PCN Wiki

Poster Printer - fixing

bpiersol — 2009-11-20T14:57:24-05:00

Use the following directions to print poster printers on the Physics Poster Printer, a HP DesignJet 800ps with either Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 or Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 The Poster Printer is currently located in room PHYS 66 If your poster prints improperly, do not try to print again. Instead, contact us at PCN for assistance, which we will gladly provide.

Disk Quotas at PCN - Define quotas

kmcdermo — 2009-11-20T13:03:53-05:00

What's a disk quota? Users of PCN Unix systems do have quotas for their home directories. The disk quota is a limit to how much you can store in your home directory. This ensures that we have sufficient storage for everyone in the building. * Physics Faculty have a 2 GB quota * Physics Staff/Students have a 600 MB quota

PCN Online Windows Resources - updated the stale windows list

tratkus — 2009-11-19T10:59:42-05:00

Overview PCN has resources available to all Microsoft Windows users. However these programs are only guaranteed by PCN to work on PCN maintain computers. If your computer is not supported by PCN you may still uses these resources but only use these resources at your own risk. These resources at PCN are group into two catagories:

Linux Unsupported Workstation Guide - Tweak shell info

kmcdermo — 2009-11-16T10:46:50-05:00

Note that while we cannot provide support for self-maintained or unsupported workstations, use the following information as a guide for your workstation. Department Printers Although your workstation may not be maintained by PCN, this does not mean that you cannot print to or use department resources.

Migration from Physics Mail - Adding in Mac Mail links

kmcdermo — 2009-11-10T16:47:57-05:00

This document will provide information on how to migrate from Physics Mail to either Mailhub or Exchange, depending on which option is available for you. Why Migrate? After a number of IT reviews, it has been deemed that departmental mailservers across the College of Science are to be phased out in favor of centralized IT offerings. There are many benefits to migrating to central ITaP mailservers:

PAL2.0 Connecting Issue - typos in intro

tratkus — 2009-11-10T12:11:02-05:00

Sometimes even if all of the settings are correct, PAL2.0 will still fail to acquire a correct DHCP lease. This could be deceptive, because AIRLINK may display that it's connected to PAL2.0 while retaining PAL-INSTRUCTIONS IP. This will prevent you from browsing.

Index - fixed reference to osxpal

tratkus — 2009-11-10T12:05:45-05:00

Welcome to the Macintosh documentation. Below you can find answers to common issues with Macintosh systems in PCN I can't print from Photoshop on a scanner Macintosh! How can I set up my MacOS X system to print to department printers? PAL2.0 just won't connect! What do I do?!

Print eps files through lpr - added note at end

kmcdermo — 2009-10-20T16:53:06-05:00

This document will provide directions on how to print eps files through lpr. Background Eps (Encapsulated PostScript) is a file standard which many applications use (typically for graphs). On our older backend server hardware, .eps files used to just print without any thought. However, due to recent server upgrades, these files no longer print. Printers which have cover-pages enabled print the cover page, but no actual data. The reason for this is that the newer server software properly h…

Index - A little organization and adding lpr eps link

kmcdermo — 2009-10-20T16:38:35-05:00

Many of PCN's general purpose computing systems run the UNIX operating system. Our primary distribution in use is Debian. Use the following links to obtain answers to commonly asked questions about using PCN Unix systems. * Introduction to UNIX commands

Setting Up Email in Thunderbird - pics mess

kmcdermo — 2009-10-09T15:47:32-05:00

Exchange Users PCN recommends that Windows exchange users use Outlook in order to utilize all the features. Instructions for configuring other mail clients to access Exchange via IMAP can be found here Mailhub (Webmail) Users To set up a webmail account click here

Welcome to the PCN Wiki! - Added link to GoldAnswers

kmcdermo — 2009-10-02T11:03:56-05:00

Use the following links to access the PCN Documentation. If you should find something missing that would be helpful or in need of an update, please let us know. Please check back often as this is updated. * ITaP Exchange 2007 Migration Information aka "I can no longer login to Exchange or my email"

