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

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

• Firefox can not open Websites. Error Message can not find https:// Website

• Firefox freezes for several seconds at first start

• Headers: How to view the Email Headers?

• IMAP: Instead of deleting the lines are crossed out.

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

• 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

• How to set google-chrome (SEPP) as default browser

Email: Thunderbird

• Compacting: How and why to compact folders.

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

• Import: How to import Emails in MBOX Format?

• 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)

• SVN: HTTPS checkout certificate failure on MAC computers.

X, Graphical Desktop Environment

• Remote access to a Linux host's desktop with VNC

• How do I use use X11VNC?

• Why does XForwarding not work anymore?

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

• How to enter german Umlaute and other special characters with an US keyboard

• When login under GNOME my Desktop Icons dissapeared

• Troubleshoot Gnome 3 Desktop Customizations

• How to restart my KDE Plasma after a crash

• How to restore the KDE application menu, if it's suddely empty

• KDE Plasma on Stretch remains black after first login

• No sound on headphones attached to front panel

Shell, Terminal Environment, SSH, Network

• How can I have zsh as my default shell?

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

• SSH Key-Based Authentification

• FAQ/raspberryPiTo802.1x

• My device can't connect to the ETH network

macOS

• Forward X11 applications to a macOS client

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

Windows 10

• Forward X11 applications to a Windows client

• Create Microsoft Cloud Subscription for Office 365 or MS Teams

Others

• How can I reboot my Linux 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?

• 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?

• How to use polyboxcmd?

• How can external people upload files to a Polybox account?

• How can I connect to the internet as a guest?

• How do I use a Jupyter Notebook?

• How can I create a virtual machine on my ISG-managed Linux machine?

• Using RStudio in a VNC session

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