................................... 23

Logs and Tools ......................................................................................................................................... 24

Energy star .............................................................................................................................................. 24

INI Parameters ............................................................................................................................................ 25

RPMs list ...................................................................................................................................................... 25


Support Information ................................................................................................................................... 26

Supported Platforms ............................................................................................................................... 26

Part Number Information ....................................................................................................................... 27

Tested Peripherals ...................................................................................................................................... 28

USB Storage Devices ............................................................................................................................... 28

Printers .................................................................................................................................................... 28

Monitors .................................................................................................................................................. 28

Monitors supported for GFX (Quad Display) .......................................................................................... 29

Keyboards ............................................................................................................................................... 29

Mouse ..................................................................................................................................................... 30

Web Cameras .......................................................................................................................................... 30

Smart cards and Readers ........................................................................................................................ 30

USB Headsets .......................................................................................................................................... 31

Testing Environment ............................................................................................................................... 32

Known Issues ............................................................................................................................................... 33


Release Type and Definition ThinLinux is the newest Dell Wyse thin client operating system. Derived from an Enterprise-

grade system Linux, ThinLinux supplies our thin client customers with a robust and flexible

network-edge Operating System (OS); while still maintaining the security and manageability

Wyse customers have come to expect from Dell Wyse clients. In addition to adding full,

industry-standard RPM package updating; ThinLinux is the start showcase for Dell’s new

Clarity 4.0 GUI Workspace Environment. This clear and intuitive workspace will become

standard across all of Dell’s Thin Client and management application interfaces over the next

several quarters. The end result will be a simple and easy-to-navigate GUI experience that

scales from a single edge device up to management of thousands of Dell devices – all within

the same user-interaction workspace.

In total, Dell Wyse ThinLinux delivers secure, intuitive and efficient operation – to simplify

and improve how our customers work.

Version 1.0.1

Release Date July, 2016


New Features Traditional Dell Wyse Linux thin clients used Squash file system based on earlier constraints

and past use cases. Presently, with focus on ease of use, ease of deployment and user

friendly design, ThinLinux uses a persisted EXT4 file system.

To simplify the user management paradigm, ThinLinux does not support 3 built-in

users. A single user, that is, the thinuser, is used as the default user instead of admin,

thinuser, and guest users. There is no INI user support. Administration mode is

provided for the system administrator to switch from user mode to admin mode to

perform administration tasks such as add/remove connections, or setup specific

device settings. This single user system has auto-login by default for the thinuser. In

case of manual login or AD or Domain login being required, GDM login can be

enabled through local GUI or INI settings by disabling the Autologin.

BIOS and BIOS Utility

New Enhanced UI

User, Session, Login and Administration

System Settings App

Connections and VDI (Citrix, VMware and RDP)

Import/Export Configuration

Citrix Desktop Appliance mode

Management

802.1X and SCEP

INI Files and INI settings support

Network and Wireless modules

Add-ons Management

Imaging solutions

Display Settings and Quad Display

Custom GNOME

Firefox Web Browser

System Information

OEM Branding

Factory Reset

Security

Language Support

Logs and Tools

Energy star


BIOS and BIOS Utility

BIOS Settings

ThinLinux shares hardware platforms with other Dell Wyse thin clients. The standard BIOS

features and boot options are common to all platforms with the following boot options:

Boot from Hard Disk – boot from the internal SSD storage or eMMC storage.

Boot from USB – boot from USB storage from any of the USB ports (this option is disabled by default).

Boot from PXE – boot from network through PXE.

BIOS Utility and BIOS Upgrades

The BIOS Utility is used to extract the BIOS (along with its entire configuration) from the thin

client. The extracted BIOS can be further distributed for the purpose of BIOS password

change or for simply upgrading the BIOS itself to a newer version. ThinLinux provides a

terminal command, createBiosCmos.sh which will enable the user to extract the BIOS.

Limitations

In normal case, the RPM’s version and release number must be higher than the current installed version and release for the installation to be successful, unless allow downgrade is explicitly enabled.

BIOS installation fails (BIOS flashing will not happen), if the destination device’s platform does not match that of the RPM’s.


New Enhanced UI

ThinLinux is designed to provide a superior and intuitive user experience to Dell Wyse

customers. Another focus of ThinLinux is to change the traditional desktop and desktop icon

look and feel and replace them with more elegant app icons.

A refreshed new User interface has been developed for ThinLinux. However, some applets

(For example, Network, Printers and Universal Access) still uses Gnome control center applet

linked to System Settings App.

As part of new Desktop UI, ThinLinux desktop has two screens, Application Overview screen

and Desktop View screen.

Application Overview screen

This is the default ThinLinux screen that is displayed after you log in to the thin client (without

auto-start of any connections or application). This screen has the following UI elements.

Search box – User can search for applications by typing the application name in the Search text box

Firefox – Opens the Firefox Web Browser.

System Settings

XTerm – Available only in admin mode.

Desktop View Screen

This is the desktop view for running applications. The desktop automatically switches to the

Desktop view mode, when you log in to any application by clicking the icon. The system

remains in this desktop view as long as there is at least one open window. When all the

windows are closed, the system automatically switches back to the Application Overview

screen.