Guest PAL Access - header

kmcdermo — 2009-09-16T16:32:44-05:00

Guests of Purdue Faculty may be given PAL access at the request of the Faculty member. In order to clear the request, PCN will need the following information: * Guest's Full Name * Guest's Home Address * Guest's Phone Number * Guest's Email Address * Duration of Guest's stay * Faculty Member's Name * Room Number

ITaP Exchange 2007 Migration - created

kmcdermo — 2009-09-15T09:04:10-05:00

This document provides basic information on the ITaP Exchange 2007 Migration and how it affects Physics users. What is it? * Exchange 2007 is an upgraded server system that Exchange users are being moved to over the coming weeks. If you previously used to check your webmail, then this change affects you. If, however, you used or Physics SquirrelMail, then you are not part of this change.

Index - exchange migration link

kmcdermo — 2009-09-14T16:52:45-05:00

Currently PCN recommends that users use the following email clients: * Microsoft Outlook - for exchange account Windows users * Mozilla Thunderbird - for Mac users and Windows IMAP (Purdue Webmail) users * Evolution - for Linux users Instructions for setting up:

I have a problem using PCN resources! How can I get help? - Put email before bugzilla

kmcdermo — 2009-08-25T16:24:45-05:00

I have a problem using PCN resources! How can I get help? You can get help several ways: * Check the Wiki either by navigating it or using the search box on the top right * See Item 1 * Send an email describing your trouble to staff@physics.purdue.edu * Fill out an online trouble request at * Or drop in to the front room of 394, and a PCN consultant can help you with your problem in person.

Index - Adding link for samba

kmcdermo — 2009-08-25T15:17:52-05:00

Index Use the following links for information on Windows Systems * Installing Network Printers * Recent printing problems/errors self-help * Network latency information * Poster Printer Instructions * PCN Online Windows Resources * Using Secure CRT to SSH from Windows * Connecting to PAL (Purdue AirLink)

Slow Samba - created

jkkietzm — 2009-08-25T14:47:21-05:00

Slow Samba Symptoms Clients may experience some sluggishness during read/write sessions to a network share. Cause In order to better facilitate our users of Windows Vista and Windows 7, we have upgraded Samba. Microsoft has implemented new protocols for Windows Vista and Windows 7 for network communication. These protocols differ from the legacy protocols that were used in Windows XP and prior.

lpr Print error under UNIX hosts - Offer bread crump for non-english locales, update for perl fix too...

mlinvill — 2009-08-05T11:07:28-05:00

This page applies to anyone receiving an lpr error under UNIX hosts similar to one listed below: lpr: unable to print file: client-error-bad-request Problem The problem is that gutenberg was recently updated which houses all printers for the department. This provides newer software versions which provide newer features and functionality, however this also seems to have caused an error with older hosts.

Printing Issues - Formatting fixes

kmcdermo — 2009-08-04T12:27:51-05:00

This page applies to anyone receiving any sort of error while trying to print, be it self-supported machine, or one of ours. Problem The problem is that gutenberg was recently updated which houses all printers for the department. This provides newer software versions which provide newer features and functionality, however this also seems to have caused an error with older hosts.

Fixing Mathematica Fonts in Windows - added fonts.dir to the zip

tratkus — 2009-07-02T08:02:11-05:00

The Problem: You may receive the following error upon evoking Mathematica program: xset: bad font path element (#38), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax xset: bad font path element (#38), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax assertion `GenericUnicodeFont != 0' at M…

ROOT (CERN package) - created

kmcdermo — 2009-07-01T10:24:56-05:00

ROOT is a software package provided from CERN. ROOT is available for use on any PCN-maintained workstation. Use the following directions to access this particular package. cd /package/root #Look at the various versions available and determine which you would like to use #Source the setup file appropriate to the version you want and shell you use #setup.sh for bash source 5.22_00/setup.sh #setup.csh for csh variants source 5.22_00/setup.csh root

