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     * from //Canopy Packages// (note: if you know that you have an academic license, but you only get //Subscribe// instead of //Install// next to the packages available in Canopy Packages, just quit and restart Canopy): basemap, basemap_ld, cartopy, netCDF4     * from //Canopy Packages// (note: if you know that you have an academic license, but you only get //Subscribe// instead of //Install// next to the packages available in Canopy Packages, just quit and restart Canopy): basemap, basemap_ld, cartopy, netCDF4
   * Click on //Updates NN// again, and install them, if some new updates are available   * Click on //Updates NN// again, and install them, if some new updates are available
 +
 +===== VcXsrv Windows X Server =====
 +
 +<note important>VcXsrv is now pre-installed on your Windows machine instead of [[#cywin-x|Cygwin-X]]. It should work more reliably with the LSCE servers, but does not provide all the resources of Cygwin-X. You may want to install Cygwin-X as well, in some special cases</note>
 +
 +Web & Download: http://vcxsrv.sourceforge.net/
 +
 +==== Setup ====
 +
 +  * Start //XLaunch// to configure VcXsrv
 +  * Select //One large window//, then //Next//
 +  * Select //Open session via XDMCP//, then //Next//
 +  * Select //Connect to host **obelix**// and //Terminate on server reset//, then //Next//
 +  * Use the settings specified below, then //Next//
 +    * Select //Clipboard//
 +    * **Unselect** //Native opengl//, unless you know what you are doing!
 +      * FIXME We should try to keep it selected and check if ''glxgears'' works correctly, with and without setting the ''LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT'' environment variable
 +  * Click on //Save configuration// to save the settings on the Windows desktop (e.g //obelix_VcXsrv.xlaunch//), then //Finish//. VcXsrv will automatically start.\\ The next time you want to start VcXsrv, just click on the //obelix_VcXsrv.xlaunch// file that you have saved on your desktop
 +
 +==== Notes ====
 +
 +  * Once you have started VcXsrv and logged in with you account on one of the obelix servers, it is highly suggested to **activate the windows wireframe moving mode** by typing:\\ ''gconftool-2 %%--%%set /apps/metacity/general/reduced_resources %%--%%type bool true''
 +  * If you just need to run an //X server// (instead of using XDMCP), e.g. when you are outside LSCE, just start //VcXsrv// from the Windows Start Menu
  
 ===== Cygwin-X ===== ===== Cygwin-X =====
  
-<note important>Cygwin/X should already be installed on your LSCE machine\\ This section covers the reinstallation/update, or installation from scratch</note>+<note warning>Cygwin/X used to be pre-installed on your LSCE machine but the connection with the obelixN servers in XDMCP mode became unreliable\\ The Windows machines now use [[#vcxsrv_windows_x_server|VcXsrv]] but you may still need to install Cygwin-X in some special cases\\ This section covers the reinstallation/update, or installation from scratch</note>
  
