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Note: Please also see FAQ https://www.ias.edu/math/computing/faq/sync-dropbox-folder

You can access dropbox from the Applications->Internet menu or by typing dropbox from a command prompt. 

Troubleshooting

• Nothing is happening after the first time...

The microphone on the webcam attached to your system will usually work better than the headset microphone. To configure skype to use the webcam, go to Skype Options and select USB device under Sound-In.

Or watch this video which shows you how to...

http://www.ias.edu/math/services/computing/TeX

The web browser may be configured to open a pdf file within the web browser. Adobe Acrobat may open within the browser window. If this happens, then the Adobe menu items will appears beneath the browser menu items. (See picture below):



To print...

To use a floppy or CD-ROM, do the following:

1. Place the floppy disk in the floppy disk drive or CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.
2. An icon of a floppy disk or CD-ROM should appear. Click the disk drive icon on the KDE or GNOME desktop to access the...

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...

To create a pdf from a PostScript document (ps), use ps2pdf

user@surrey[1015]: ps2pdf test.ps user@surrey[1016]: file test.pdf test.pdf: PDF document, version 1.2

To create a pdf from a TeX, use pdftex or pdflatex

user@surrey[1017]: pdflatex...

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...

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...

Sometimes an application will not start up because a previous process from that application is still running in the background and did not properly exit.

To check if the process is still running,

On the Task bar at the bottom of your screen, click...