Index - Adding link to ROOT

kmcdermo — 2009-07-01T10:19:05-05:00

Several scientific computing packages are supported by PCN. Quick tutorials and answers to frequently asked questions can be found in this category. * Matlab * Maple * Mathematica * ROOT (CERN software package) * What scientific computing software is available at PCN? * Parallel Computing at PCN (Amdahl)

My fonts aren't working in Mathematica. How can I fix this? - removed windows dirs and made separate page

tratkus — 2009-06-30T14:33:17-05:00

Copy the files under /usr/local/mathematica/SystemFiles/Fonts to somewhere, like the home directory on your X client you're logging into amdahl from. Adding these fonts will only work if you are logged in from a UNIX workstation. Do the following from your X client:

Index - added windows font fix

tratkus — 2009-06-30T14:30:27-05:00

PCN has the following documentation on using Mathematica: * MATHEMATICA - AN INTRODUCTION * From Wolfram Note that due to licensing restrictions, Mathematica is only available on the Linux cluster amdahl. FAQ: * My fonts aren't working in Mathematica. How can I fix this? * My Mathematica license is expiring! * Font error fixing solution for Windows!

Debian Lenny Firefox Focus Issue - created

kmcdermo — 2009-06-18T14:01:28-05:00

This wiki page is meant to provide a quick workaround to a Debian Lenny issue whereby Firefox (Iceweasel) moves to the current virtual desktop when you click on a link from another application instead of staying on the virtual desktop you left it on.

Index - Fix spelling

kmcdermo — 2009-06-17T14:51:22-05:00

All PCN Users are required to comply with Purdue University Policies. Click here to view University Policies. Please read the below documents for information on PCN Policies and Procedures New Physics Account Procedures PCN Backups Disk Quotas at PCN

New Physics Accounts - Updated Jaime's room number

kmcdermo — 2009-06-17T14:46:57-05:00

Follow the directions below for having a new Physics user account created. New Purdue User If you're new to Purdue, have your advisor fillthis RFP (Request for Privileges) form and turn it in to Jaime in PHYS 217E. New Physics User If you already have a Purdue career account, have your advisor e-mail us by clicking here. Via this method, no form is needed. Fairly promptly you should become a full-fledged Physics family member, granting you the rights to use most Physics building PCs.

Projector - headers updated

tratkus — 2009-04-08T16:11:26-05:00

To check out the projector, see Irena in room 130.

Help Center - headers

tratkus — 2009-04-08T16:10:47-05:00

Students can visit the help center to receive help with their homework in certain classes. Teaching assistants are available during specific hours. See course instructor for any and all details. The computers in the help center are available for student use, but are not ITAP supported machines. If you experience problems with the help center computers, please come see us in Rm. 394 or notify the TA on duty.

PCN Windows Desktop Support - headers updated

tratkus — 2009-04-08T16:07:12-05:00

Windows Support Policy This document specifies the features of a PCN Maintained workstation running Microsoft's Windows operating system and the accessible services for Self Maintained Workstations running Microsoft's Windows operating system. First, make yourself familiar with the PCN Workstation Support Program. All policies defined in that document apply to workstations running the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Email Policy - headers updated

tratkus — 2009-04-08T16:03:54-05:00

This document details the specific rules pertaining to electronic mail and its transmission, viewing, and management. The Physics Computer Network makes very few rules concerning this area of computing. The rules below supplement the official University policy on Electronic Mail and are put in place primarily to provide users with fair regulation of mail disk space, and to protect from mail abuse and the transmission of computer viruses. Unless otherwise noted, these policies apply to all comput…

Printer Guidelines - headers updated

tratkus — 2009-04-08T16:00:52-05:00

This document describes the document printing services offered by PCN and the corresponding rules and regulations that apply to their use. The Physics Computer Network offers a wide range of centralized printing services for departmental use. All physics students, faculty members, and staff members are entitled to use PCN maintained printing resources from any system connected to the Physics Network. PCN offers users large volume, high resolution, black and white printing and multi-format genera…

Setting up IMAP - headers updated

tratkus — 2009-04-08T15:53:53-05:00

Before You Start... Your IMAP folders should be set up for you by default. This How-To page is here in case you wish to change the default settings. It is important to have a general understanding of how to start the PINE email program before starting. At the UNIX command prompt type ” pine ” without the quotation marks. This will get you started at the main menu. For more instruction on simple functions and how to use PINE please refer to this PCN document.

