Release Notes and Document History for NICE DCV
This page provides the release notes and document history for NICE DCV.
NICE DCV Release Notes
This section describes NICE DCV features, improvements, and bug fixes by release date.
Topics
- DCV 2020.1-8942— August 03, 2020
- DCV 2020.0-8428 — April 16, 2020
- DCV 2019.1-7644 — October 24, 2019
- DCV 2019.1-7423 — September 10, 2019
- DCV 2019.0-7318 — August 5, 2019
- DCV 2017.4-6898 — April 16, 2019
- DCV 2017.3-6698 — February 24, 2019
- DCV 2017.2-6182 — October 8, 2018
- DCV 2017.1-5870 — August 6, 2018
- DCV 2017.1-5777 — June 29, 2018
- DCV 2017.0-5600 — June 4, 2018
- DCV 2017.0-5121 — March 18, 2018
- DCV 2017.0-4334 — January 24, 2018
- DCV 2017.0-4100 — December 18, 2017
DCV 2020.1-8942— August 03, 2020
| Build numbers |
New features |
Changes and bug fixes |
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nice-dcv-server: 8942
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nice-dcv-client (Windows): 7342
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nice-dcv-viewer (MacOS): 1910
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nice-dcv-viewer (Linux): 1545
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nice-xdcv: 338
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nice-dcv-gl: 840
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nice-dcv-gltest: 246
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nice-dcv-ext-authenticator: 111
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The Linux NICE DCV server now supports AWS Graviton2-based Arm instances, such as
M6g,
C6g, and R6g. For more information, see AWS
Graviton Processor.
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Support for RHEL 8.x and CentOS 8.x on Linux NICE DCV server.
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Added support for printer redirection when using a Windows NICE DCV server and the
Windows NICE DCV client.
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Added stylus support with pressure sensitivity on macOS and Linux native NICE DCV
client.
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Added surround sound 5.1 support for Linux NICE DCV server and Linux NICE DCV client.
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Added touch screen support for Linux NICE DCV native client.
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You can now associate a custom name to a NICE DCV session.
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Support for hardware accelerated decoding and rendering on the macOS native NICE DCV
client.
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Added support for the new NICE DCV Virtual Display driver on Amazon EC2 instances
that don't have a
GPU.
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Resolved the issue that caused visual artifacts as a result of colorspace
conversion when using the NVENC encoder.
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The dcv list-sessions command now always includes the
console session, if one is present
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On newer Linux distributions, the agent for console sessions is now started
as part of the desktop session to better support newer display managers,
such as
GDM3.
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Native clients now automatically open when activating a URL with the
dcv:// scheme.
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Improved how the macOS native client and web client handle keyboard
modifiers.
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Improved visual and fbconfig selection in DCV-GL to improve support
for some applications.
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Reduced CPU usage during file transfer
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Improved WebGL rendering in the web browser client to reduce
resource usage.
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DCV 2020.0-8428 — April 16, 2020
| Build numbers |
New features |
Changes and bug fixes |
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nice-dcv-server: 8428
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nice-dcv-client (Windows): 7238
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nice-dcv-viewer (MacOS): 1716
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nice-dcv-viewer (Linux): 1358
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nice-xdcv: 296
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nice-dcv-gl: 759
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nice-dcv-gltest: 229
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nice-dcv-ext-authenticator: 87
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Stylus and touch support on Linux server.
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Surround sound 7.1 playback on Windows server to Windows native client.
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Hardware acceleration and stylus support on Linux native client.
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New API command to set display layout on server side.
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Multi-monitor web client support on the Microsoft Edge browser (version 79.0.309 or
later).
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The toolbar grip on the Windows client can now be hidden while in full screen mode.
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NTLM proxy support on Windows native client.
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Improved support for Windows headless physical hosts using NVIDIA adapters.
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Removed support for the legacy NVIDIA NvIFR library.
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Added support for Windows Graphic Capture API on latest Windows 10.
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Added support for Amazon EC2
Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) v2 on EC2
instances.
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DCV CLI provides new on-client-connected/disconnected commands to
detect when a client connects or disconnects from a
session.
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Added support for specifying the host name to bind certificates for the external
authenticator.
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DCV-GL now uses the GL Vendor-Neutral Dispatch library (GLvnd) on systems that support
it.
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DCV 2019.1-7644 — October 24, 2019
| Build numbers |
Changes and bug fixes |
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nice-dcv-server: 7644
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nice-dcv-client (Windows): 7114
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nice-dcv-viewer (MacOS): 1535
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nice-dcv-viewer (Linux): 1124
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nice-xdcv: 226
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nice-dcv-gl: 544
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nice-dcv-gltest: 220
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nice-dcv-ext-authenticator: 77
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DCV 2019.1-7423 — September 10, 2019
| Build numbers |
Changes and bug fixes |
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nice-dcv-server: 7423
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nice-dcv-client (Windows): 7087
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nice-dcv-viewer (MacOS): 1535
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nice-dcv-viewer (Linux): 1124
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nice-xdcv: 226
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nice-dcv-gl: 544
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nice-dcv-gltest: 220
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nice-dcv-ext-authenticator: 77
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Improved security for DCV server on Windows.