User, Session, Login and Administration

ThinLinux supports single built-in user - thinuser (regular user). ThinLinux does not support

INI user. There is no admin user. The administration tasks are accomplished by switching to

the Admin Mode.

Thinuser – Single built-in user

The thinuser is the only build-in standard/regular user created as group member of users

(default password is thinuser). The thinuser has no administrative privileges. By default,

session is automatically logged in as thinuser.

AD/Domain/PNAgent Users

ThinLinux supports AD/Domain and PNAgent users. Such users are not part of the TC built-in

users and are authenticated by AD/Domain or Citrix Server. Such pass-through user login is

done by the GDM/PAM modules. To enable such login, administrator must first disable the

auto-login option.

Auto-Login by Default

Default system behavior is to perform auto-login as thinuser. Since there is no login prompt,

the logout option is not available when auto-login is enabled. But the logout option is

displayed when the user switches to admin mode from Settings App.

Optional Login – GDM

When a manual login is needed (auto-login disabled), GDM is provided with the following

functions:

Allow thinuser or AD/PN users to login.

No guest or Root user login.

INI support to enable or disable auto-login.

Ability to enter the required Domain on the GDM window.


System Settings App

System Settings UI is the integrated app for both system settings and for any configuration UI

from Wyse add-ons. This application is displayed as an icon in the system Application

Overview screen upon system startup in both user and admin mode.

After the Settings App is started, the first page displays the available system settings

categories. User can click any one of the categories to start. User can also click each of the

sub-item links under the category icon to directly go to the sub menu item page.

Settings App Overview

This is the first UI screen displayed when Settings App is started. This overview screen

displays the available categories for user mode.

The list of categories that are available on this screen may be different for user mode vs.

admin mode depending on the Custom GNOME settings.

By default, in user mode, the followings are available:

System

Peripherals

Personalization

User and Admin Mode Switch

Click the Switch to Admin button available in upper-left corner to view System Settings in

Admin mode. In Admin mode, System Settings displays all the available applets/categories (by

default seven categories)

System

Peripherals

Network

Personalization

Connections

Security

Management


Connections and VDI

Below mentioned connections and VDI brokers are supported on ThinLinux.

Browser

Citrix

VMware

RDP

Custom

SSH

VNC Viewer

Supported agent versions for various VDI Brokers.

Citrix Receiver 13.3 (both 64-bit and 32-bit versions)

Wyse RDP Client 8.01.04

VMware View client 3.5.0

Citrix Receiver 13.3 ThinLinux supports both ICA 64-bit (in built) and 32-bit (available in optional add-ons)

versions for Citrix connections. From functionality point of view, both add-ons works

identically with one exception of RTME and Flash Redirection features, which are supported

only with ICA 32-bit add-on.

Citrix HDX RTME support with MS Lync ThinLinux supports Citrix HDX RTME feature with ICA 32-bit add-on. To utilize RTME feature,

the built-in ICA 64-bit add-on must be uninstalled first, and then ICA 32-bit add-on must be

installed.

Note: ICA 32-bit add-on installation also requires the installation of 32bit_runtime add-on.

With Citrix RTME, All audio and video processing is offloaded from the Server to the end-user

device or terminal, optimizing the quality of the call with minimal impact on server scalability.

System Requirements for RTME

RealTime Optimization Pack 1.8 supports Microsoft Lync 2013 server. Citrix XenDesktop and

XenApp 7.5 and later versions. Windows 7, 8.1 with minimum 4 GB RAM.

VMware View client 3.5 ThinLinux supports VMware View client 3.5 connections with PCoIP and RDP protocols.

The following standard features are supported for VMware connections same as previous

Linux clients.


Auto Connect/ Auto Start

Auto Reconnect

NLA with RDP protocol

Interactive Mode

Published Application/Desktop etc.

Smart Card Login

Wyse RDP 8.01.04 ThinLinux supports latest Wyse RDP client 8.01.04. The following standard features are

supported for RDP connections same as previous Linux clients.

Auto Connect / Auto Start

Auto Reconnect

NLA

RD Gateway

Socket Receiver Timeout

Remote App

Smart Card Login

Other Connection

Apart from Citrix, VMWare and RDP, you can also configure the following connection types

in ThinLinux, both locally and through INI.

Browser connection

Browser Connections UI provides various options to configure below standard features for

browser connection.

Auto Connect

Auto Reconnect

KIOSK Mode etc.

Custom connection

Custom Connections UI enables you to create connections based on user specified shell

commands. This UI provides various options to configure the following standard features for

Custom connection.

Auto Connect

Auto Reconnect

Command

Run in terminal etc.


SSH connection

SSH Connections UI provides various options to configure the following standard features for

SSH connection.

Auto Connect

Auto Reconnect

Remote User and Command.

Host IP etc.

VNC Viewer connection

VNC Viewer Connections UI provides various options to configure the following standard

features for VNC connection.

Auto Connect

Auto Reconnect

Host IP

JPEG quality

Compression level

Shared

View only


Import and Export Configurations

This is a new feature. ThinLinux supports importing and exporting of local device

configuration using a USB storage device or Remote server. Configurations exported from a

ThinLinux device can be saved and/or imported by other ThinLinux devices. The remote

server details can be configured manually or using INI parameters.