PINE Printers - headers

tratkus — 2009-04-08T15:52:07-05:00

Before You Start... Find out the name of the printer you want to setup. In this How-To we will us the printer “babbage”. PINE's printer configuration screen On PINE's Main Menu: 1. Type S for Setup 2. Type P for Printer This will give you a screen that looks similiar to Figure 1.

Can I access the Purdue Directory as an addressbook in my Email client? - headers updated

tratkus — 2009-04-08T15:50:01-05:00

For users of Unix mail readers, both Pine and Mutt are be configured to use Purdue's LDAP directory as an addressbook. In Mutt: * Press 'Q' (capital Q) to query the directory * When prompted, type a name to query * Select the proper record from the results

Setting Up Email in Evolution - headers updated

tratkus — 2009-04-08T15:48:38-05:00

Mailhub (Webmail) Users To connect to Mailhub: * Open Evolution * If prompted, select Yes you would like to configure an email account. If you are not prompted: Select Edit > Preferences > Mail Accounts * Select Add on the right pane, click Forward * Enter your Name and Email address (which should be: [your username]@purdue.edu) * select Account Type: >> POP * Enter Server: >> [your username].mail.purdue.edu * Enter your username * Select SSL Encryption under Security * Sel…

Installing Network Printers - headers updated

tratkus — 2009-04-08T15:44:31-05:00

To install a network printer on a computer: * Determine the name of the printer you want to use * Click the Start button * Select Run * Type \\gutenberg.physics.purdue.edu * Click OK * If prompted, log in using the format ONEPURDUE\{your career account user name} and password * In the window locate the printer you wish to use and double click on the icon.

What scientific computing software is available at PCN? - headers updated

tratkus — 2009-04-08T15:39:42-05:00

On PCN research systems (amdahl), the following software packages are available for research computing: * Mathematica * Matlab * Maple * Compilers: gcc, g++, g77, IBM xlc and xlf * Mn_fit fitting package * Cernlibs * Lapack, BLAS * ROOT * Java Development Kit * PVM3 and MPICH parallel programming libraries. * IMSL * IBM ESSL Libraries

My Mathematica license is expiring! - headers updated

tratkus — 2009-04-08T15:37:53-05:00

When you launch Mathematica, you may see a “License Expiring” notice. On or after the license expiration date, that message will change to “License Expired.” In either case, click the “Enter Password” button in that dialogue box to bring up the “Personalize Mathematica” screen.

MATHEMATICA - AN INTRODUCTION - headers updated

tratkus — 2009-04-08T15:35:28-05:00

Revision: v.0.1 Document Summary : This document provides basic information on using Mathematica installed on Physics Computer Network Author: Tom Nguyen Introduction Mathematica(tm) is a scientific software package created by Stephen Wolfram to provide a multi-purpose technical computing environment. It can be used as a programming language, a system for representing mathematical knowledge, or a tool in the standard computing environment. Like MapleTM , Mathematica offers symbolic manipula…

Maple - headers

tratkus — 2009-04-08T15:30:26-05:00

Maple is installed on amdahl.physics (Linux cluster). The current version available on amdahl is Maple 8. Maple may be requested through ITaP for installation onto individual machines. For PCN-maintained machines, PCN can assist with this process.

Matlab - headers

tratkus — 2009-04-08T15:30:02-05:00

Purdue has a site license for use of Matlab anywhere on campus. Matlab is available on Amdahl. Alternatively, you can request to get a copy of Matlab installed on your desktop PC on campus. PCN-supported Linux systems can all access Matlab in /package/matlab.

