unix

gnome-panel needs to be restarted. In a terminal window, type: pkill gnome-panel If your toolbar doesn't restart, type: ps -ef | grep gnome-panel In the second column, there is a number. This is the process id (pid).
In the terminal window, type...

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...

At the command line, type:

chsh

You will be asked what you want your new shell to be:

New shell:[/bin/bash] Type, /bin/csh, then enter

You will be then asked for your password.

Changing shell for help Enter LDAP Password:

If your...

Text Editor Create your tex file using a text editor (vi, emacs, gedit). Then you use the latex command to tex the file. latex file.tex Use xdvi to view the file. xdvi file.dvi To print the dvi: dvips -Pf4 file.dvi To convert the dvi to...

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...

1. Right-click on Lock button -> select 'Restart Screensaver Daemon'
2. Check if the xscreensaver daemon is running. At a terminal window, type: pgrep -u your_username xscreensaver -l

where your_username is substituted with your username.

3. If...

Sometimes you may get the ^? character when hitting the backspace key.
There are several different ways to set your backspace key when this happens

1. Type CTRL-h instead of using backspace
   
2. Since backspace works at the command line, you will can...

Create a file called .xmodmaprc in the root of your home directory. vi ~/.xmodmaprc Copy the following lines into the file: remove Lock = Caps_Lock remove Control = Control_L keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L add Lock...

On a Linux machine:

1. Make note of the name of the machine you are on.
2. Log into another machine
3. ssh into the machine that is frozen
4. type pkill -9 -u your_username 5. This should log you out and kill all the processes.
The frozen terminal...

If you are logged into a Solaris machine:

In a terminal window, type,
xkill
Then it will ask you to click on the window you would like to choose

From any machine:

From a terminal window, type:
pkill -u your_username name_of_process
You...