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

[Ari Pollak]

Thanks for the report. I'll go ahead and fix the system-wide profiles on
the Linux boxes, as HOSTNAME was not being set properly.

As for the CCS help command, there are multiple issues with it, and we
chose not to support it for the time being. Your path will only be set
from your .software file, like on the Solaris machines, if you are using
a login shell e.g. "xterm -ls" or sshing into the box. .software is also
not supported on the Linux machines because it introduces many
incompatible paths and many redundant paths.

P.S. In the future, comments about Linux should be sent to the
linux-users mailing list, as it is not officially supported by Systems.
See: https://lists.ccs.neu.edu/bin/listinfo/linux-users

On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 02:46:12PM -0400, Felix S. Klock II via RT wrote:
> 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.