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Fixed a rendering problem with Autodesk Maya on Linux.
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Added improvements and bug fixes related to keyboard handling.
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DCV 2019.0-7318 — August 5, 2019
| Build numbers |
New features |
Changes and bug fixes |
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nice-dcv-server: 7318
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nice-dcv-client (Windows): 7059
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nice-dcv-viewer (MacOS): 1530
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nice-dcv-viewer (Linux): 968
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nice-xdcv: 224
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nice-dcv-gl: 529
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nice-dcv-gltest: 218
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nice-dcv-ext-authenticator: 72
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Multiple monitor support on Web client.
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Stylus input support on Windows Server 2019.
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Audio in/out on macOS and Linux native clients.
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Enhanced clipboard capability on Linux server (middle-click paste).
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Touch input on Windows now respects the pressure value when available.
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Improved behavior on systems that have heterogeneous graphic adapters on Windows.
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Reduced time required to detect inactive connections (for example, in response to
changes from
wired to Wi-Fi networks on the client).
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Reduced logging when the cursor icon cannot be captured on Linux.
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Support for disabling the Composite extension in the virtual sessions Xdcv component.
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Ability to set a limit on the number of concurrent virtual sessions.
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Improved compatibility of scripts with systems that have Bash 5 installed.
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Autodetect and use OpenGL and GLES for rendering on the Linux client.
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Updated DCV-GL on-screen buffer when the visibility of a GL window changes.
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Fixed mouse wheel detection in the Windows client on Windows 7.
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Fixed a problem that caused the Windows client to fail when loading libraries on some
Windows
7 systems.
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Improved printing on the Windows client when printing documents with landscape
orientation.
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DCV 2017.4-6898 — April 16, 2019
| Build numbers |
New features |
Changes and bug fixes |
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nice-dcv-server: 6898
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nice-dcv-client (Windows): 6969
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nice-dcv-viewer (MacOS): 1376
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nice-dcv-viewer (Linux): 804
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nice-xdcv: 210
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nice-dcv-gl: 490
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nice-dcv-gltest: 216
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nice-dcv-ext-authenticator: 70
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The Windows native client now uses hardware acceleration for decoding and rendering,
if it is
available in the system.
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The dcv command line tool now uses the same options and output format on both
Windows and Linux.
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The dcv command line tool now reports information about licenses.
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Clients now show a warning to the user before disconnection due to inactivity.
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Improved support for keyboard combinations that use multiple modifiers.
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Improved robustness of the interaction with the Reprise License Manager for communication
failures.
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The dcvusers command line tool now defaults to saving data to the
dcv user home directory on Linux.
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Followed the same ordering used by the nvidia-smi tool when using the NVENC
hardware encoder with multiple GPUs on Linux.
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The Linux client now receives and handles printed files from the Windows DCV printer.
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DCV 2017.3-6698 — February 24, 2019
| Build numbers |
New features |
Changes and bug fixes |
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Added support for Kerberos (GSSAPI) authentication.
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Added support for touch events on Windows versions that support it.
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Automatically unlock Windows sessions when using system authentication (Windows Credential
Provider).
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Added an option to opt in to Y'UV444 encoding.
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The EL6 RPM now includes the NVENC encoder module.
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Windows system authentication now accepts the name@domain format.
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Yubikey USB devices are now added to the allow list.
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Improved Japanese keyboard support.
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Input authorization permissions are more fine-grained. Added pointer permission
to handle virtual cursors. Relative mouse mode depends on
mouse (for motion injection) and pointer (for motion
feedback). Added keyboard-sas permission to
handle SAS on Windows ( Control+Alt+ Del).
keyboardsas depends on
keyboard permission.
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Fixed a problem with empty clipboard events in the Web client on browsers that support
the
async clipboard API.
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Fixed a race on the capture module that prevented clients from receiving the first
frame.
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Improvements to handling of concurrent file storage transfers.
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Fixed NvIFR on Windows with newer NVIDIA drivers. New drivers changed behavior. The
driver
version is now detected automatically and memory handling is
performed accordingly.
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Never stop retrying re-acquiring a RLM license token. This allows you to recover from
a
licensing error state even after extended
time periods.
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In Windows client, added an option to set full screen keyboard shortcut.
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In Windows client, improved auto-fit logic when dragging window across multiple
monitors.
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In Windows client, fixed the prompt-reconnect option when disconnection is not triggered
by
UI.
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Fixed DCV-GL incompatibility with NVIDIA driver 410.xx.
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Fixed regressions in DCV-GL with the Matlab and Blender applications.
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DCV 2017.2-6182 — October 8, 2018
| Build numbers |
New features |
Changes and bug fixes |
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Added audio playback support on Linux virtual sessions.
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Improved smart card performance.
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Added file transfer support on the Linux client.
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Improvements and bug fixes related to keyboard handling.
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Changing the log level in the configuration no longer requires a server restart.
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The Windows server installer now skips installation of Microsoft C runtime redistributable
if
it is already installed.
