I just wanted to say that I don't have any problem with the "num-locks" key. Maybe its the way I log in to glue/wam with ssh. I use:
ssh -XC [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I use it only for Matlab and maintaining a website. But using the "-XC" flags I can use Matlab graphically, not just with the command line (using "tap matlab70; matlab -nodesktop"). Anyways, hope that helps Matlab users. > Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:33:14 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [UM-LINUX] Mathematica X11 Forwarding > To: [email protected] > > D'oh, that first link was supposed to point to the Ubuntu documentation: > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mathematica#head-73b591dadac947c6d1e262199474d896753a5ed3 > > Sorry, > > Nick > > Nick Cummings wrote: > > I don't know why exactly it causes a problem, but I know it also causes > > a problem in Mathematica. There's actually a page in the Ubuntu > > community documentation that talks about a way to change key mapping so > > that num-lock won't cause such a problem. > > > > http://support.wolfram.com/mathematica/systems/linux/general/configurenumlock.html > > > > They also point to a page about the issue on Wolfram's site. > > > > http://support.wolfram.com/mathematica/systems/linux/general/configurenumlock.html > > > > I have no idea of any of that is useful for Matlab. > > > > Nick > > > > Neil Sikka wrote: > > > >> Hey all. THanks for the help. Yea, for some reason num-lock on messes > >> up matlab over ssh. it works with numlock off. does anyone know why? > >> > >> On Sat, Feb 9, 2008 at 8:14 PM, Nick Cummings <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > >> > >> Thanks for pointing out that OIT page. I'd never seen it before. My > >> approach was always just to copy the fonts from the server and then > >> include them using xset on the local machine. > >> > >> Nick > >> > >> Christopher Conroy wrote: > >> > I've never used Mathematica before this week, and I ran into some > >> > serious difficulties getting it to work over X11 (off WAM or GLUE). > >> > > >> > At first, it would complain on startup that I didn't have the > >> > necessary fonts installed. Apparently, Mathematica uses it's own > >> > (non-standard) fonts. I found a zip of some BDF fonts which I > >> added to > >> > my local font path by doing 'xset +fp /home/chris/BDF/', and that > >> > stopped the error messages. Except, when I went to evaluate > >> anything, > >> > it would segfault. > >> > > >> > So then I poked around and found this (outdated) OIT help page > >> on the > >> > subject: > >> > > >> > >> http://www.helpdesk.umd.edu/topics/applications/mathstat/mathematica/161/ > >> > the xfs -config command produced an error for me, and I also > >> found the > >> > directions a bit unclear (i.e. which machine are they referring > >> to? my > >> > local machine or the glue/wam box I'm currently logged into?) > >> > > >> > Since I needed to get it to work fast for a HW assignment, I simply > >> > copied all the fonts from the path given in the OIT help page to my > >> > local machine and added that location to my font path. From that > >> point > >> > on, everything seemed to work. So, it seems like a decent > >> solution to > >> > me. If anyone else has a better way, let me know. Otherwise, perhaps > >> > we should ask OIT to update the help page? > >> > > >> > P.S. When X11 forwarding an application, turn off numlock as it can > >> > interfere with certain keystrokes (e.g. carriage return) > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Christopher Conroy > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Neil Sikka > >> _________________________________________________________________ Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join
