https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ 2026-05-05T17:17:58+00:00 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ https://www.cs.vassar.edu/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2025-09-30T20:21:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/access?rev=1759263688&do=diff Remote Access If you want to connect to CS machines from your dorm room or home, use a web browser or an SSH client. SSH encrypts all communications, so connections are secure. CS systems are normally accessible only from campus networks; for off‑campus access the supported method is Citrix. Citrix works best via the `ssh acl215` text/html 2016-01-27T20:35:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/apps?rev=1453926912&do=diff * DrJava - No Compiler Available * jedit information * Mono * SVN usage text/html 2025-06-27T18:49:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/browser_wont_start?rev=1751050146&do=diff Help, my browser won't load! Generally, if you click the browser icon and it doesn't do anything, or gives you an error that mentions profiles, there's probably a previous instance of the browser that didn't clean up after itself. The first thing to check is if you have the browser open on another workstation. If you're logged into two workstations and try to start a browser on both of them, it will cause an error because the application wants to ensure that there is only one copy of it running… text/html 2022-09-06T15:39:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/crmonitor?rev=1662478771&do=diff SP105 * The default is monitor is Display 1 and overhead is display 2 SP307 * The system near the server room has an output connection to the CRESTRON. There is no projector but there is a flat panel TV mounted on the wall in this room. SP309 text/html 2023-02-21T21:04:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/crsound?rev=1677013468&do=diff Classroom Sound (Linux podium system) On your Linux podium desktop: * Open a terminal and type 'pavucontrol“; alternatively, Start button --> Sound & Video --> PulseAudio Volume Control * On the “Playback” tab, make SURE that “System Sounds text/html 2016-08-29T11:42:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/desktop_background?rev=1472470950&do=diff Change Desktop Background * Right click on Desktop * Select “Desktop Preferences” * Select the “Wallpaper” option * Navigate to usr --> share --> backgrounds at the top of the window * Choose background, click the “Open” button text/html 2025-06-27T18:46:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/frozen?rev=1751049974&do=diff Frozen Machine! If you have a process, a window, or a machine that seems to have “frozen” while you were working on it, became “stuck,” is not responding to the keyboard or mouse, or is spewing out garbage into a window here is what you can try. If the steps below don't work, please get more help! Either ask a coach, an instructor or find or write me. text/html 2023-01-02T19:31:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux?rev=1672687881&do=diff More Help * Dr Scheme on OsX * JetBrains Software, IntelliJ (idea / pycharm), License * System Priorities * Frozen machine * Github or Any App Gives Issues with Keyring text/html 2012-03-27T14:52:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/hall_of_shame?rev=1332859938&do=diff Hall of Shame (No names, just examples) Cracked passwords of real users The following passwords were cracked and are no longer being used on our system: * Baseball - Dictionary Word * change - Dictionary Word * ch3st3rf - Dictionary Word with simple substitution text/html 2022-11-10T16:19:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/keyring_issues?rev=1668097191&do=diff Keyring Issues If you are using an application, e.g. GitHub, and you get an error because of your “keyring” then a quick workaround is to find that keyring and push it out of the way. Open a terminal and use the find command as such: $ cd $ find . -type f -name "*ring" ./.local/share/keyrings/login.keyring text/html 2023-01-26T15:53:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/logging_out_of_a_desktop_or_remote_desktop?rev=1674748402&do=diff Logging out of the Computer Science Computers Leaving files open in editors such as pluma and emacs, or leaving applications running can lead to corrupt files and loss of your work because your files are not local to any computer. Your files are shared from a central server. Therefore, if you leave an application open on one computer and then go to another computer, you have several devices trying to access your files. Applications don’t like this. Firefox, for example, won’t allow you to star… text/html 2025-09-30T20:45:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/password?rev=1759265121&do=diff First Time Login The first time you log into a CS workstation with a temporary password, the login page will help you reset your password. First, enter your username (this will be the same as your Vassar email address, before the @-symbol): Enter your temporary password, which should have been given to you by your professor or sysadmin: text/html 2022-11-09T21:03:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/playing_dvds?rev=1668027790&do=diff Playing DVDs The computers all have a DVD drive, however only SP105 currently has the correct drivers because there hasn't been a need. Attached in the [document for playing DVDs in SP105]. text/html 2023-04-06T14:19:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/possible_issues_with_remote_webui?rev=1680790785&do=diff Possible Issues when using the Remote WebUI 1. Why do I get bumped off after 4 - 5 hours? There is a time limit on the connection because several people have forgotten to log out and left their user home account files open and tied to remote system. Therefore a timer will kick you off after four or five hours to close all of your applications and files for you so that your files are not corrupted. Save your work often! Close all of your applications and disconnect or logout when you are done o… text/html 2025-03-05T18:37:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/top?rev=1741199835&do=diff Computer Science Lab <> Classroom : Resources Linux System Help * Linux Account Password * Printing * Remote Access * Browser Won't Start * Common Issues * Changing Desktop Background * Classroom Sound from Linux * Classroom Podium Monitor System Information * CS Lab Configurations * CS Department Firewall Overview ---------- Learning Linux... * Linux Tutorial * Command Line Basics * Advanced CLI * Emacs - tips * Bash programming and gene… text/html 2018-08-24T18:16:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/use_and_abuse?rev=1535134614&do=diff From time to time issues of computer privacy, fair use, or appropriate use of the Computer Science Department computer facilities come up. Any discussion must start with an understanding of the campus regulations on computer use. Campus Computer Regulations