Setting Up Email in Outlook - headers updated

tratkus — 2009-04-08T15:28:08-05:00

Exchange Users In general, anyone who is not an undergraduate student can have an exchange account. To set up an exchange account follow this link. Mailhub (Webmail) Users To set up a webmail account click here. Physics Mail Users To connect to a physics mail:

Index - created

kmcdermo — 2009-04-06T14:27:13-05:00

Note that while we cannot provide support for self-maintained or unsupported workstations, use the following links as a guide for your workstation. Unsupported Linux Workstation Guide

Personal Physics Page Errors - Adding more detail and a picture

kmcdermo — 2009-03-19T14:05:54-05:00

I'm being asked to download my index page! [My index page doesn't show up!] If you are being asked to download the index page for your personal Physics website instead of it being displayed (see the sample above), then follow the simple steps below to correct the issue.

Index - Adding link for personal pages error

kmcdermo — 2009-03-19T10:38:54-05:00

* How can I create a web page in my PCN Account? * What are some more advanced web items I can do at PCN? * I am trying to access my personal Physics page and am instead being asked to download the index page.

PCN Backups - added link for NTbackup in windows nonsupported machines

hughesmj — 2009-03-17T09:01:18-05:00

All PCN-supported systems are backed up nightly. * Both Unix systems and Windows systems can be backed up. * Your home directory, and all filesystems residing on the RAID (this includes /class, /project, and /home) are backed up nightly. * /project and /home directories stored on UNIX workstation local disks are backed up nightly. * If you have a Windows system, either contact PCN to back up important data directly from your PC, or be sure to store your data on a backed up filesyste…

Machines - removing pop3 from mail description

kmcdermo — 2009-03-09T08:19:42-05:00

PCN's network is a diverse collection of many machines, which may be intimidating to the casual user. This document attempts to aid the user in identifying which system provides the service that they require. For the most part, all systems run the FreeBSD operating system, unless otherwise noted.

Using Secure CRT to SSH from Windows - created

tratkus — 2009-02-25T14:45:53-05:00

Using Secure CRT to SSH from Windows First of all, you need to have PC-Xware installed to be able to remotely start programs during SSH session via SecureCRT. Next you go to Start>Programs>SecureCRT6.0 and open SecureCRT Then select SSH2 for protocol, type in the hostname of server desired to connect to, and your username. Make sure settings look identical to the ones in the screen shot below, and click connect

Printers and Guidelines - Adding poster printer link

kmcdermo — 2009-02-24T09:30:18-05:00

Purdue University Policies - Added verbage and links - important page

kmcdermo — 2009-02-02T09:32:29-05:00

See the following links for information on all Purdue University Policies along with a few selected which should be a required read. Information Technology Policies Email Policies World Wide Web policies

Mailing lists - Updated contact info

kmcdermo — 2009-01-29T16:30:01-05:00

The following lists are available for the Physics Department: * physapstaff@purdue.edu Physics A/P Staff * physclerical@purdue.edu Physics Clerical Staff * physservice@purdue.edu Physics Service Staff * physfaculty@purdue.edu Physics Faculty * physemeritus@purdue.edu Physics Emeritus Faculty * physresearch@purdue.edu Physics Postdocs and Research Staff * physgrad@purdue.edu Physics Graduate Students * physugrad@purdue.edu …

Index - Updated latex link

kmcdermo — 2009-01-29T15:47:24-05:00

Select a link below for more information * Scientific Computing Software * World Wide Web * Unix Systems * Windows Systems * Macintosh Systems * Email * LaTeX * Purdue Site Licenses

Misc. Info on Vacation - update server names

kmcdermo — 2009-01-29T15:22:26-05:00

Using vacation to have auto-responded messages sent when you recieve email is still available on the new PCN systems, as it was previously on bohr. Some differences are important to note: * Put your message in a file called .vacation.msg. Users that are used to the vacation program on bohr might notice a couple of differences, most notably, the version of vacation installed does not expand variables in the vacation.msg file, like $SUBJECT. This file should be in the following format: From: u…