 Web & Download: http://x.cygwin.com/ Web & Download: http://x.cygwin.com/
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   * Select a scratch directory for downloading the installation packages\\ e.g. <disk>:\Scratch\<your_login>\CygwinX   * Select a scratch directory for downloading the installation packages\\ e.g. <disk>:\Scratch\<your_login>\CygwinX
   * Accept the //Direct Connection//   * Accept the //Direct Connection//
-  * Select a nearby mirror\\ e.g. http://mirror.switch.ch+  * Select a nearby mirror\\ e.g. http://mirror.easyname.at
   * The Select Packages window should start with the Category view. If this is not the case, click several times on the View button to select the Category view   * The Select Packages window should start with the Category view. If this is not the case, click several times on the View button to select the Category view
     * When you select a package, the dependencies will automatically be selected as well     * When you select a package, the dependencies will automatically be selected as well
     * View => Pending will display the selected packages and the dependencies that will be downloaded     * View => Pending will display the selected packages and the dependencies that will be downloaded
   * Select the following packages, from:   * Select the following packages, from:
-    * X11: xorg-server, xinit, xterm, all the font-* packages, font-config, showfont, xlsfonts+    * X11: xorg-server, xinit, xterm, all the font-* packages, font-config, showfont, xlsfonts, xdpyinfo
     * X11 optional: mesa-demos, x11perf     * X11 optional: mesa-demos, x11perf
     * Net: openssh     * Net: openssh
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   * Click on the //View// button till it displays //Pending//, and the list of packages requiring an update are displayed (with the //Current// (installed) and the //New// version number)   * Click on the //View// button till it displays //Pending//, and the list of packages requiring an update are displayed (with the //Current// (installed) and the //New// version number)
   * Click Next and accept the suggested extra packages (dependencies)   * Click Next and accept the suggested extra packages (dependencies)
-  * Click Next and wait for the download+  * Click Next and wait for the download and installation 
 +    * Warning! If you get the //unable to extract /usr/bin/cygwin1.dll// error message during the installation, open the task manager, go to the **Services** (not //Processes//) tab, kill the //cygserver// process, then click on //Retry//
   * Accept the default icons creations and exit   * Accept the default icons creations and exit
  
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   * An xterm should appear   * An xterm should appear
-    * Note: this will **NOT** work if you already have a running X server connected to the LSCE asterix servers in XDMCP mode+    * Note: this will **NOT** work if you already have a running X server connected to the LSCE obelix servers in XDMCP mode
   * Type 'xterm' and check you get a new xterm window   * Type 'xterm' and check you get a new xterm window
-  * In the notification zone, right-click on the X icon and choose About. You should get Version 1.16.0 (2014-08-16) or higher+  * In the notification zone, right-click on the X icon and choose About. You should get Version 1.16.1 (2014-10-17) or higher
   * Type 'glxgears' and check that you get a window with rotating gears   * Type 'glxgears' and check that you get a window with rotating gears
   * Type 'glxinfo|grep -i opengl' and check the vendor string: it should be the same as your computer's graphics card   * Type 'glxinfo|grep -i opengl' and check the vendor string: it should be the same as your computer's graphics card
-  * Type 'ssh -Y <your_login>@asterix1.saclay.cea.fr' to login to asterix1+  * Type 'ssh -Y <your_login>@obelix2.lsce.ipsl.fr' to login to obelix2
     * do the 'xterm' test     * do the 'xterm' test
     * do the 'glxinfo|grep -i opengl' test     * do the 'glxinfo|grep -i opengl' test
-    * exit asterix+    * exit obelix
   * More tests with x11perf??   * More tests with x11perf??
  
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     * You can find the installed version of Cygwin at the top of the file (e.g. //Release: 1.16.0.0//)     * You can find the installed version of Cygwin at the top of the file (e.g. //Release: 1.16.0.0//)
   * Discussion: http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.os.cygwin.xfree   * Discussion: http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.os.cygwin.xfree
 +
 +==== Cygwin-X tips and tricks ====
 +
 +=== Where are the directories? ===
 +
 +  * You can use ''df -h'' to get information about the partitions
 +  * The Linux root (''/'') directory is located in ''C:\cygwin'' or ''C:\cygwin64'' (depending if you are using a 32bit or 64bit Windows).\\ e.g. ''/home'' is actually in ''C:\cygwin64\home''
 +  * The ''C:'' Windows partition (accessible with ''cd c:'' from cygwin) is in ''/cygdrive/c'' (from cygwin)
 +
 +=== Solving Cygwin directories access rights ===
 +
 +You may encounter Windows access rights problem when using cygwin:
 +  * you don't have the correct ownership or enough rights to remove c:\cygwin
 +  * when starting cygwin/X, you get an error message saying that you can't write/access ''/var/log/xwin/XWin.0.log''
 +  * ...
 +
 +These problems can be solved with cygwin!
 +  * Start a cygwin shell with administrator rights\\ ''Start => All Programs => Cygwin Bash Shell => right-click and choose to run as administrator''
 +  * Use standard Linux commands to check and fix the access rights
 +    * ''ls -l'', ''chmod'', ''chown'', ''chgrp'', ...
 +      * e.g., to solve the XWin.0.log above, you can use: ''chmod a+rwx /var/log/xwin''
 +
 +==== Uninstalling Cygwin-X ====
 +
 +You may have to uninstall Cygwin-X if you want to really restart from scratch, or because of some unforeseen technical problems
 +
 +  * Official uninstall instructions: https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all
 +  * An interesting thread about uninstall: http://superuser.com/questions/167219/how-to-completely-uninstall-remove-cygwin-from-windows-7
 +    * Look for hints in there if you get some weird access rights problems!
 +      * Some Windows command lines have some potential: ''takeown'', ''icacls''
  
