Oddities

This page is for posting "strange" things that happen, particularly with the Teer machines. If we can get them explained and solved - great! If not - at least you will know you were not alone! The machines to avoid are given below.

As of 11:30, 3 September 2014 (EDT)

Teer 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 25, 27, 34, 37, 38, and 39

matlab command not found

On teer37, the matlab command is missing.

• Date(s): 9/2/2014
• Machines: Teer 37
• Solution: Log in to a different machine...

MATLAB LAPACK Issue

Some people reported an error with LAPACK when using polyval on MATLAB. OIT confirmed this is a known bug with MathWorks Bug Report and they are working on getting the fix installed.

• Date(s): 9/2/2014
• Machines: Teer 4, 12, 13, 25 - but only some people, not all
• Solution: Log in to a different machine...

MATLAB R2013a vs. R2014a

Some people type matlab & and an older version of MATLAB comes up.

• Date(s): 9/2/2014
• Machines: Teer 15, 27, 34
• Solution: Log in to a different machine...

evince SettingsDaemon

When starting emacs, a strange error (or hundreds of them show up) saying:

** (evince:####): WARNING **: Failed to create dbus proxy for org.gnome.SettingsDaemon: Could not get owner of name 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon': no such name

• Date(s): Starting two years ago, continuing on
• Machines: All Teer
• Solution: It still works...hit enter to get to a new command prompt but evince should be working

Xlib: extension missing

Occasionally, the error message comes up with graphical programs saying:

Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display "localhost:10.0".

• Date(s): Starting two years ago, continuing on
• Machines: All Teer
• Solution: The graphical programs still work...hit enter to get to a new command prompt but the graphical program should be working

Other

• Teer 5 and Teer 14 hung up on several people on the morning of 9/3/2014