Index - Add a title and summary

kmcdermo — 2009-01-29T15:09:24-05:00

Getting started with PINE email program Using PINE Setting up PINE printers Setting up remote IMAP folders Configuring PINE for IMAP servers

Kicked back to log-in screen after logging in? - Updated info and removed old server name

kmcdermo — 2009-01-29T14:57:54-05:00

Your account is most likely over its disk quota, and your X-window session cannot write any files into your home directory. To fix: * Log into the system via the console (press CTRL-ALT-F2) * ssh to bohr. * Type the command 'quota -v'. * Find the files that are using all your space with the 'du' command. (type 'man du' for information on usage) * Remove, move away, or compress files such that you are below your quota. * You can switch back to the X-Window login by pressing CT…

Windows Terminal Services - Updated all info as it was all outdated

kmcdermo — 2009-01-29T14:54:28-05:00

ITaP provides the service GoRemote in order to remotely run Windows Software. For more information about this system and to login, go to the ITaP GoRemote website. To access Microsoft Office documents, all Debian Sarge legacy machines have 'abiword', and 'gnumeric' installed, which are, respectively, Word and Excel compatible programs.

FTP Guide - Updating FTP information

kmcdermo — 2009-01-29T14:43:21-05:00

“I can't FTP to !” This is correct, as PCN servers do not have ftp services installed. FTP Is no longer a service offered by PCN as it violates University Policy. There are two options available as a replacement for FTP services. * SCP - SCP will allow you to Securely CoPy files from a physics host to your local machine. Please consult the scp manual pages for more information on this topic. This method requires a Purdue Career Account. * Public Web Server - You can alternat…

Filtering incoming mail - 2nd try

kmcdermo — 2009-01-29T11:03:20-05:00

You should use procmail. On the PCN mail server, procmail is used as the local delivery agent, and is run every time a message is delivered to you. To filter, just create a file named .procmailrc in your home directory, and place the rules you want procmail to follow in there.

Common Commands - grrr - more formatting

kmcdermo — 2009-01-29T10:53:33-05:00

In any UNIX environment, there are certain commands a user needs to know to be able to easily manipulate files, and manage their account. The most important command in UNIX is the man command. This is the command that gives you access to the system documentation. It provides you with the proper syntax for any command. For more information about man, tpye “man man” at the UNIX prompt.

Advanced PCN Personal Web Pages - clean up the title and syntax highlighting

kmcdermo — 2009-01-29T10:23:57-05:00

Common Gateway Interface (CGI) The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) provides an interfacing between external applications with information servers. Unlike the “static” characteristic of a plain HTML file, CGI provides means for an HTML file to “dynamically” change the content via executable external (server-side) files.With CGI, the client can execute a program written in PERL (Practical Extraction and Report Language), C++, C, FORTRAN, TCL, AppleScript, etc., from an HTML file containing an exec…

Parallel Computing Resources at PCN - Making header a h1 for uniformity

kmcdermo — 2009-01-29T09:27:39-05:00

A parallel computing environment exists in PCN. A Linux-based cluster running PBS with maui scheduler is available for use by Physics department researchers. The full set of cluster documentation can be found at , including a complete user's manual.

Welcome to the PCN Wiki! - added general answers

tratkus — 2009-01-28T15:56:37-05:00

I've always just used 'mail.' Why doesn't this work any more? - Updated the "general purpose" server as London is long gone

kmcdermo — 2008-12-04T10:57:21-05:00

Berkeley mail /usr/bin/mail, /usr/ucb/mail is from an older, less mobile era of email use. Today's email user demands flexible access to their email, from a variety of sources, including the Unix shell, a client like Netscape or Eudora on their desktop, or via the web, with a Hotmail-like interface.

