ePD 3.0
electronic Product Designer
setup procedure
Part 1
ePD_initial.setup
vnc setup
This Demo is captured on Camtasia Studio 4
Download PuTTY and/or X-Win32
http://www.usc.edu/its/
Why vnc?
VNC (Virtual Network Computing)
http://www.realvnc.com
http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/index.html
http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/winvncviewer.html
http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/download.html
Download the executable to your desktop
ssh to
aludra.usc.edu
or
nunki.usc.edu
use either PuTTY or XWin32 to ssh
Type the following command at unix prompt
~eeview/ePD_initial.setup
Students in all courses
planning to use ePD
will execute this
command only once
sets up pv directory
adds lines to your .login file
creates .vnc directory
Logout and login again to
source the new lines added
to your .login file
or type
source .login
Invoke vncserver
unix>vncserver
unix>password:
verify
Provides a display
nunki.usc.edu:15002
Invoke vncviewer on your
PC
Click on vncviewer icon
Put in host name nunki.usc.edu:15002
Password
Open a terminal
Edit your .login file or .cshrc file
if needed
Use emacs or vi or pico editors to edit
the .login file or .cshrc file
Optional: add the following lines
to your .cshrc file for
unix prompt and file find
Unix prompt to show the server followed by your current directory:
example: nunki-pv
set host=`hostname|cut -f1 -d.`
set prompt="$host-$cwd:t{\!} "
alias cd 'cd \!* ; set prompt="$host-$cwd:t{\!} "'
To search for files in current directory and all subdirectories underneath
example: ff *457*lab*3*
alias ff \(set noglob\;exec find . -name \!\* -print\)
cleanup before logging out
logout and login
Before you logout, do not forget to run
cleanup
whenever you use vncserver on unix
To logout, you can type
logout or kj (for kill jobs)
To close a terminal in vncviewer, you can use
exit