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| == Email General/ Webbrowser/ Calendar == | == Chat, Matrix, Element == * Introduction to the [[Chat|D-ITET Chat servers]] for institutes * [[ChatBestPractice|Best practice]] recommendations on how to use the chat services * Accounts on federated matrix servers are reachable in Element with their Matrix ID `@<username>:<the-users-matrix-homeserver>`, i.e. `@someone:staffchat.ethz.ch` * [[ChatExportRoomKeys|Missing Matrix room-specific E2E keys]] helps in case of `** Unable to decrypt:...` == Email: General, Webbrowser, Calendar == |
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| * [[FAQ/adressbook_outlook|How to add ETH LDAP adressbook to Outlook]] * [[FAQ/winmail_dat|Outlook: How to stop sending winmail.dat attachments]] |
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| == Email Thunderbird == | == Email: Thunderbird == |
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| == X / Graphical Desktop Environment == * [[FAQ/LoginXEnvironmentTardis|I cannot log in anymore into the X environment on a Linux Tardis Workstation. What can I do?]] * [[FAQ/VNCUsage|How do I use VNC?]] * [[FAQ/VNCGnomeKeyboardMapping|Completely wrong keyboard-layout after logon to GNOME using VNC]] |
== X, Graphical Desktop Environment == * [[RemoteAccess/VNC|Remote access to a Linux host's desktop with VNC]] * [[FAQ/x11vnc|How do I use use X11VNC?]] |
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| * [[FAQ/RemoteApplicationsAndOpenGL|When trying to launch an application remotely (e.g. in VNC) the application crashes with OpenGL related errors]] * [[FAQ/DisableKDEDesktopSearch|How to disable KDE Desktop Search]] |
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| == Shell / Terminal Environment / SSH / Network == * [[FAQ/BashAsDefaultShell|How can I have bash as my default shell?]] |
== Shell, Terminal Environment, SSH, Network == |
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| * [[FAQ/PuttingSetenvPATH|Why does putting setenv PATH in my .login not work?]] | |
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| * [[FAQ/network_connection_problems|My device can't connect to the ETH network]] | |
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| == Devices == * [[FAQ/MountMediaDevices|How can I mount CDROMs, DVDs or FLOPPIES on ISG.EE Linux?]] * [[FAQ/MicUsageTardis|How can I use a Mic on Linux based Tardis Workstations?]] |
== macOS == * [[FAQ/X11macOS|Forward X11 applications to a macOS client]] * [[FAQ/MacSshTerminalConfig|SSH connections from Mac start with errors similar to "locale name not valid"]] |
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| * [[FAQ/X11Windows|Forward X11 applications to a Windows client]] * [[FAQ/MicrosoftCloudSubscription|Create Microsoft Cloud Subscription for Office 365 or MS Teams]] |
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| * [[FAQ/AppXYNotStartingUp|Why is Application XY not starting up? Why can't I open certain files?]] * [[FAQ/RebootTardis|How can I reboot my Tardis Workstation?]] |
* [[FAQ/RebootLinuxClient|How can I reboot my Linux workstation?]] |
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| * [[FAQ/MapMETAKey|How can I map the META key to the left "windows" key (Emacs)?]] | |
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| * [[FAQ/JupyterNotebook|How do I use a Jupyter Notebook?]] * [[FAQ/VirtualMaschine|How can I create a virtual machine on my ISG D-ITET-managed Linux machine?]] * [[FAQ/RStudio|Using RStudio in a VNC session]] |
Contents
FAQ
This is a collection of frequently asked questions (FAQ)
Chat, Matrix, Element
Introduction to the D-ITET Chat servers for institutes
Best practice recommendations on how to use the chat services
Accounts on federated matrix servers are reachable in Element with their Matrix ID @<username>:<the-users-matrix-homeserver>, i.e. @someone:staffchat.ethz.ch
Missing Matrix room-specific E2E keys helps in case of ** Unable to decrypt:...
Email: General, Webbrowser, Calendar
Firefox can not open Websites. Error Message can not find https:// Website
IMAP: How to automatically subscribe to every Mailfolder i have?
Migrating/ setup KOrganizer calendar data if you have problems with KOrganizer
Email: Thunderbird
Compacting: How and why to compact folders.
Hidden Emails: Thunderbird hides some emails whereas other clients show all mails.
Invitations: How to make .ics files from invitations visible?
Link opening: HTTP Links in Emails are opened with the wrong Webbrwoser. How do i change that?
Mailboxstatus: Only the status of my inbox gets updated. How to change the behavior to update the status on any Folder?
Mailto: How can I open mailto links in firefox composing in thunderbird?
Notification: How and why to disable update notification.
Space: How to free up space occupied by synchronization files?
Revision Control Systems (SVN,GIT)
X, Graphical Desktop Environment
How to enter german Umlaute and other special characters with an US keyboard
How to restore the KDE application menu, if it's suddely empty
Shell, Terminal Environment, SSH, Network
macOS
Windows 10
Others
How can I give several users write access to a directory of mine?
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 can I use a (updated) LaTeX package not provided by the local installation of texlive?
How can I create a virtual machine on my ISG D-ITET-managed Linux machine?