How do I make Pine put copies of my sent mail in a folder? - created

tratkus — 2008-12-04T10:49:58-05:00

PCN is working to isolate a pine bug related to filing sent email. If you really want your sent mail saved, (and you don't mind the potential of pine freezing) do the following: Edit the file .pinerc in your home directory, and replace the line default-fcc= with default-fcc=sent-mail

What can I do about spam email? - created

tratkus — 2008-12-04T10:46:47-05:00

While PCN does do some limited spam filtering at the mail server level, it is as agressive as it can be without filtering out valid email. If you are unsatisfied with the amount of spam that you recieve, you can opt in to use SpamAssassin to further filter your mail.

Vacation set-up - Created- Tom

tratkus — 2008-12-04T10:44:26-05:00

For UNIX users, you can simply use the “vacation” program from your command prompt. There is a document outlining differences between the vacation program installed on curie and bohr and other versions, such as what used to be on london available Here

Configuring PINE for IMAP access - created

tratkus — 2008-12-04T09:02:41-05:00

Before You Start... It is important to have a general understanding of how to start the PINE email program before starting. At the UNIX command prompt type “pine” without the quotation marks. This will get you started at the main menu. For more instruction on simple functions and how to use PINE please refer to this PCN document.

Using PINE - created

tratkus — 2008-12-04T08:43:06-05:00

PINE is a very nice mail program that “naive users could use without fear of making mistakes”, according to the developers at the University of Washington in Seattle. Originally developed in 1989, Pine has gone through many iterations and improvements over the years. The latest release includes many nice features that make Pine one of the most popular mailer programs in the Unix environment.

Sub menus don't open in pull down menus using office 2001 - created

tratkus — 2008-12-03T15:04:58-05:00

If the sub menus will not open in MACoffice 2001, you are probably currently using PICTify version 1.5. You need to remove PICTify version 1.5 in order for them to work again.

I can't print from Photoshop on a scanner Macintosh! - created

tratkus — 2008-12-03T15:01:27-05:00

This is a known incompatibility between Adobe Photoshop and Hewlett-Packard printers. Essentially, images cannot be directly printed from Photoshop. To work around the problem: * Scan or create your image in Photoshop. * Save the image as a jpeg, gif, or other image format. * Open the image with Picture Viewer. (Found under the Applications folder, or in Apple Menu -> Applications) * Print the image with Picture Viewer.

CUPS Commands - h1ed and codebashed

tratkus — 2008-12-02T10:41:20-05:00

For the most part, you use CUPS lpr commands exactly like you used to with LPRNG: lpr -Pprintername And that's it! However, specifying printer options with CUPS is done differently. With LPRNG, printing to transparency or disabling duplexing was done by appending ”-slide”, ”-duplex”, or ”-simplex” to the printer name.

^M Appearing after importing files from Windows - h1ed and codebashed

tratkus — 2008-12-02T10:40:17-05:00

The ^M is due to Windows and Unix using a different characters for newlines. Windows' newline character shows up as ^M in UNIX text editors. You can use the dos2unix command to remove the ^M characters. Simply run dos2unix filename > newfilename

Quota Exceeding - h1ed and codebashed

tratkus — 2008-12-02T10:37:32-05:00

A common culprit for quota-exceeding is the Mozilla browser. By default, it will store cache files in your home directory's .mozilla directory. A helpful solution to this problem is to use your desktop's /tmp directory for cache storage: Place the following commands in your shell startup files:

Postscript File Combination - h1ed and codebashed

tratkus — 2008-12-02T10:32:33-05:00

If you want to combine file1.ps and file2.ps into a file named “combined.ps”, you can use gs in the following manner: gs -sDEVICE=pswrite -sOutputFile=combined.ps -dNOPAUSE \ file1.ps file2.ps -c quit