 ==== Using Cygwin-X at LSCE ==== ==== Using Cygwin-X at LSCE ====
  
-We use //XDMCP query on asterix// in order to open a full Linux environment running on one of the asterix server, displayed in a full-screen window on the local desktop+We use //XDMCP query on obelix// in order to open a full Linux environment running on one of the obelix server, displayed in a full-screen window on the local desktop
  
 Use the following steps to create a shortcut on your desktop that you can use to start Cygwin-X in XDMCP mode: Use the following steps to create a shortcut on your desktop that you can use to start Cygwin-X in XDMCP mode:
   * Right-click on the desktop and choose //New --> Shortcut//   * Right-click on the desktop and choose //New --> Shortcut//
   * Choose the target of the shortcut: //C:\cygwin64\bin\XWin.exe//   * Choose the target of the shortcut: //C:\cygwin64\bin\XWin.exe//
-    * Do not forget to add the extra options to the shortcut, so that it looks like:\\ //C:\cygwin64\bin\XWin.exe -wgl -query asterix -terminate//+    * Do not forget to add the extra options to the shortcut, so that it looks like:\\ //C:\cygwin64\bin\XWin.exe -wgl -query obelix -terminate//
     * Note: the //-wgl// argument is optional. It may (or not) give you some increased performance     * Note: the //-wgl// argument is optional. It may (or not) give you some increased performance
-  * Select a name for the shorcut: //Asterix64//, //Asterix//, etc...+  * Select a name for the shorcut: //Obelix64//, //Obelix//, etc...
  
-Once you have started Cygwin and logged in with you account on one of the asterix servers, it is highly suggested to activate the windows wireframe moving mode by typing:\\ ''gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/reduced_resources --type bool true''+Once you have started Cygwin and logged in with you account on one of the obelix servers, it is highly suggested to **activate the windows wireframe moving mode by typing**:\\ ''gconftool-2 %%--%%set /apps/metacity/general/reduced_resources %%--%%type bool true''
  
 ==== Trying to have Cygwin-X work faster on Win7+Intel HDxxx cards ==== ==== Trying to have Cygwin-X work faster on Win7+Intel HDxxx cards ====
  
