Regarding Xwin and logging in to physics from home with a graphical interface...
back home... Many of you have asked "how do I access physics from home?" and "can i do this mathematica stuff from home?" and many questions along these lines. I tell you, this is not easy, but according to Michael Weatherby, it IS possible. NOTE, however, that if you log on to the internet using anything less than a cable modem, this exercize will result in frustration, high blood pressure and possibly loss of monitor!!! Please read on if you are the lucky owner of a cable connection (or ADSL, for that matter), only:


Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 11:52:53 -0700 From: Michael Weatherby <*******************> To: aballest@physics.ubc.ca Subject: remote computing from physics server hello Anders (spelling?), this is Michael Weatherby from the physics 259 class that you are TA'ing for. You said you would like info on how to remote and where to get the software. >From www.starnet.com you can download a demo version of X-Win32. This software is an evaluation package but let's you have full use for two hour sessions. >From the same site you can download an extra set of fonts for Mathematica (this took me about three hours to figure out) Since Xwin now includes an ssh option you don't need SecureCRT for the physics server. However when adding an extra font you must make sure that you have these lines in your font list (accessible through Xconfig option): C:\Program Files\StarNet\X-Win32 5.0\Lib\Fonts\misc C:\Program Files\StarNet\X-Win32 5.0\Lib\Fonts\75dpi C:\Program Files\StarNet\X-Win32 5.0\Lib\Fonts\math **if you just input the third line the default fonts are skipped and XWin will not start up.** The other stuff is host should be physics.ubc.ca, and windows should be set to multiple mode, select XDMCP and 'Query' under session config. You can get more information about Xwin32 from the cs website and the Xwin help files (they are pretty good). Anyway, with this software you get the full graphical interface that you get in the lab. To print from home the best way is to print to a ps file and then email it to yourself with Pine or Zmail....and then you need GSview to print from home. Anyway if you need any more information from me just email me back here, though I'm sure you know much more than I about this kind of thing. P.S. I think my head is going to explode. Michael Weatherby


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