This feature has no backward compatibility and is supported for ThinLinux devices only.

Functionality

Use of the GUI to initiate an import or export operation requires the Administrator access level permissions.

After configuration is imported, the device is automatically restarted, after restart configuration is applied to the thin client.

All the settings in persist registry is exported and imported.

INI parameters can be used to initiate import operation only. INI based export operations are not supported.

Citrix Desktop Appliance mode (Power on to Power off

VDI Theme)

Desktop Appliance mode allows you to enable Citrix theme on ThinLinux clients which

enables the Kiosk mode and allows you to access only Citrix applications after login. You can

configure Desktop Appliance using GUI, INI and DHCP scope options.

When Desktop Appliance Mode is enabled, or a specific connection is established with kiosk

mode, administrator can use a short-cut key combination to enter the admin mode (root

password required) to break out of the kiosk mode.


Thin Client Management

ThinLinux supports the latest WDM 5.7 and CCM R12 server versions. ThinLinux supports

WCM configuration also which is part of WDM 5.7.

WDM/HAgent WDM is a device management solution which helps you to manage cloud clients securely

from remote infrastructure. WDM management solution involves both server and client

components where client software also known as HAgent must be installed on each thin

client device to get it managed through WDM.

WDM server version 5.7 supports ThinLinux builds. The following are the major features

which are supported for ThinLinux. WDM 5.7 server supports Standard UI (VB UI) and Web UI;

we have validated only VB UI for ThinLinux 1.0 release.

All Discovery Methods

Device Asset Info

Configuration Management Using WCM, Pull/Push device configuration.

High Availability

CIFS support

WOL and Relay-WOL

QU and Enhanced QU

Send Message

Get Logs and View Logs

DDC

Factory Reset

Agent Upgrade and Add-on Deployment

Image upgrade and Universal RSP

PAD

Pull and Push Merlin Image

Imaging through WDM

We can image ThinLinux clients from WDM using three different methods.

RAW Image upgrade through Drag and Drop and DDC.

RAW Image upgrade through PAD.

Pull Merlin Image (PXE and Non-PXE).

Push Image (PXE and Non-PXE) through Drag and Drop and DDC.

Note: RAW Image Upgrade from SLED11 (11.3.106) build to ThinLinux builds through PAD is not supported.


If the image upgrade is scheduled through DDC(RAW or Merlin), then two different RSP files

are available for registering the image, One for upgrading the image from SLED11 build

11.3.106 to ThinLinux build and another RSP for upgrading image from ThinLinux to

ThinLinux build.

Note: RAW Image downgrade from ThinLinux to SLED11 builds is not supported.

Device Configuration through WCM (WDM) Latest WDM server supports thin client configuration management, where administrator can

remotely configure the settings of a Linux thin client from WDM management console. After

the configuration is pushed from WDM server HAgent receives the configuration, passes it to

the platform module. The platform module parses the Json configuration and applies it on

Linux thin clients.

We can apply this configuration package on single a device or for a group of devices or for all the ThinLinux devices available in WDM (using WDM Profile Manager).

Most of the major features/settings can be configured through WCM, however, a few settings are still not incorporated such as creating Custom/SSH/VNC Viewer connections, and GFX Display settings.

If any settings need a thin client restart, admin must manually restart all the clients to make sure that setting properly get applied (For example: Display settings).

CCM/WDA Cloud Client Manager (CCM) is a device management solution which helps administrator to

manage devices securely from a cloud infrastructure. Wyse Device Agent (WDA) on the

ThinLinux device is the client component for Cloud Client Manager (CCM) management

solution.

Basic Thin client Management through CCM

As part of Thin Client management, the following basic features are supported on ThinLinux

clients from CCM.

Device Asset Details

Real-Time Commands

Troubleshooting and Installed Apps list

Add-on installation using On-Premises server


Configuration Management through CCM

Various features/Settings can be configured through CCM on ThinLinux clients similar to

previous Linux clients. These settings can be applied through Default Group Policy or Group

Policy or Per Device Policy (Device level exceptions).

System Personalization: Display, Keyboard, Mouse Time zone settings etc.

Desktop Experience: Wallpaper, Hot Keys

Login Experience: Auto Login, root/thinuser passwords, banner message.

Network Settings

Security Settings: Password encryptions, certificates, VNC server, SSH, etc.

Central Configuration: File server and Firmware server settings.

Other: Power button action, DHCP Vendor ID, Browser home page etc.

VDI Global Settings: Global settings for Citrix and VMware Connections.

Remote Connections: Citrix, VMware, RDP, Browser.

802.1X and SCEP

ThinLinux supports 802.1X and SCEP features and they work same as SLED11.

802.1X

802.1X is an IEEE standard for port-based network access control, offering the capability to

permit or deny network connectivity which can be dynamically enabled or disabled based on

the identity of the device or end user. ThinLinux provides 802.1X functionality only for wired

network connections to an 802.1X protected network through Network Manager. On

ThinLinux, user can create 802.1X network connections either through Network Connections

UI or INI method.

