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1.  Linux

This section offers a brief summary of frequent questions regarding the ECE/CIS GNU/Linux distribution

1.1  Using GDM to login

The ECE/CIS login screen has two major components:

• The username and password entry fields
• The session menu

Before you enter your username and password for the first time, a session type should be chosen from the available menu. To choose a session type, move the mouse over the Session text in the bottom-left corner and left click. A menu will appear in the center of the screen with a list of session choices. If you are unfamiliar with Unix desktop environments, lab staff recommends that you try the Gnome Desktop Environment choices. The session menu can be revisited before any login so that you may explore different choices later.
Once you have made a choice, enter the ECE/CIS username and password to complete the login.

1.2  Login failures

When logging in through GDM, you may come across a situation where you are able to authenticate but after entering your password the login screen will reappear. This usually indicates that you have passed your designated disk quota and need to clean up your home directory.

To gain access to your home directory, either choose the Failsafe XTerm session option in the menu or login to the server using an ssh terminal and proceed to free up space.

1.3  Accessing removable storage

When using Gnome removable storage will be handled using its volume management tools.

• To configure the Gnome volume manager (gvm) locate "Removable Storage" in the Desktop -> Preferences menu.
• The KDE configuration dialog for equivalent settings is located in the "KDE Control Panel" in the Periphery section.

For other desktop environments, there are two choices:

• start gnome-volume-manager (/usr/local/gnome/bin/gnome-volume-manager) manually and use the gnome-volume-properties command to set options
• use pmount/pumount from the command line to control the mounting manually.

pmount is used much like the regular mount:

• %> pmount /dev/sda1 will mount the partition sda1 (usb-storage) to /media/sda1
• %> pumount /dev/sda1 will unmount the device for removal (cdrom devices will also adhere to the eject button)

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How about mounting a USB drive to an EECIS SunRay? I tried using pmount, but the display switched to some connection test screen and I was forced to log back in. When I came back, mount returned this error message: "Mount point cannot be determined." charlieg? September 05, 2007, at 02:43 PM