FAQ

Email / Webbrowser/ Calendar

• Why is Firefox/ Thunderbird telling me "already running", "profile in use" or "No running window found"?

• Headers: How to view the Email Headers?

• Thunderbird: How and why to compact folders.

• Thunderbird: How and why to disable update notification.

• Thunderbird: How can I open mailto links in firefox composing in thunderbird?

• Thunderbird: How to free up space occupied by synchronization files?

• Thunderbird: How to import Emails in MBOX Format?

• Thunderbird: How to make .ics files from invitations visible?

• Thunderbird: HTTP Links in Emails are opened with the wrong Webbrwoser. How do i change that?

• Thunderbird: Only the status of my inbox gets updated. How to change the behavior to update the status on any Folder?

• Thunderbird: Thunderbird hides some emails whereas other clients show all mails.

• Thunderbird: Thunderbird moans about subfolders as if they where normal Mailfolders.

• IMAP: [mailbox-guard] tells me my inbox is over quota, but my inbox is empty. What can i do?

• IMAP: How do i create a subfolder?

• IMAP: How to automatically subscribe to every Mailfolder i have?

• Mailboxguard: How to disable quota mails from mailbox-guard EN | DE

• Mailinglist: Terms of Use / Nutzungsregeln wiss-mitarb list

• Migrating/ setup KOrganizer calendar data if you have problems with KOrganizer

• Roundcube [Error 501] SERVICE CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE

X / Graphical Desktop Environment

• I cannot log in anymore into the X environment on a Linux Tardis Workstation. What can I do?

• How do I use VNC?

• Completely wrong keyboard-layout after logon to GNOME using VNC

• Why does XForwarding not work anymore?

• What is that `Recycle_Bin` directory in my home folder?

• How can I connect to X-servers via Putty SSH or SSH Client?

• After upgrading the Workstation to Debian GNU/Linux Squeeze the composing keys are not working anymore

• When trying to launch an application remotely (e.g. in VNC) the application crashes with OpenGL related errors

• How to disable KDE Desktop Search

• When login under GNOME my Desktop Icons dissapeared

• Troubleshoot Gnome 3 Desktop Customizations

• How to restart my KDE Plasma after a crash

Shell / Console Environment

• How can I have bash as my default shell?

• How can I have zsh as my default shell?

• Why does putting setenv PATH in my .login not work?

• SSH connections from Mac start with errors similar to "locale name not valid"

Devices

• How can I mount CDROMs, DVDs or FLOPPIES on ISG.EE Linux?

• How can I use a Mic on Linux based Tardis Workstations?

Others

• Why is Application XY not starting up? Why can't I open certain files?

• How can I reboot my Tardis Workstation?

• How do i know what kind of processor I am working with?

• How can I find space eating files in my home?

• How can I give several users write access to a directory of mine?

• How can I map the META key to the left "windows" key (Emacs)?

• Where should I save my data?

• How can I compile/install additional software on a linux tardis workstation?

• How can I check why my software cannot checkout a license from the license server?

• I'm leaving ETH. How long will my account and email address remain active?

• How to use Dropbox on managed Linux Clients?

• How can I use a (updated) LaTeX package not provided by the local installation of texlive?

• How do I fix moinmoin errors after a python upgrade?

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