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= Frequently asked questions =
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= Frequently asked questions =
  
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=== I cannot see my quota ===
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=== Webmail does not work  ===
  
There is no quota system any more. You have your own volume on the nfs server. You can check this with 'df'. The free space in your home, is your personal free space.
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The correct function of the Webmail interface depends on two files in your public_html directory. These are '''public_html/cgi-bin/php''' and '''public_htm/webmail.''' If one of this is missing you will get some error messages. To fix this problem do a ssh login or open a terminal from your desktop and execute the command '''webmail-enable'''. This should fix the problem.
  
=== Where is pine on the new Ubuntu installations ? ===
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=== I cannot see my quota  ===
  
The short version: Pine development has stopped, the successor is now called alpine. They have to change the name because pine is a registered trademark and the associated license does not permit distribution of binary packages. If you want more information, have a look on their homepage [http://www.washington.edu/alpine/]
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There is no quota system any more. You have your own volume on the nfs server. You can check this with 'df'. The free space in your home, is your personal free space.  
  
=== Wrong colors on the white Fujitsu Siemens Machines ===
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=== Where is pine on the new Ubuntu installations ?  ===
  
On this machines it happens that the colors get wrong, e.g. black instead of white. This issue can be fixed with restarting the X-Server. Log out, to get your session closed properly, and press Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (<-). After that your colors should be ok.
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The short version: Pine development has stopped, the successor is now called alpine. They have to change the name because pine is a registered trademark and the associated license does not permit distribution of binary packages. If you want more information, have a look on their homepage [http://www.washington.edu/alpine/]
  
On this machines we switched from the closed source Nvidia driver, which has severe performance problems, to the open source driver. The newer machines are fast enough, so that this problem does not lead to a noticeable difference.
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=== Wrong colors on the white Fujitsu Siemens Machines  ===
  
=== Firefox and Thunderbird complain about running elsewhere ===
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On this machines it happens that the colors get wrong, e.g. black instead of white. This issue can be fixed with restarting the X-Server. Log out, to get your session closed properly, and press Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (&lt;-). After that your colors should be ok.
  
This is not a bug, this is a feature. This prevents running Firefox and Thunderbird with the the same profile on different hosts. If your computer crashes or the power fails these programs are not closed cleanly, the lock files remain and prevents firefox/thunderbird from starting.
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On this machines we switched from the closed source Nvidia driver, which has severe performance problems, to the open source driver. The newer machines are fast enough, so that this problem does not lead to a noticeable difference.  
  
This can simply fixed by deleting the lock files. For security reason these programs use a random directory name for the profile.
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=== Firefox and Thunderbird complain about running elsewhere  ===
  
The files are:
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This is not a bug, this is a feature. This prevents running Firefox and Thunderbird with the the same profile on different hosts. If your computer crashes or the power fails these programs are not closed cleanly, the lock files remain and prevents firefox/thunderbird from starting.
  
  ~/.mozilla/firefox/<RANDOM_CHARS>.default/.parentlock
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This can simply fixed by deleting the lock files. For security reason these programs use a random directory name for the profile.  
  ~/.mozilla/firefox/<RANDOM_CHARS>.default/lock
 
  ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/<RANDOM_CHARS>.default/.parentlock
 
  ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/<RANDOM_CHARS>.default/lock
 
  
The RANDOM_CHARS subdirectory is easy to find, because unter normal circumstances there is only a single subdirectory.
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The files are:
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  ~/.mozilla/firefox/&lt;RANDOM_CHARS&gt;.default/.parentlock
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  ~/.mozilla/firefox/&lt;RANDOM_CHARS&gt;.default/lock
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  ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/&lt;RANDOM_CHARS&gt;.default/.parentlock
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  ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/&lt;RANDOM_CHARS&gt;.default/lock
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The RANDOM_CHARS subdirectory is easy to find, because unter normal circumstances there is only a single subdirectory.  
  
 
Note: To read this instruction you can use a different browser installed on our system, e.g. konqueror or epiphany, even the text mode browser lynx works fine.
 
Note: To read this instruction you can use a different browser installed on our system, e.g. konqueror or epiphany, even the text mode browser lynx works fine.

Revision as of 12:47, 15 January 2009

Frequently asked questions

Webmail does not work

The correct function of the Webmail interface depends on two files in your public_html directory. These are public_html/cgi-bin/php and public_htm/webmail. If one of this is missing you will get some error messages. To fix this problem do a ssh login or open a terminal from your desktop and execute the command webmail-enable. This should fix the problem.

I cannot see my quota

There is no quota system any more. You have your own volume on the nfs server. You can check this with 'df'. The free space in your home, is your personal free space.

Where is pine on the new Ubuntu installations ?

The short version: Pine development has stopped, the successor is now called alpine. They have to change the name because pine is a registered trademark and the associated license does not permit distribution of binary packages. If you want more information, have a look on their homepage [1]

Wrong colors on the white Fujitsu Siemens Machines

On this machines it happens that the colors get wrong, e.g. black instead of white. This issue can be fixed with restarting the X-Server. Log out, to get your session closed properly, and press Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (<-). After that your colors should be ok.

On this machines we switched from the closed source Nvidia driver, which has severe performance problems, to the open source driver. The newer machines are fast enough, so that this problem does not lead to a noticeable difference.

Firefox and Thunderbird complain about running elsewhere

This is not a bug, this is a feature. This prevents running Firefox and Thunderbird with the the same profile on different hosts. If your computer crashes or the power fails these programs are not closed cleanly, the lock files remain and prevents firefox/thunderbird from starting.

This can simply fixed by deleting the lock files. For security reason these programs use a random directory name for the profile.

The files are:

 ~/.mozilla/firefox/<RANDOM_CHARS>.default/.parentlock
 ~/.mozilla/firefox/<RANDOM_CHARS>.default/lock
 ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/<RANDOM_CHARS>.default/.parentlock
 ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/<RANDOM_CHARS>.default/lock

The RANDOM_CHARS subdirectory is easy to find, because unter normal circumstances there is only a single subdirectory.

Note: To read this instruction you can use a different browser installed on our system, e.g. konqueror or epiphany, even the text mode browser lynx works fine.