Computer Science | Vassar College https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ 2026-06-09T13:16:28+00:00 Computer Science | Vassar College https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ https://www.cs.vassar.edu/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2015-08-27T14:13:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2013_winter_updates https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/status/2013_winter_updates?rev=1440684807&do=diff 2013 Winter Updates Welcome back. There has been some good quiet time in January which works well for pushing out updates. All of the workstations remain on Ubuntu 12.04.1, but several components have been updated. So that you are aware here are the bigger updates to have occurred. text/html 2015-08-26T21:09:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) logs https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/logs?rev=1440623371&do=diff System Status Workstations Problem, Tues 12/17 System CS129 in OLB104 had a power supply issue. A ticket has been opened with user services. --- Rob Casinghino 2013/12/17 15:59 Workstations Update, Tues 9/17 I have done a non-critical update to our automated filesystem mounting for home directories. These will time-out after 90 minutes (beyond the typical class/lab sessions) to clear up resources on systems. While the connections are still active and in use, there will be no issues. If… text/html 2013-02-28T21:20:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) kiosk https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/nodir/kiosk?rev=1362086441&do=diff <html><script type=“text/javascript”><![CDATA[><!]]></script></html> <html><style type=“text/css”>#clock {font-family: 'Lucida Sans Console', sans-serif; font-size: 30px; white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;}</style></html>```` text/html 2011-04-01T15:28:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) update-alternatives https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/tips/update-alternatives?rev=1301671717&do=diff update-alternatives: error In the event that an execution of “apt-get install” terminates following an error of the following type: (Terminal output for attempted set-up of sun-java6-plugin while /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so is being managed by mozilla-javaplugin.so~): text/html 2010-08-31T20:47:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) recently_installed_software https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/recently_installed_software?rev=1283287649&do=diff Recently Installed Software Linux Labs and Desktops * Google-Chrome yes, chrome is available on the CS system, however, there are a few hoops to jump through. For information and instructions on running google-chrome from within your CS account see: ```````````````````````````````````````````````````` text/html 2008-05-07T11:34:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2008-01-28_password_problem_resolved https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/status/2008-01-28_password_problem_resolved?rev=1210160067&do=diff 2008-01-28 Password Problem Resolved The problem we had in yesterday’s lab (Monday Jan. 28) has been resolved. The problem was that one of the server maps needed to be manually rebuilt after changes made to our system. The other maps are all dealt with in an automated fashion so I did not notice at first that one of them needed to be built manually.  It is all fixed now. -Greg text/html 2008-05-07T11:29:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2008-02-05_services_restored_backups_complete https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/status/2008-02-05_services_restored_backups_complete?rev=1210159794&do=diff 2008-02-05 Services Restored, Backups complete Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 10:00am there was a brief interruption to some of the CS servers as we produced a bare metal backup. The servers that were unavailable were: * Our wiki server (this includes all wikis hosted at CS) text/html 2008-05-07T11:26:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2008-03-27_unscheduled_reboot_of_remote_access_server https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/status/2008-03-27_unscheduled_reboot_of_remote_access_server?rev=1210159617&do=diff 2008-03-27 Unscheduled Reboot of remote access server I had to reboot our remote access ssh server at 4:10PM EST today. I will be monitoring it a little more closely. Sorry for the hassle - Greg text/html 2008-05-07T11:25:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2008-04-24_printer_problems_resolved https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/status/2008-04-24_printer_problems_resolved?rev=1210159505&do=diff 2008-04-24 Printer Problems Resolved Both lab printers, asprey and loaner are back up and fully operational. Thanks to a visit from NetEffects (our printer repair folks) I can report that as of 11:20 am, asprey is now working. (Loner has been working since yesterday.) text/html 2012-07-30T18:55:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2012-08-04_shutdown https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/status/2012-08-04_shutdown?rev=1343674547&do=diff Summer 2012 Power Shutdown On Saturday, August 4th Buildings & Grounds will be performing maintenance and a safety review of electrical equipment on campus. This outage will affect power to Old Laundry Building as well as disable our network access and air conditioning. Because of this all services will be shutdown Friday night at 8:00 pm. Services are expected to be turned on again around 8:00 pm Saturday night, assuming that electricity, network connections and air conditioning are all availa… text/html 2012-12-01T17:30:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2012_workstations https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/status/2012_workstations?rev=1354383048&do=diff 2012 Workstation Upgrades [LightDM screenshot ]Welcome back. Plenty of changes have occurred to network this summer, here is a summary. The new workstations in the Asprey and Intro labs have quad-core Intel i7 2600 CPUs running at 3.4 GHz with 8 GB of RAM. The new workstations in the 105 classroom have dual-core Intel Atom D2700 chips runnings at 2.13 text/html 2015-08-26T21:04:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) windows https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/vnc/windows?rev=1440623049&do=diff Using VNC on Windows Setup Setting up the programs to connect to a VNC server is not too difficult. You will, however, need to download two programs: a SSH client and a VNC client. The SSH client will make a secure connection between your computer and the VNC server and the VNC client will use this connection to draw a display on your screen.