The following types of authentications are supported:

EAP-PEAP(Machine)

EAP-PEAP(User, Two level authentication)

EAP-PEAP(User, Single level authentication)

EAP-TLS (Machine)

EAP-TLS (User)

SCEP

SCEP (Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol) is a PKI communication protocol which

leverages existing technology by using PKCS#7 and PKCS#10. SCEP is a protocol used for

automated certificate enrollment. SCEP offers a standard interface to communicate with a

Certificate Authority. It includes several properties that allow it to do an automatic enrollment

without much manual interaction.


Autoscep open source SCEP client is used for certificate enrollment in ThinLinux. Certificates can be enrolled either using local GUI or INI method.

Certificates configured from INI parameter or GUI is preserved across restart. Certificate name must be unique, if SCEP certificate name with same name is already configured such SCEP configuration INI parameter is discarded.

INI Files and INI settings support

Similar to traditional Dell Wyse thin clients, ThinLinux also supports system configuration

through INI files. While most of the INI parameters supported by ThinLinux is backward

compatible, some new INI parameters may be introduced or some older ones may be

changed. Some of the older INI parameters are removed or not supported.

ThinLinux sets the default path as /wlx2 instead of traditional /wlx because of some INI parameters are not compatible with old INI parameters from older Linux Clients. The default search path is /wlx2 first, if /wlx2 path is not found then search falls back to /wlx. There is no mixed path of /wlx2 and /wlx.

Images and certificates will be downloaded from /wyse/wlx2/bitmap/, /wyse/wlx2/certs/ folders respectively if the INI is downloaded from /wyse/wlx2/ path.

If the INI is downloaded from /wyse/wlx/ path, then images and certs will be downloaded from /wyse/wlx/bitmap/ and /wyse/wlx/certs/ folders.

Network and Wireless modules

In this release of ThinLinux Network settings use Gnome control center applet which is

linked to System Settings App.

By default, the Network UI is available only in Admin mode and the following settings can be

configured in this page.

Wired Network Settings

Wireless – available, if equipped with wireless and supported all authentications which were supported on SLED11.

Network Proxy Settings.

Add-ons Management

Add-on Upgrade and Install Policy

Only the add-ons which are already installed is upgraded. Installing new add-ons require

RPM dependencies to be satisfied. The dependencies are usually to be installed before

installing the actual add-on RPM. Due to this requirement, the add-on upgrading or installing

are executed together using one command so that dependencies can be automatically

resolved. So if any add-on(s) fails, then all add-ons will not be upgraded.


Add-ons Removal Policy

Due to dependencies, add-on removal is executed together using one command. So if any

one fails, no add-on is removed.

Policy for RPMs not certified by Dell

RPMs from SUSE or third parties are allowed to install into ThinLinux. Dell does not support

them. It would be customers’ responsibility to make sure not to break any Dell features.

Add-on Upgrade, Install and Uninstall

You can install or un-install add-ons using the following methods.

1) INI parameters.

2) Add-ons page through GUI.

3) Manual installation through Xterm.

4) Through WDM and CCM.

5) Automatic add-on upgrade: through FTP/HTTP(S) server. Only update add-ons

(rpms) that are already installed.

Note: We can see all the add-ons and rpm packages information under System Information Packages tab.

Imaging solutions

ThinLinux uses Delay Update as the default image (RAW image) and add-on upgrade

mechanism. The traditional initrd search for image and add-on does not exist.

RAW Image Upgrade

To upgrade ThinLinux using raw image, the image files need to be copied to ftp or http(s) server. The Server URL and upgrading options can be configured through INI and/or admin GUI. ThinLinux images support Wyse 7020 thin client with Linux (Z50Q), Wyse 5020 thin client

with Linux (D50Q), Wyse 7020 accelerated graphics thin client with Linux (Z50Qq) and 3030 LT platforms. To upgrade from SLETC11, DELAYED_UPDATE add-on needs to be newer version which is

only available on 11.3.106 build. Upgrading SLETC follows the above mentioned steps but

changes are not preserved when upgrading from SLETC SP3 to ThinLinux.

Downgrading ThinLinux back to SLETC11 is not supported by raw image.

Downgrading and Force Imaging

Image downgrade does not happen unless INI, DelayedUpdate.AllowDowngrade=yes, is

specified or enabled through GUI. Imaging does not happen if the checksum of image file is

the same as that of base image, unless force imaging is enabled through GUI. The setting of


forcing is reset after imaging. The force imaging of the same version of image is not

supported by INI because it causes a none-stop imaging of the same image when INI exists.

Preserve Changes

Preserving changes is enabled by default. It can be changed through INI,

DelayedUpdate.Preserve, or through GUI.

Merlin Imaging

Merlin imaging is supported through WSI, WDM and USB Imaging Tool. For details, refer to

Dell Wyse Device Manager Administrator’s Guide or USB Imaging Tool User’s Guide.

Merlin imaging from file server

With ThinLinux, you can do merlin imaging on clients from a File Server without the need of

having WDM/WSI/USB imaging solutions in their environment.

We need merlin.rsp and merlin.img files to install merlin image from file server. For

more information, refer to ThinLinux admin guide.

