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.
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Machines to Avoid as of 12:08, 26 October 2014 (EDT)
Teer 16, 23
Not Responding
Check Ping Results to see which machines are not responding to hails. As of 12:08, 26 October 2014 (EDT) it's 16 and 23.
Other
Warnings / Other Things That Aren't Actually Problems
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
Resolved
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-mid-October
- Resolved: 9/5/2014 - patch pushed out to Teer machines by OIT
- Unresolved by observation on 9/8/2014...
- Re-resolved mid-October
- Machines: Teer 04, 12, 13, 25, 26 - but only some people, not all
- Solution: Log in to a different machine...
Prompt doesn't appear
Despite allowing you to log in, the computer hangs after the introduction and never gets to a command prompt.
- Date(s): 9/5/2014
- Resolved: 9/28/2014
- Machines: Teer 05
- Solution: Log in to a different machine...
AFS Drive not connected (EGR103 does not exist)
When you try to cd to an AFS folder, it doesn't exist.
- Date(s): 9/4-??/2014
- Resolved: 9/28/2014
- Machines: Teer 07, 41 (03 connects now)
- Solution: Log in to a different machine...
matlab command not found
On teer37, the matlab command is missing.
- Date(s): 9/2-4/2014
- Resolved: 9/2/2014
- Machines: Teer 37
- Solution: Log in to a different machine...
Password not accepted
Currently, teer03 is not accepting passwords correctly.
- Date(s): 9/2/2014
- Resolved: 9/4/2014
- Machines: Teer 03
- 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
- Resolved: 9/4/2014
- Machines: Teer 15, 27, 34
- Solution: Log in to a different machine...
