[THIN] Re: 10.2 client issues - Program Neighborhood - Arghhhhhhhhh

Thanks for the reply Joe.  I was looking at the XML settings because that's
where I thought the problem would be too.  We have some servers using port
8080 for XML communication and some servers using port 80 (sharing with
IIS).  Yeah, I'm sure that's not recommended, but somehow happened.

I managed to "patch" the problem last night.  I'll explain how I fixed
things in case any one else comes across this problem.  It all started with
loading the 10.2 PN client on the Citrix servers.  This client did fix a
couple of our other issues with application errors (IE and Explorer
terminating, screen saver lockouts, etc).  However when a user with a WYSE
terminal attached to a server with the new client and then "jumps" to
another server running an application that isn't on the current server, it
puts the following line in their pn.ini file:
Username=[sspi]
I thought the line was harmless, but when the user tries to run an
application that IS loaded on the server they are running PN from, it
doesn't run it on that server, it connects to a different server.  And to
make matters worse, their cursor disappears in many apps (Microsoft Outlook
and Word 2007 the worst).
When I remove that line from PN.ini, they can then run apps on the server
they are connected to.  But how to keep the pn.ini file from changing????  I
made it read-only and that fixed that problem.  In order to fix the problem,
I made the original file on the Citrix server read-only (C:\Program
Files\Citrix\ICA Client\pn.ini), then deleted the Application
Data\Citrix\ICAClient\ directory from everybodys roaming profile.  When they
logged back on, it copied the pn.ini from the server to their profile
directory (keeping the read-only attrib).

Yea, problem "fixed".  Just glad the new client is fixing the other problems
we had.  All those fixes justified the doubling in size of the client I
guess :)

Jay

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 8:31 PM, Joe Shonk <joe.shonk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Resolution issues?  Did you install PN from the CPS 4.5 install media
> then upgrade to 10.2?
>
>
>
> You can also try toggling the XML resolution switch under the farm
> settings..  I've seen strange resolution issue in the past that have been
> fix by turning this feature on and then off again,
>
>
>
> Joe
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> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Jay Schaefer
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 01, 2008 11:39 AM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] 10.2 client issues - Program Neighborhood - Arghhhhhhhhh
>
>
>
> Any one else having problems out there with the new client?  I am sooooo
> fed up right now.  Servers are all 4.5 with R01.
>
>
>
> We have WYSE terminals that we run a published desktop on that starts up
> Program Neighborhood.  If the user tries to start an application that is
> loaded on a different server, we get the error "Cannot connect to the Citrix
> Presentation Server. Unable to contact the Citrix Presentation Server
> browser."  If I edit the Application Set Settings and add an ip address to
> the Address List of a Citrix server, I can then run applications on another
> server...... However, if I try to start Microsoft Outlook which is on the
> same server as the Program Neighborhood application that I'm on, it jumps to
> a different server instead of running on the current server.  To make
> matters worse, the user has no cursor when this happens.
>
>
>
> I can see the following lines are added to PN.ini when I edit the
> application set settings:
>
> HttpBrowserAddress=172.21.xx.xx
>
> TransportDriver=TCP/IP
>
> BrowserProtocol=HTTPonTCP
>
>
>
> When those lines are in PN.INI it jumps to a different server even though
> the application is loaded on the current attached server.
>
>
>
> If anyone has any help for me I would REALLY REALLY appreciate it.  If I
> can't figure this out I guess I will have to roll-back all the PN clients on
> the servers.
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>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Jay
>

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