NOTE: Merlin imaging through FileServer works only when you provide URL using INI parameters, if you provide the same values in Update Settings page, the imaging does not work.

Notes and Limitations

If the image version on thin client and Merlin image version on FTP server are the same, then imaging does not take place.

Downgrading is always allowed for Merlin image. There is no force imaging for Merlin.

Changes are not preserved after Merlin imaging.

If both raw and Merlin images are available at specified URL, Merlin image upgrading has higher priority.

Display Settings and Quad Display (GFX)

By default, the Display settings UI is available in both User mode and Admin mode. Any

changes to display preferences made through this UI is saved and persisted for the built-in

thinuser.

DVI-DP Monitor Configuration

One major difference between SLED11 and ThinLinux clients with respect to Display settings is, in SLED11 DP port monitor is set as primary and DVI/VGA monitors is secondary monitor. If monitor is not connected to DP port, then DVI monitor is set as primary. This is standard SLES12 behavior.


But in ThinLinux, DVI port monitor is set as primary and DP/VGA monitors is secondary monitor. If monitor is not connected to DVI port then DP monitor is set as primary.

So, if any existing customers, with DVI-DP Dual monitor setup, upgrades from SLED11 to ThinLinux the primary monitor position may change. As a workaround for this behavior customers can use the following INI parameter which keeps DP as primary and DVI as secondary.

DisplaySettings=MON2 Primary MON1.

This workaround is recommend only for existing customers with above mentioned configuration of DVI-DP monitors. Others should use this only after completely understanding this parameter from INI guide.

And this behavior is not applicable for Z50Qq (Quad Display) hardware.

Quad Display (GFX)

Similar to SLED11 builds, ThinLinux supports Quad Display (GFX) with Z50Qq hardware.

The Display Settings UI are different for Z50Qq hardware when compared with Z50Q/D50Q/3030 LT hardware.

The Display UI has an option to select the layout. The available layout options are ‘Horizontal’, ‘Vertical’ and ‘2 Screens per row’.

Rotation, mirror screens, monitor on/off and set as primary options are not available for quad display.

RDP protocol is not supported with Z50Qq hardware.

Two major differences between SLED11 and ThinLinux w.r.t to Quad Display feature are:

Daisy chain configuration is not supported on ThinLinux.

For Vertical and 2 screens per row layouts, the primary monitor’s position will be different compared to SLED11 builds. The differences are explained in the following section.

Vertical Layout

In SLED11 build when quad display is configured in vertical layout, the primary monitor is at top and mouse movement is from top to bottom.

In ThinLinux build when quad display is configured in vertical layout, the primary monitor is at bottom and mouse movement is from bottom to top.

2 Screens per row

In SLED11 build when quad display is configured in 2 perrow layout, the primary monitor is at upper-left corner in the layout.

In ThinLinux build when quad display is configured 2perrow layout, the primary monitor is at lower-left corner.

These changes are done intentionally to put the taskbar at the bottom of the screen, and to

make sure that windows cannot be moved across taskbar.


4K Monitor support: ThinLinux supports 4K monitors on Z50Q (only one 4K monitor) and

Z50Qq (maximum of two 4K monitors) platforms only.

Custom GNOME

This feature allow you to customize ThinLinux GUI using INI parameters for user and admin

modes.

Customize settings menu in Settings App This feature allows the customization of the system settings applets available to the User

Mode or Admin Mode other than just the defaults. This support is only available through INI,

Custom, and Menus.

There are four privilege types to set and one special value to reset to default:

admin: This is to assign the menu available to admin mode only

user: This is to assign the menu item available in user mode only

both: This is to assign the menu item to be available in both admin mode and user mode

none: This is to make the menu item not available to either user or admin mode.

<default>: This is reset the menus back to default privilege settings.

Sample INI: Custom. Menus=Display: admin, Add-ons: both, Power: none, Logs and Tools:

user

This INI modifies Settings UI as follows:

Display is available only in admin mode.

Add-ons is available in both modes.

Power is available in both modes.

Logs and Tools is available only in user mode.

Customize Power Button on Taskbar This allows customization of the Power Button popup. In Admin mode, all of the Restart,

Power Off, and Logout options are available after the Power Button on the Taskbar is clicked

and this behavior of admin mode is not affected by the customization.

INI Parameters:

Custom.PowerButton.AllowRestart – yes or no

Custom.PowerButton.AllowPowerOff – yes or no

Custom.PowerButton.Default – yes or no


Customize Icons on Taskbar This allows customization of what taskbar icons to show or hide in User mode. By default,

user mode and admin mode have same icon set. In admin mode, all of these icons are

available and is not affected by the customization. These changes are applicable only for user

mode. Customizations are persisted for built-in user. Other than customizing the icons, we

can also hide entire taskbar for user mode using these INI, and to restore back the default

settings, use Custom.Taskbar.Default INI or do factory reset.

INI Parameters: For more details, refer to INI guide.

Firefox Web Browser

The Firefox browser version in ThinLinux is 38.4.0. The web browser is provided with the

following predefined profiles:

• Wyse_default – Set default browser to Firefox – Disable upgrade checking – Disable key bindings and menu items – Disable Error/Crash reporting to Mozilla – Disable save password option

• Wyse_kiosk – Install Open Source KIOSK extension – Disable key binding for closing Firefox – Disable key bindings and menu items – Disable open link in new window – Disable save password option

Web Browser default URL is www.dell.com/wyse/ and can be changed using INI parameter.

