The TN3270 emulator in PIXIL Thin Client supports printer LUs. However, there is no user interface for that option. It must be run at a command line instead:

x3270 -printerlu luname host.address

Century Software, Inc., has had a request to add a user interface option for a printer LU.

CR 1007

Attempts to connect to Windows 2008 Server from PIXIL Thin Client fail. There’s no error message in PIXIL Thin Client or in the server log, just a failure to connect. The same workstation will connect to a Windows 2003 Server on the same network.

CR 875

When run on a Dell Optiplex GX620, PIXIL Thin Client plays no sounds. Other platforms tested work properly.

CR 854

The brief install instructions for PIXIL Configuration Server running on Windows 2003 (available here) require some adjustment for Windows 2003 Server systems using Service Pack 2.

First, “Remote Installation Services” referred to in the above document is now named “Windows Deployment Services.” That Windows component must be added in step 1, along with the DHCP server included in Networking Services.

Second, you must initialize Windows Deployment Services. This must be done after the client files are copied into C:\pixilboot. Open a command prompt and execute this command:

wdsutil /initialize-server /reminst:”C:\pixilboot”

Once these two steps have been taken, your PXE clients will boot PIXIL Thin Client correctly from the server. However, custom configurations will not load. This is due to a difference between the DHCP server available in Windows 2003 Server, and similar features in UNIX and Linux. To bypass the problem, add <server>-confighost to the append line of the configuration file in C:\pixilboot\pxelinux.cfg. For example, if your server’s IP address is 192.168.1.1, and your client’s configuration files are in C:\pixilboot\PXEclient, the append line might read:

append ramdisk_size=158000 root=/dev/ram0 initrd=/pixil-initrd.gz init=/linuxrc rw vga=0x314 192.168.1.1-confighost PXEclient-config

This error happens when booting PIXIL Thin Client from the hard drive on a Dell GX270, small form factor. The same system boots properly from a flash drive.

This appears to be a specific incompatibility with that particular model. Other hardware platforms, including the GX270 in standard form factor, do not get this error.

CR 792

The xterm terminal emulator in PIXIL Thin Client comes up in bright green on a black background. There is no way to change that color at present.

CR 754

PIXIL Thin Client only connects over TCP/IP. Century Software, Inc., has had a request to allow the included xterm to connect via direct serial cable.

CR 744

PIXIL Thin Client includes a screen saver that blanks the screen. There is no way to turn it off at present.

CR 740

Set up a Citrix connection, either in the Citrix ICA Client or the PIXIL Login Manager. You can select the Launch configuration on startup option, but it doesn’t work. It fails even if the Citrix session is the only session listed.

CR 736

Boot PIXIL Thin Client 1.18 from a USB memory device. After the PIXIL wallpaper comes up, the screen goes black, and the monitor goes to sleep. Moving the mouse brings it back to life.

CR 732, fixed in PIXIL Thin Client 1.19