-  * Activate wireframe mode\\ ''gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/reduced_resources --type bool true''+  * Activate wireframe mode\\ ''gconftool-2 %%--%%set /apps/metacity/general/reduced_resources %%--%%type bool true'' 
 +  * Check if other metacity parameters should be set? 
 +    * http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/GNOME.html#GCONF 
 +    * [[http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/01/10/gconftool-2-gconf-editor-from-the-shell/|Using gconftool-2]]
   * [[http://aaron-kelley.net/blog/2013/03/cygwinx-xwin-causes-nvidia-optimus-to-run-all-of-the-time/|Should we disable OpenGL ?]]   * [[http://aaron-kelley.net/blog/2013/03/cygwinx-xwin-causes-nvidia-optimus-to-run-all-of-the-time/|Should we disable OpenGL ?]]
 +    * Start with ''-nowgl'' option, or use the //GLWIN_NO_WGL_EXTENSIONS// environment variable
   * Check the performance and basic parameters with: glxgears -info   * Check the performance and basic parameters with: glxgears -info
   * [[http://www.mesa3d.org/envvars.html|Should we play with the Mesa 3D Graphics Library environment variables]]   * [[http://www.mesa3d.org/envvars.html|Should we play with the Mesa 3D Graphics Library environment variables]]
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   * What can we do with cygserver-config ?   * What can we do with cygserver-config ?
   * Enable //MIT-SHM extension// ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT-SHM|MIT Shared Memory Extension ]])?   * Enable //MIT-SHM extension// ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT-SHM|MIT Shared Memory Extension ]])?
 +    * http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-shared-memory.html
 +
 +===== Panoply ====
 +
 +You can use Panoply to work with **NetCDF** data (and some other geo-referenced data) if you just need a //quick-look// or you are not familiar with NetCDF
 +
 +Web & Download: http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/panoply/
 +
 +{{:pmip3:database:visualizing_netcdf_panoply_seidenglanz.pdf|User manual}} (courtesy of Anne Seidenglanz)\\ [[http://www.geo.uni-bremen.de/Interdynamik/images/stories/pdf/visualizing_netcdf_panoply.pdf|Link to the original version]]
 +
 +===== GIMP ====
 +
 +Web: http://www.gimp.org/
 +
 +Download: http://www.gimp.org/downloads/
  
 ===== Gnu emacs + GnuWin DiffUtils ===== ===== Gnu emacs + GnuWin DiffUtils =====
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 ==== Download ==== ==== Download ====
  
-  - http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca/emacs/windows (Emacs installer for Windows) +  - Emacs installer for Windows: http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca/emacs/windows 
-  - http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/diffutils.htm (Recompiled diff programs for Windows) +  - Recompiled diff programs for Windows (needed for the //ediff// mode): http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/diffutils.htm 
-  - {{:other:emacs_win_7_64_140408.zip|}} (JYP's .emacs file)+  - JYP's .emacs file: {{:other:emacs_win_7_64_140408.zip|for Windows}} - {{:other:emacs_linux_150806.tar|for Linux}} 
 +  - Annotated reference card of the emacs text editor: {{:other:newppl:emacs_jyp.pdf}}
  
 ==== Configuration ==== ==== Configuration ====
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 ==== Testing the tramp mode ==== ==== Testing the tramp mode ====
  
-Try to open a remote file, in order to check if tramp works correctly\\ e.g. /<your_login>@idefix1.saclay.cea.fr:.emacs+Try to open a remote file, in order to check if tramp works correctly\\ e.g. /<your_login>@ssh1.lsce.ipsl.fr:.emacs
  
 You will probably get the following error: Couldn't find a proper `ls' command You will probably get the following error: Couldn't find a proper `ls' command
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   - Start Emacs   - Start Emacs
  
-==== Notes ====+==== Misc. emacs related notes ==== 
 + 
 +=== Windows specific notes === 
  
   * Installing the DiffUtils packages makes it possible to use the emacs Tools => Compare (ediff) menu   * Installing the DiffUtils packages makes it possible to use the emacs Tools => Compare (ediff) menu
   * If you get the following error when starting emacs\\ error: The directory `~/.emacs.d/server' is unsafe\\ Use the following solution: http://stackoverflow.com/a/2944197   * If you get the following error when starting emacs\\ error: The directory `~/.emacs.d/server' is unsafe\\ Use the following solution: http://stackoverflow.com/a/2944197
 +
 +=== Other notes ===
 +
 +  * Commenting/commenting lines (in a python script, or anything) : ''M-;''
 +  * Improving python support: https://samrelton.wordpress.com/2013/09/16/emacs-and-python/
 +    * Not tested! FIXME
  
 ===== QtGrace ===== ===== QtGrace =====
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   * Go to ''qtgrace_windows_binary_024\bin'' and double-click on ''qtgrace.exe''   * Go to ''qtgrace_windows_binary_024\bin'' and double-click on ''qtgrace.exe''
  