System Information

The System Information GUI has the Identity, Network, Packages and Copyright tabs for

showing the System Information. The system information icon is available in taskbar for both

user and admin modes (by default).

The Identity tab shows the System, Hardware and BIOS information.

The Network tab shows the Network information of the selected Network Device. Network device can be selected by clicking on the arrow buttons.

The Packages tab shows list of add-ons. The add-ons will be listed in four columns, package, version, status and size.

The Copyright tab shows Copyright information.

http://www.dell.com/wyse/


OEM Branding

OEM Branding solution changes the branding of Dell Wyse Linux thin clients’ to customer’s

choice. Customer can install the OEM add-on from optional add-ons folder and thin client

can be branded as per their requirement with OEM configuration.

Upon performing OEM branding procedure, Thin Client is converted to OEM Branded device.

Now one can pull this image using WDM-merlin and push the image onto all of the devices.

For further details on OEM branding, contact the Dell sales team.

Factory Reset

Factory Reset will reset all settings back to the original factory state. Any prior settings set by

GUI, INI, or from management server is lost. However, add-ons which are installed are

retained, and add-ons which are removed is not restored. Factory resetting happens during

boot time and may take a more time than regular thin client restart.

Note: There is no INI support for Factory Reset.

Security

In System Settings under Security, you can configure the following options/settings which

are related to thin client security. By default, these settings are available only in admin mode.

SSH Server: The SSH server is disabled by default on the thin client. This GUI will allow users

to enable disable SSH server on TC for thinuser and root user.

Certificates: Add/Remove system Certificates.

VNC: VNC Server is disabled by default on the thin client. This GUI allows you to enable or

disable VNC server on thin client with various options such as, VNC password, confirmation

pop-up before connecting, warning message/icon after connection is established.

Accounts: This is user account management page and will allow admins to…

Enable/disable Auto Login (thinuser). Default is Auto Login Enabled

Change thinuser password from default thinuser to other.

Change root password from default admin to other.

Language Support

ThinLinux default language is set to English-US. Users can change system language from

Language page.


Supported Languages:

English

French

Spanish

German

Portuguese

Dutch

Japanese

Note: The entire system will not be localized based on the language change, language support is still work in progress for this release.

Logs and Tools

Logs and Tools section provides the tools for troubleshooting and diagnostics purpose.

Logs tab has a log viewer where you can view the system log file names in the left pane and

contents of selected log file is loaded into the right pane. Users can search any string pattern

within log content displayed by entering the text in the top Find textbox. If search text is

found in the log, then all occurrences of the text is highlighted.

Selected logs can be exported either to a Remote file server or to a connected USB drive.

Note that selected log files will be tar zipped to single file before exporting.

Tools tab has options to ping or trace route any network address.

wlx.ini tab displays the INI configuration downloaded from remote server.

Registry tab has all the system registry entries: Temporary, Save and Permanent.

Energy star

ThinLinux supports display (monitor) off which is by default set to four minutes of idle time to

comply with Energy Star standard. Sleep option is not available.


INI Parameters For detailed information on all the INI parameters, see Dell Wyse ThinLinux INI Guide

RPMs list The below table provides the information on optional Add-ons:

Optional Addons

32bit_runtime-1.0.0-00.06.x86_64.rpm

citrix_rtme-1.8.0.258-00.03.x86_64.rpm

gstreamer-plugin-gstclutter-2.0.10-1.21.x86_64.rpm

hplip-3.14.6-3.14.x86_64.rpm

hplip-hpijs-3.14.6-3.14.x86_64.rpm

hplip-sane-3.14.6-3.14.x86_64.rpm

ica_32bit-13.3.0.344519-00.20.x86_64.rpm

kernel-default-extra-3.12.53-2.1.g8e84f6a.x86_64.rpm

libieee1284-0.2.11-53.144.x86_64.rpm

liblcms1-1.19-17.31.x86_64.rpm

libmng1-1.0.10-113.5.x86_64.rpm

libphonon4-4.7.1-2.34.x86_64.rpm

libqt4-4.8.6-4.2.x86_64.rpm

libqt4-sql-4.8.6-4.2.x86_64.rpm

libqt4-sql-sqlite-4.8.6-4.2.x86_64.rpm

libqt4-x11-4.8.6-4.2.x86_64.rpm

libQtWebKit4-4.8.6+2.3.3-1.106.x86_64.rpm

libsensors4-3.3.5-1.22.x86_64.rpm

libsnmp30-5.7.3-4.2.x86_64.rpm


merlin_nonpxe-3.3.4-00.02.x86_64.rpm

oem_branding-1.0.0-00.06.x86_64.rpm

phonon-backend-gstreamer-4.7.2~git20140418-1.10.x86_64.rpm

python-gobject2-2.28.6-24.80.x86_64.rpm

python-qt4-4.10.3-5.196.x86_64.rpm

python-sip-4.15.4-1.23.x86_64.rpm

sane-backends-1.0.24-1.237.x86_64.rpm

sane-backends-autoconfig-1.0.24-1.237.x86_64.rpm

snmp-mibs-5.7.3-4.2.x86_64.rpm

unzip-6.00-32.1.x86_64.rpm

wyse_lang-1.0.0-00.05.x86_64.rpm

Support Information

Supported Platforms

The following platforms are supported for this release.

