Ubuntu WinConn

[callbe1]

Hi All,

 

This may be a bit of a long shot.

 

We're currently looking at solutions for using Linux Ubuntu 14.04 to connect to a Windows Remote App to run SIMS. I've found what looks to be exactly what we need to do so with WinConn (WinConn RemoteApp manager) downloaded and configured as the video/instructions say. Have gone to test the connection to the SIMS remote app which has been set up on our server but we get an error message saying 'can't execute the program'.

 

We've created a remote app for Paint and Word as well and created the WinConn connection and both work perfectly well without a glitch. These are both set up identically apart from the .exe name.

 

I'm just wondering if anyone out there may have experienced using WinConn in the past who may be able to give us some pointers on why it's not connecting with SIMS. Or failing that, any other way we could possibly connect to the Windows Remote Apps from an Ubuntu 14.04 machine?

 

Many thanks in advance,

Ben

[pete]

I'm assuming you've tested that the SIMS RemoteApp works on a Windows client?

 

Is the error coming from WinConn or from the RemoteApp server and WinConn's passing on the message? Do the event logs on the server give any clues? What does /var/log/syslog on the Ubuntu client (or wherever WinConn dumps errors) say?

 

Failing that look in the event logs on the SIMS Server.

 

What command line are you using? You're going directly to pulsar.exe, correct? (by which I mean you're not using the "run simsload.exe, then run pulsar.exe" method).

 

I haven't run SIMS through WinConn, but I have tried to get it playing nicely in Wine (don't bother) and it's a pig.

[callbe1]

Error seems to be appearing on WinConn itself. In the bottom left of the remote app manager it says could not execute remote application. Yes, RemoteApp is working fine on another windows client.

 

Nothing appears untoward in any of the server logs either.

 

Yes the winconn application link is directly to pulsar.exe.

 

I'm pretty new to Linux and certainly new to WinConn I'm wondering WinConn is only built to work with Windows programs hence why MSWord and MSPaint work fine but the SIMS connection wont?

[pete]

How are you authenticating to SIMS? SIMS (SQL) auth or against Active Directory?

[callbe1]

We're not using AD for SIMS login.

 

I'm not even getting SIMS to run to the login screen, its just bouncing the connection to the program

Edited August 20, 2015 by callbe1

[callbe1]

Problem Fixed!!

 

As I was trying to open a remote app RDC connection - I dragged the RDC Shortcut into Notebook to view the configuration.

 

In there is a 'remoteapplicationprogram:s:' field. I copied that name into the Application name within the Winconn App setup page in this case (||SIMSLoad). Saved everything and re-ran the Winconn app and everything sprung into life.

 

Thanks for everyone's help on this! Much appreciated!