Printing - h1ed and codebashed

tratkus — 2008-12-02T10:30:10-05:00

Off-line Printing (one side) To send an output to a PCN supported printer, use the command: lpr -[option] filename from a Unix shell command prompt. Note: you may also specify the path of the printed file as well. To send the output to a specific printer, use -P [printername] in the option field. For example, to print a file named foobaa.ps to babbage printer (default), the following command is used:

Department Printer Set-up - h1ed

tratkus — 2008-12-02T10:28:31-05:00

Install Cups as your printing system. (Many Linux systems have cups as the defualt printing system.) Downloads of RPMs and source are available at www.cups.org FreeBSD users can build Cups from the ports. (print/cups-base, print/cups-lpr) Debian Linux users, run 'apt-get install cupsys-bsd'.

Project Access - h1ed and codebashed

tratkus — 2008-12-02T10:27:14-05:00

Oftentimes, trying to access directories such as---- /net/fileserver/project/YYY/ Will result in an error message like: cd: /net/fileserver/project/YYY: No such file or directory This does not mean that your project area 'YYY' is gone or moved.

SCP Failure - h1ed

tratkus — 2008-12-02T10:26:02-05:00

You are probably generating output in your .bashrc or .tcshrc/.cshrc file. Scp becomes confused by any terminal output. The solution is to remove all output from non-interactive login scripts. man bash (or tcsh if you've changed your shell) for details on the necessary changes.

Vacation - h1ed and codebashed

tratkus — 2008-12-02T10:24:53-05:00

Using vacation to have auto-responded messages sent when you recieve email is still available on the new PCN systems, as it was previously on london. Some differences are important to note: 1. Put your message in a file called .vacation.msg. Users that are used to the vacation program on london might notice a couple of differences, most notably, the version of vacation installed does not expand variables in the vacation.msg file, like $SUBJECT. This file should be in the following format:

Mozilla Errors - h1ed

tratkus — 2008-12-02T10:23:14-05:00

Mozilla for UNIX downloads files to /tmp, then moves them to where you want to save them. If the file is large and/or /tmp too small, you will get this error. To get around this: Try and use “wget” to download your file: * cd /path/you/want/to/save/file * wget

The Vi Editor - h1ed

tratkus — 2008-12-02T10:17:02-05:00

The vi editor is a display-oriented text editor. It is used for creating text files. It is not used to create font formatting. It is not a mode-less editor (as common on modern PCs). Everything that you type does not necessarily appear on the screen. Vi has two modes, editing and command mode. Editing is used for data entry, while command is used to navigate and manipulate the data entered during the editing mode.

Printer Setup for Mac - Created- Tom

tratkus — 2008-12-02T09:52:07-05:00

A set of CUPS configuration files can be found here: Follow this link. It should save the file to your desktop, unless you're using leopard. In this case it will save the file to your Downloads folder, which is within your home directory.

How can I create a web page in my PCN account? - Made main header a h1

kmcdermo — 2008-12-01T14:13:58-05:00

Creating a web directory First, you will need to have an account on bohr. In your home directory, create a directory called “.www” (dot www). This directory name is not arbitrary. It must be exactly as shown. Creating a file named "index.html" In the .www directory, create a file named index.html. This is your 'front page'. Your URL (Uniform Resource Locator, your website address) will point to this file as a default html file when your URL is accessed. Usually, your URL will be in the form: …

Department Printers - added table

rfoley — 2008-10-24T11:51:06-05:00

List of printers for the physics building - arranged alphabetically Printer Name Model Location Babbage HP LaserJet 8000 DN PHYS-139 Evans HP Color LaserJet 4550 PHYS-144 Hopper HP LaserJet 4000 TN PHYS-144 Knuth HP LaserJet 8150 DN PHYS-368 Ritchie HP LaserJet 5Si MX PHYS-162 Scott HP LaserJet 4000 TN PHYS-68 Sutherland HP Color LaserJet 4550 PHYS-368 Turing HP LaserJet 9000…

Index - Updated links again

kmcdermo — 2008-10-24T10:52:18-05:00

Select a link below for more information * Help Center * Projector * Printers & Guidelines