-===== Kies (Samsung) =====+===== Samsung utilities =====
  
-Web & Download: http://www.samsung.com/fr/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/JSP+  * Smart Switch: http://www.samsung.com/fr/support/smartswitch/ 
 + 
 +  * Kies & Kies3, for older phones: http://www.samsung.com/fr/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/JSP 
 + 
 +===== Malwarebytes Anti-Malware ===== 
 + 
 +Web & Download: https://www.malwarebytes.org/
  
 ===== Putty ===== ===== Putty =====
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 Download: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html (Get the //Windows installer for everything except PuTTYtel//) Download: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html (Get the //Windows installer for everything except PuTTYtel//)
 +
 +More information: http://ciclad-web.ipsl.jussieu.fr/data/documents/ssh_putty_v2_2011-1.pdf
  
 ==== Configuring and using pageant ==== ==== Configuring and using pageant ====
 +
 +FIXME
  
 ==== Notes ==== ==== Notes ====
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 ===== Microsoft synctoy ===== ===== Microsoft synctoy =====
  
-<note tip>This is a free and easy to install backup program that will only copy new/modified files</note>+<note tip>This is a free and easy to install backup program that will only copy new/modified files\\ \\ Using synctoy is very similar to using Linux //rsync//</note>
  
 Web & Download: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15155 Web & Download: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15155
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 The idea is to create pairs of folders (//left// folder and //right// folder) and to keep them synchronized The idea is to create pairs of folders (//left// folder and //right// folder) and to keep them synchronized
  
-  * Click on Create New Folder Pair +  * Click on //Create New Folder Pair// 
-  * Choose a Left Folder on the computer\\ e.g. F:\Users\jypeter +  * Choose a //Left Folder// **on the computer**\\ e.g. ''F:\Users\jypeter'' 
-  * Choose a Right Folder on the backup disk\\ e.g. J:\Backup_JYP\<your_computer_model>\Windata_<your_login> +  * Choose a //Right Folder// **on the backup disk**\\ e.g. ''J:\Backup_JYP\Dell_Precision_T1700\Windata_jypeter'' 
-  * Click Next and choose Echo, because we want the backup to be an exact copy of the original folder +  * Click //Next// and choose //Echo//, because we want the backup to be an exact copy of the original folder 
-  * Click Next and give a meaningful name to the folder pair\\ e.g. \<your_computer_model> Windata_<your_login>+    * Warning! //Exact copy// means that if something is removed in the //left// folder and you run synctoy, synctoy will also erase the same thing in the //right// folder 
 +  * Click Next and give a meaningful name to the folder pair\\ e.g. ''<your_computer_model> Windata_<your_login>''
   * Finish...   * Finish...
-  * Select the folder pair and click on Change options +  * Select the folder pair and click on //Change options// 
-    * Enable Exclude system files +    * Enable //Exclude system files// 
-    * Disable Save overwritten files in the Recycle Bin +    * Disable //Save overwritten files in the Recycle Bin// 
-  * Click on Preview and check the list of actions that the backup program will use+  * Click on //Preview// and check the list of actions that the backup program will use
   * Click on Run   * Click on Run
 +
 +===== Google Drive =====
 +
 +Web & Download: https://www.google.com/drive/download/
  
 ===== VLC ===== ===== VLC =====
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 Download: http://www.xnview.com/en/xnview/#downloads Download: http://www.xnview.com/en/xnview/#downloads
 +
 +===== BlueScreenView =====
 +
 +This utility makes it possible to display information about previous crashes of a Win computer. Use this if your PC has experienced a BSOD (//Blue Screen of Death//) and you want to know what happened
 +
 +Web & Download: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html
 +
 +===== HTTrack Website Copier =====
 +
 +This utility makes it possible to download a web site for backup (e.g. HTML backup/export of a Joomla web site) or offline usage
 +
 +Web & Download: http://www.httrack.com/page/1/en/index.html
 +
  
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