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You will be prompted to setup a login profile when launching the NoMachine for the first time. Select the following options:
Protocol: SSH Host: psnxana.slac.stanford.edu, Port: 22 Authentication: Use the NoMachine login (not the "system login" ). Do not select 'Use an alternate server key' Proxy: Don't use a proxy Save as: Choose a name such as PSNXANA. You could select 'Create a link on the desktop' Select Done to finish the setup |
You can hit Connect to start the connection.
You may be asked to verify host authenticity. Hit Continue.
You will be asked to type Username and Password. Use your SLAC UNIX account and password and hit OK.
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Accept the default options (Application - Run the console, Options - Run the command in a floating window) by clicking Continue.
For performance and reliability reasons we have disabled the ability to open a remote desktop (GNOME) on the NX servers. We plan to keep allowing only the console mode for the foreseeable future since the multiple GNOME sessions were taking too many resources on the NX servers. Let us know if you see any fundamental reason why the ability to open a remote desktop is required to do your job.
This will open a remote terminal on your local desktop from which you can type the name of the application you want to launch. For example, you can type "xterm&
" to open additional terminals or "emacs&
" to open the emacs
editor. Type "ssh -Y psana
" to connect to the interactive pool to do data analysis. When you disconnect and reconnect to NoMachine, these terminals and applications will remain in the state you left them in.
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