[AG-TECH] Access Grid Toolkit 2.1.2 Released: October 21, 2003

Ivan R. Judson judson at mcs.anl.gov
Tue Oct 21 17:22:11 CDT 2003



We are pleased to announce the availability of the Access Grid Toolkit
2.1.2.

Highlights of this version are available at:
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/fl/research/accessgrid/software/releases/2.1.2/index.
html 

The software is available at the following urls:
Redhat 7.3:
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/fl/research/accessgrid/software/releases/2.1.2/redhat
.html
Microsoft Windows (SEE NOTE BELOW):
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/fl/research/accessgrid/software/releases/2.1.2/window
s.html

A summary of these highlights:

 - non-administrative user initialization is done silently.

 - Shared Applications have been significantly enhanced: 
    - On Windows the Shared Browser and Shared Presentation are included.
    - The AG Package Manager (agpm.py) program is used to install shared
applications.
    - The Venue Client does not need to be restarted to use the newly
installed applications.

 - Rat has been modified to to detect and properly configure itself in the
presence of multiple active network interfaces on Windows, including
machines running VMWare.

 - BridgeServers coming and going from venues do not cause the venue client
media tools to restart.

 - (On Windows) The Video Producer knows the location of vic by default.


WINDOWS NOTE:

On Windows, users should take care to follow the uninstall instructions for
AGTk 2.1.1b at <URL>. Just using the Start->Access Grid Toolkit->uninstall
menu item will result in the loss of your certificates!

As always if there are any questions or concerns, please feel free to email
mailto:ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov. For bug reporting or voting please visit
http://bugzilla.mcs.anl.gov/accessgrid.

Happy Collaborating,

The AG Team





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