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| − | === I | + | === 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. | 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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=== Where is pine on the new Ubuntu installations ? === | === Where is pine on the new Ubuntu installations ? === | ||
| − | The short version: Pine development has stopped, the successor is | + | 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/] |
| − | === Wrong | + | === 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 | + | 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 | + | 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. |
Revision as of 09:22, 9 September 2008
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Frequently asked questions
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.