Hardware Memory Configuration

(Flash/RAM) BIOS

Wyse 7020 thin client with Linux

(Z50Q) 8 GB/2 GB 1.0L


(D50Q) 8 GB/2 GB 1.0L

Wyse 7020 accelerated graphics thin client with Linux

(Z50Qq) 8 GB/4 GB 1.0L

3030 LT 4 GB/2 GB 1.0B


Part Number Information

This section contains part numbers of supported platforms.

Hardware Number Description


(D50Q)/ Wyse 7020 thin client with

Linux (Z50Q)/ Wyse 7020 accelerated

graphics thin client with Linux (Z50Qq)

155918-

06

PGM,D50Q,Z50Q/Q,8G,V3.12.53B1.

0.1,US

3030 LT 6RYVD SWB,OS,TLNX,V1.0,B1.0.1

Build Details

This section provides the merlin image package details for various platforms.

Platform(s) Version Build

number Build File Name Size(Bytes) Localization

Wyse 5020 thin client with

Linux (D50Q)/ Wyse 7020 thin client with Linux

(Z50Q)/ Wyse 7020 accelerated graphics thin

client with Linux (Z50Qq)

3.12.53-

60.35.1.10

810.0.PTF.

977591-

default

1.0.1

1.0.1_Z50Q_D50Q

_Z50Qq_merlin.ex

e

725859570 US

3030 LT

3.12.53-

60.35.1.10

810.0.PTF.

977591-

default

1.0.1 1.0.1_3030LT_merl

in.exe 722651272 US

The following table contains build files location.

Platform(s) Build File Name

Wyse 5020 thin client with Linux (D50Q)/

Wyse 7020 thin client with Linux (Z50Q)/ Wyse 7020 accelerated graphics thin client

with Linux (Z50Qq)

1.0.1_Z50Q_D50Q_Z50Qq_merlin.exe

3030 LT 1.0.1_3030LT_merlin.exe


Tested Peripherals This section provides the details of all devices and Servers used for testing.

USB Storage Devices

Device Make/Model

USB Flash Drive –

8GB/16GB SanDisk

USB DVD-RW Iomega

External Portable Hard Disk Toshiba

Printers

Monitors

Model Type

Dell 19'' E1916H Dell Monitor






Device Make

Inkjet Printer Canon MG2420

Inkjet Printer (WI-FI) Canon MG3520

Color Printer Dell C1660w

Multifunction Color

Printer Dell B1165nfw/B2375dfw

Mono Printer Dell B2360D


Dell 24'' U2414H Dell Monitor

Dell 19'' 1907FP Dell Monitor

Dell 17'' E177FP Dell Monitor

Dell 22'' P2210 Dell Monitor

Dell 19'' P1913S Dell Monitor

Dell 19'' 1905FP Dell Monitor

Dell 30'' U3011 Dell Monitor

Dell 24'' U2412M Dell Monitor

Dell 24'' P2415Q* Dell Monitor

Dell 27'' P2715Q* Dell Monitor

*Monitor models are used for 4K testing.

Monitors supported for GFX (Quad Display)

Model Type

Dell 23'' UZ2315H Dell Monitor

Dell 29'' U2913WM Dell Monitor

Dell 30'' U3014 Dell Monitor

Keyboards

Model Type

Dell KB813 Integrated Smart card reader

USB: WYSE HID Keyboard

KU8933

Keyboard

Dell KB212-B Keyboard

Dell KG-1089 Keyboard

Dell KB522 Business Multimedia Keyboard


Logitech K120 Keyboard

Mouse

Web Cameras

Smart cards and Readers

Model Type

Dell MS111-P Mouse

Dell MG-1090 Mouse

Wyse Mouse MO42UOA Mouse

Logitech M525-C Wireless Mouse

Logitech M100 Mouse

Model Type

Logitech Pro 9000

Logitech HD Pro C920

MS Life cam HD3000

Category Device

Smart Card

Reader

Gemalto PC Twin USB Reader

Smart Card Gemalto .Net V2+

Smart Card CAC Card


USB Headsets

Dell Professional Stereo Headset UC300 (Lync certified)

Plantronics P620S

Plantronics Calisto 830

Plantronics Blackwire C720




Plantronics Blackwire C310 Mono


Plantronics WO300 Savi Office

Plantronics Savi 720 Wireless

Plantronics Calisto USB speaker phone

Microsoft LX-3000

Jabra UC Voice 250

Jabra Speak 410 USB

Jabra handset cisco 450

Jabra BIZ 2400 Mono USB

Logitech H340

Voyager Legend UC B235 NA

Plantronics Black Wire C520

Black wire DA45


Testing Environment

The following table displays the testing environment for respective features.

WDM WDM 5.7

CCM R12

Storefront 3.0

VDI Version

VMware Horizon 6.2.1

XA 6.5

XD/XA 7.6

XD/XA OS RTME Lync Server

7.6 Linux 1.8 2013

Linux 1.8 2013


Known Issues

The following are the known issues and limitations for ThinLinux:

Sl. No. Issue Id Summary

1 TIR86410

Intermittently after changing display settings (like changing the

resolution, rotating the screen and so on, the mouse pointer

disappears.

2 TIR86574

Display Settings: Monitor settings are not reflecting other than

optimum resolution for Monitor Dell UZ2315H when connected

using Display port.

3 TIR86756 VMware session is not starting properly in dual monitors when

rotation set to right or left.

4 TIR86839 Black screen or Blur vision is seen when we resize the desktop of

VMware connection.

5 TIR86946 Display GUI: For Dell E1916He dual monitors Right or Left rotations

are not reflecting.

6 TIR87469 VMware: Session is suspended when we click minimize button,

after USB’s (Pen drive, DVD-ROM) are Redirected in the session.

7 TIR87625 RDP: While playing the YouTube file in browser if we scroll through

web page, automatically browser is refreshed to home page.

8 TIR87629 Citrix: Connections are not starting if we set the value to

H264Enabled=False with ICA 32bit binary.

9 TIR87871 Z50Qq XD7.6 server connection (Windows 7 or Windows 8) is not

starting properly when window resolution is set to full screen.

10 TIR88099 RDP: Smart card functionality is not working for Windows 10

session.

11 TIR88121 The citrix drive mapping is not working if USB pen drive contains

spaces.

12 TIR88247 DHCP lease files must be removed on factory reset.

13 TIR88295 IMPORT_EXPORT: Import configure from server restarts the TC

even when the URL is invalid and no success or failure indications.


14 TIR88326 Z50Qq: Daughter card monitor display goes blank after restart the

TC when we connect two 4k monitors.

15 TIR88336 WDM: Intermittently imaging is not working with CIFS repository

16 TIR88402

Z50Qq: An error screen appear with Logout button after woke up

the monitor from sleep mode when citrix session started in 4k

monitors.

17 TIR88406

Z50Qq: VMware session resets to small screen mode from Full

screen (Use all monitors) after woke up the monitors from sleep

mode when session started in 4k monitors.

18 TIR88485 Citrix Dynamic Drive mapping and Mapping all devices

functionalities are not working when we login as domain user.

19 TIR88497

Not able to switch from desktop screen to Application overview

screen and cannot move System information applet when ICA

session is started with full screen on screen 1 or on screen 2.

20 TIR88572 WCM- After restart of thin client WCM connections are not getting

created if wlx.ini or mac.ini are configured

21 TIR86809 ICA sound->Sound in ICA session is not smooth and clear when

connected to any USB headsets (audio re-direction).

22 TIR86863

Display: Task bar appears in middle of the screen on Secondary

monitor when we set vertical mode (MON1 on top and MON2 on

below) once changing the rotation Left or right in both monitors.

23 TIR87827

RDP–RAIL: Previously started published application starts along

with the current application when applications are closed abruptly

and new app is stated

24 TIR88460 Orange (3030 LT): System Settings UI does not open when we

login as domain user for the first time after imaging.

25 TIR87390 While creating Citrix PA connection, if we close Citrix

authentication pop-up using Esc key, Settings UI gets hanged.

26 TIR87518 [ICA] If user edit the drive letter ,it creates a new entry in the table

without deleting the entries for previous drive letter

27 TIR87691 RDP: NLA credentials window is appearing twice when we start the

RDP session


28 TIR87896 Desktop wallpaper is not getting applied in GDM login screen

29 TIR88181 NTP.TimeServers ini parameter with multiple servers is not handled

correctly.

30 TIR88216 ICA: Language bar icon is not changing to selected keyboard layout

in session.

31 TIR88235

VMWARE VIEW connection(s) created through INI are not getting

deleted after we remove INI parameters from wlx.ini and do restart

or network restart.

32 TIR88253 Z50Qq: An error screen is displayed with LOGOUT option when we

turn off and turn on the primary monitor.

33 TIR88254

After imaging or factory reset, if we press ALT or CONTROL or

SHIFT key(s), Num Lock LED goes to OFF state but functionality

works fine.

34 TIR88376 3030 LT: Intermittently mouse is not working after imaging the

device.

35 TIR88386 WDM: Media size is showing wrong in the Hardware info of the

client when an USB device connected to the client

36 TIR88389 Custom.Taskbar.Hide INI parameter functionality is not working

properly.

37 TIR88559 Citrix: Video Call gets struck every 2-5 minutes during Skype Call

and resumes.

38 TIR88563 3030 LT : Intermittently the System Settings UI doesn't open after

imaging or Factory Reset

39 TIR88565 Connections are not getting copied to the device when we push

pulled merlin image from WDM server

40 TIR88578 Sound: Input device selection is not getting saved after switch

between USB to Analog.

41 TIR88722 VMware: Caps lock, Num lock functionality of keyboard not

working properly in VMware (RDP protocol) sessions.

42 TIR88583 Browser: Refresh Firefox option present in bottom of the screen if

we open Firefox web browser first time.


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