Hi,
There are a couple things that you should pay attention to when trying to
set up your linux account.
1) You *must* run the wget ... command before running vncserver.
2) At the conclusion of wget, there will be a little message telling you to
source your .cshrc file. To do this, simply type:
% source .cshrc
3) Now type
% vncserver
Make sure that you keep track of which server you are on. This is ice1,
ice2, ice3 or ice4 -- not ice1:24 -- the HMDC tool will remember your
session number (the :24 part) for you.
4) If you mess up or want to start over, type
% vncserver -kill :X # Where :X is your session number
% rm -rf .vnc
% mkdir .vnc
Now you can start again. Run wget, source the .cshrc file, and run
vncserver.
5) When you log in to VNC, if you get a desktop with lots of pretty colors
and a little house icon, you've done something wrong and you need to perform
step (4). If you get a blank grey desktop, you can scroll down and
hopefully you'll have a terminal window somewhere hidden off your screen.
If not, perform step (4) and start over.
If you still have problems, please come to office hours or see me after
class or send me an email with the specific error message.
Yours,
Olivia
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