[Linux-users] [Req #30117] various problems on linux box in Cullinane, 201

[Felix S. Klock II via RT]

Thu Jul 31 14:46:11 2003: Request 30117 was acted upon.
Transaction: Ticket created by pnkfelix at ccs.neu.edu
       Queue: systems
     Subject: various problems on linux box in Cullinane, 201
       Owner: Nobody
  Requestors: pnkfelix at ccs.neu.edu
      Status: new
 Ticket <URL: https://rt.ccs.neu.edu/Ticket/Display.html?id=30117 >
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Systems Group-

Hi, I just logged into my account for the first time on the Linux
machine 'penguin' (penguin.ccs.neu.edu, right?)

I noticed the issues listed below.  I can fix them myself; I just
thought that you might like to know about problems with freshly-made
user accounts.

1. Every time I changed directories, I got the following error:

    penguin:~> cd .
    HOSTNAME: Undefined variable.
    penguin:~>

This appears to be due to the following lines in the .tcsh.aliases file:

    if (($?prompt) && ($?DISPLAY) && ($?TERM)) then
      if ("$TERM" == "xterm") then
        alias cwdcmd 'xtitle "${HOSTNAME}: $cwd"'
      endif
    endif

(even after setting the HOSTNAME, I got errors that the xtitle program
was not found; I recommend that you change the script to check for the
variable being set and the program being accessible)


2. The help system did not work "out of the box" for me.  My PATH
needs to be updated.  On penguin, my PATH is:

    /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/ccs/bin

On login.ccs.neu.edu, my PATH is:

    /share/unix/bin:/arch/unix/bin:/ccs/bin:/arch/com/bin:/share/com/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/bin:/usr/opt/JDK120/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/ucb:/arch/gnu/bin:/arch/Xapps/bin:/share/Xapps/bin:/arch/X11R6/bin:/share/Xapps/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/dt/bin:/usr/bin/X11/demos:/home/pnkfelix/bin/solaris:/home/pnkfelix/bin

3. You may want to consider updating the README file to mention that
the help system is taking the user to http://www.ccs.neu.edu/help/
Many users may figure out how to get Mozilla going long before they
know how to use the terminal.  (Then again, HCI is not my thing, so
what do I know...)

Anyway, from within lynx the Nomad howto was pretty much useless, so
knowing the base url without having to read the source to the help
script is semi-useful in any case.


Sincerely,
-Felix Klock