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When running on EC2, if accessing S3 for the license fails, a notification is displayed
in the
user interface.
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The Linux dcv command line tool now supports list-connections and
describe-session sub-commands and includes
an option to emit JSON output.
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Added a cuda-devices setting in the display section, which
configures the server to distribute NVENC encoding over
different CUDA devices.
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Improved robustness of session creation code when handling multiple concurrent
commands.
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Increased the default clipboard limit to 20 MB.
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The Windows client now detects legacy .dcv files and launches the DCV 2016 Endstation
(if installed).
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The DCV simple external authenticator now always uses the system Python interpreter
instead of
the one set in the environment.
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Improved the read-back strategy of DCV-GL for improved performance and robustness.
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DCV-GL now checks if a window changed size after a front buffer readback. This fixes
a
rendering problem with the Coot application.
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DCV 2017.1-5870 — August 6, 2018
| Build numbers |
New features |
Changes and bug fixes |
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Released package for Ubuntu 18.04. When working in console mode, the system must be
configured
to use LightDM or another display manager of your choice because GDM
does not expose the required X11 display information. Virtual
sessions are not affected by this limitation.
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The license setting is now read at session creation, which allows the administrator
to change
this setting without restarting the server.
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Resolved stability problem in the Windows client that caused the program to exit unexpectedly
on some systems.
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Reduced logging in a possible error condition.
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DCV 2017.1-5777 — June 29, 2018
| Build numbers |
New features |
Changes and bug fixes |
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Added a Linux native client.
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Added support for 3DConnexion mouses and USB storage devices.
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Windows session locked automatically when the last client disconnects.
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Performance improvements in the Linux version.
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Changed the default HW encoder on NVIDIA devices to NVENC to avoid problems with NvIFR
in new
NVIDIA drivers.
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Improved smart card support on Linux.
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Fixed file permissions for uploaded files when using Linux console sessions.
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DCV 2017.0-5600 — June 4, 2018
| Build numbers |
New features |
Changes and bug fixes |
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Added support for multiple monitors on Linux.
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Windows client performance improvements.
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Used new Clipboard API on Chrome 66+.
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Added NVENC encoder for Windows.
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Usage on EC2 now requires ability to reach S3 from the instance running DCV server.
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Performance improvements to server frame processing and Windows client decoding.
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Fixed keyboard issues related to NumPad and blocked modifiers.
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Prevent file descriptor leak when using an external authenticator on Linux.
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Fixed possible errors in smart card connection.
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DCV 2017.0-5121 — March 18, 2018
| Build numbers |
New features |
Changes and bug fixes |
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Prevent hang on Ansys cfx5solve on Linux.
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Fixed possible agent hang on Windows 10.
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Improvements for the Web Client user interface.
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Normalized Windows user name when a domain is specified.
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Fixed the external authenticator on RHEL6.
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DCV 2017.0-4334 — January 24, 2018
| Build numbers |
Changes and bug fixes |
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Improved keyboard handling.
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Fixed DBus problem on RHEL6 in which closing of a session does not allow the creation
of a new
one.
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Improved support for SOCKS5 proxy on the native client.
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Prevent crash on Headwave when running on virtual sessions.
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Prevent crash on Chimera when running on virtual sessions.
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Improved font support on virtual sessions.
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DCV 2017.0-4100 — December 18, 2017
Document History
The following table describes the documentation for this release of NICE DCV.
| Change |
Description |
Date |
| NICE DCV Version 2020.1 |
NICE DCV 2020.1 is now available. For more information, see
DCV 2020.1-8942— August 03, 2020.
|
August 03, 2020 |
| NICE DCV Version 2020.0 |
NICE DCV 2020.0 includes support for surround sound 7.1, touch and stylus, and
multi-monitor using the new Microsoft Edge browser. For more information, see
Installing the NICE DCV Server in the NICE DCV Administrator Guide.
|
April 16, 2020 |
| HTTP response headers |
The NICE DCV server can be configured to send additional HTTP response headers. |
August 26, 2019 |
| macOS client |
NICE DCV now offers a macOS client. For more information, see
macOS Client in the NICE DCV User Guide.
|
April 18, 2019 |
| Smart card caching |
The NICE DCV server can now cache smart card data received from the client to help
improve
performance. For more information, see Configuring Smart
Card Caching in the NICE DCV Administrator Guide.
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October 08, 2018 |
| Linux client |
NICE DCV offers Linux clients for RHEL 7, CentOS 7, SLES 12, and Ubuntu 16.04/18.04.
For more
information, see
Linux Client in the NICE DCV User Guide.
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August 29, 2018 |
| Updated Parameter Reference |
The Parameter Reference has been updated. For more information, see
NICE DCV Server
Parameter Reference in the NICE DCV Administrator Guide.
|
August 07, 2018 |
| USB remotization |
NICE DCV enables clients to use specialized USB devices, such as 3D pointing devices
or
graphic tablets. For more information, see Enabling USB Remotization
in the NICE DCV Administrator Guide.
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August 07, 2018 |
| Initial release of NICE DCV |
First publication of this content. |
June 05, 2018 |
