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Run the MobaXTerm Application from the start menu - Once the MobaXTerm window opens you will need to select the settings button at the top of the page. Next click on the X11 tab and set the X11 display mode to “Multiwindow mode”: X11 server integrated into Windows Desktop” and click OK. This only needs to be set once. See below
If prompted to restart the X11 server. Select yes
In the “find existing session or server name” enter
Olympus.ece.tamu.edu
(or useapollo.ece.tamu.edu
orhera.ece.tamu.edu
) in the “find existing session or server name” box. Please use OLYMPUS, it 6 times the resources of Apollo or Hera.On the next screen select
ssh
as the session type and select OK. You can specify your username on this screen if you wish. Click OKYou will be prompted to accept the server host key. Click Yes
Login to Olympus (or Apollo or Hera)
If using Olympus, use the proper
load-ecen-###
command for your course. For additional information on using Olympus, see Olympus Cluster Information.
Method 2 - using Xming + PuTTY
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Run the XMing program (you will not see any windows open, this runs in the background)
Open Putty and check the Enable X11 forwarding box under ssh – x11 on the left side of the putty configuration window.
Scroll up, click on the session category and enter the name of the system (in this case
Olympus.ece.tamu.edu
) you want to attach to.Login to Olympus and use the proper
load-ecen-###
command for your course. For additional information on using Olympus, see Olympus Cluster Information
Please close your program and the VMWare Horizon Client when you are finished with your work. We have limited resources, and this will free up yours for someone else to use. This will help everyone have the best experience.
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Click the 🔎 icon and search for MobaXterm. See Figure 3. Click MobaXterm Personal Edition.
Click Start local terminal
Type the command:
ssh -Y your_netid@olympus.ece.tamu.edu
You should always use Olympus for your labs,
hera.ece.tamu.edu
andapollo.ece.tamu.edu
have limited resources and are easily overloaded.
You will get a prompt asking for your password, type it and press Enter.
If using Olympus, use the proper
load-ecen-###
command for your course. For additional information on using Olympus, see Olympus Cluster Information
Method 2 - using Putty and XMing
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Run the XMing program (you will not see any windows open, this runs in the background).
Next Open Putty and check the Enable X11 forwarding box under ssh – x11 on the left side of the putty configuration window.
Scroll up, click on the session category and enter the name of the system (in this case
Olympus.ece.tamu.edu
) you want to attach to.Login to Olympus and use the proper
load-ecen-###
command for your course. For additional information on using Olympus, see Olympus Cluster Information.
Please close your program and the VMWare Horizon Client when you are finished with your work. We have limited resources, and this will free up yours for someone else to use. This will help everyone have the best experience.