x2go
The old NX service is replaced with x2go. For using graphically intensive applications like Matlab, Maple etc from home, please use x2go instead of X11 tunneling over ssh.
Please download the x2go client from here
Connect to cluster.mathstat.dal.ca as shown below -
Important note : Please choose ICEWM as Session Type instead of Published Applications
to get Rstudio menus working
Disable sound and printing support
Choose the menu of published applications
Choose the appropriate item from the menu
Please open a terminal and type qrsh to get an interactive session to the least loaded node. With the new interactive session to the node, software like Matlab, Maple etc can be started.
x2go.txt · Last modified: 2018/01/02 08:40 by pillai