faq

Sometimes the Firefox/Mozilla process gets hung up and needs to be restarted.
To do this, at a terminal prompt, type: pkill -u your_username firefox or pkill -u your_username mozilla Substitute your_username with your username. You can verify...

On your Linux desktop, there should be a Windows Icon. If you click it, it will start a Windows session.
It is the same username & password as your Unix account. If this is your first time logging into windows, you will have to change your password...

Go to the Main Menu:
-Select Setup
-Type P for Printer
-Move your cursor to Personally selected print command
-Type A for Add Printer

-It will ask you to type printer name: s0 or s0d for ground floor printer, or you can choose another printer
-It...

This happens from time to time. Gnome has just lost your window manager for some reason. (Check your quota) To fix it...

On the tool bar at the top of your window click...

System.

Settings.

In the box that opens up scroll down on the right to...

For all members:

How do I create a vacation message using the Zimbra Webmail Client?

Creating an Out-of-Office message using the Zimbra Desktop Client

A snapshot of your home directory is periodically taken.
At a terminal prompt, type: cd .snapshot
If you type: ls
You will see a list of directories:
./ hourly.1/ hourly.4/ nightly.1/ nightly.4/ weekly.1/ ../ hourly.2/...

First, you need to register your laptop with Campus Registration:
http://ibportal.ias.edu/

If you need further assistance, please contact the Math Help Desk at x8012 or send an email message to help@math.ias.edu.

Find out what printer is your default:

echo $PRINTER

If this does not output anything or is incorrect:

export PRINTER='printer-name'

where 'printer-name' is the printer you want to set:

a1, a1d, f2, f2d, f2suite, f2suited, f3, f3d, f4, f4d, s0...

On a Sun Ray terminal,

You can either type resolution , or choose 'Screen Resolution' from the RedHat menu.

You can also follow the instructions below.

To make your resolution smaller (larger icons)

1) Run utsettings and choose the resolution...

If you receive an e-mail with an attachment containing the extension max, here is how you can open the file.

1) If you are on a Unix/Linux machine:
Click on the Windows icon on the bottom of your screen.

If you are on a Windows machine:
Go to Step...