Issue

For Fabulatech USB Redirection, a special Fabulatech server component must be installed on the Citrix or RDP server (USB for Remote Desktop IGEL Edition). More detailed information on the function can be found on the Fabulatech partner site. On this site the server component is available for download.

Current versions are (as of 2017-05-29):

  • USB for Remote Desktop IGEL Edition Ver.3.1.5
  • USB for Remote Desktop IGEL Edition V5 Ver. 5.0.2

Problem

Which version is suitable for which IGEL Linux device?

Release notes of IGEL Linux only name the version of the Fabulatech client included but miss out the necessary server component version.

Solution

All Fabulatech clients version 3.x require server component version 3.x

All Fabulatech clients version 5.x require server component version 5.x

So for IGEL Linux thin clients following requirements apply:

  • IGEL Linux v4 devices up to current version 4.13.270 require server component version 3.x
  • IGEL Linux v5 devices up to version 5.02.100 require server component version 3.x
  • IGEL Linux v5 devices from version 5.03.100 and later require server component version 5.x
  • IGEL Linux 10.x requires server component version 5.x.