Using the ICA client in Linux

Setting environment variables

This client software is installed on fileserver in /fs/vendor/opt/i386-redhat-5.2/ICAClient. In order to let the software know where it is installed, you must set the environment variable $ICAROOT:
For csh and tcsh users:
setenv ICAROOT /fs/vendor/opt/i386-redhat-5.2/ICAClient
For sh, ksh, and bash users:
ICAROOT=/fs/vendor/opt/i386-redhat-5.2/ICAClient; export ICAROOT
You should also add the path to the client to your $PATH environment variable:
For csh and tcsh users:
setenv PATH ${PATH}:/fs/vendor/opt/i386-redhat-5.2/ICAClient
For sh, ksh, and bash users:
PATH=${PATH}:/fs/vendor/opt/i386-redhat-5.2/ICAClient; export $PATH

Running the ICA Client

Once your environment is set up, the client to run is:

wfcmgr

This will bring up the ICA Client connection window:

Once here, set your default settings by going to the Options menu and selecting Settings, which will bring up a window. Select 'Window' from the tab in the upper left. Set your default window preferences. Most SCD systems can do 24-bit color, so you can select up to 16 million colors. Performance decreases with more colors, however, so 256 is suggested. A good size for the window is 1024 by 768, which will be large enough to read easily, but not as large as Unix desktop. Click Apply when you have your defaults as you like them:

Next, select 'Server Location from the tab in upper left. You will be given the following window:

Click 'Add' amd enter "echo" for the default server. Click 'Apply' then 'Ok':

Once you're done setting the defaults you want, Click on the new connection button in the main window and select select "Network" from the tab in the upper left:

Press the "..." button in the lower box, select "ECHO" from the menu, and press OK:

Back in the New Connection window, press 'Apply' then 'OK':

Now you should be ready to connect to ECHO using the Open Connection button in the main ICA window: