Sun stations can be found in the BB computer lab (located against the
back wall on the right hand side of the lab) and the MS computer lab
(located to the left of the entrance).
Move the mouse or hit any key. A dialog box will appear asking for
User Name:
This is the number of the computer,
e.g.
bb114 (in the BB lab) or ms302 (in the MSlab), found on the sticker on
the
upper right hand of the terminal.
Password: 5tudent.
Once access to the Sun
system is acquired,
double
click on the terminal icon (or hold down the right
mouse button to
get the work space menu. Then, select program>terminal). A
window
will appear .
Type xhost helix. If you get a message
saying
"xhost
command not found", type /usr/openwin/bin/xhost helix.
At
the scfsun***%
prompt type rlogin -l <username> helix. Your username is the
first letter of your first name and the first seven letters of your last
name.
At
the next
prompt, give your helix
password. Initially this will be your social
security number, but you will need to
change this immediately. To change your password, execute the psswd
command.
You
are now logged onto Helix.
Logging off from Helix using
a local Sun station:
There is more than one way to do this. One way is to type
logout. The connection will be closed. Click on the exit
button at the bottom of the terminal screen. Another way to log off
from Helix using a local Sun station is to type exit at the helix
prompt. This will close the connection. Click on the exit
button at the bottom of the terminal screen.
To use X-windows:
X-windows is a graphical user interface of the UNIX
operating system. Some
application tools on helix (e.g. dtpad) require
X-windows. Some programs
in the
S-Plus statistical package and the GCG
genetics sequence analysis package which
produce graphics output also
require X-windows.
Also, in order to display the Netscape browser on a
Sun station, X-windows
must be set up.
In order to use these applications
and programs on
helix, you need to be logged onto helix at one of the Sun stations
in the
computer labs.
Once you are logged onto helix, type
setenv DISPLAY<localhost>:0.0.
You
can find your <localhost> by typing finger in helix.
It will give a
list of all the
current users and the location where they log in. The log
in location, Where, corresponding to your own name will be
<localhost>.
Once the display is set, you can use
any X-windows applications on helix.
For example, try running dtpad &. With the
& sign, dtpad will
run in
the background so that you still can do other things at the
same time.
Starting Netscape from a Sun
station:
Log onto helix and set up the enviroment for X-windows display.
At the prompt, type netscape&.
