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imported>Echarlie: /* Troubleshooting */

2018-02-23T22:39:23Z

‎Troubleshooting

2017-12-11T01:45:14Z

oops should've read the previous line. in any case I cleaned up redundancy.

2017-12-11T01:44:37Z

the ece2524 instances have weechat

2016-08-12T17:53:13Z

‎Acidburn

2016-03-02T21:24:13Z

‎Basic Usage

2016-03-02T21:22:52Z

‎Acidburn

2016-02-16T20:21:47Z

‎Acidburn

2016-02-05T03:11:05Z

2016-01-31T20:07:56Z

‎Random Bash tips

2016-01-31T20:06:59Z

‎Troubleshooting

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 ** This is easy to identify because ssh fails ''before'' you are prompted for a password.
 ** If this happened on a CVL machine, try connecting to a different node like <code>$ ssh pid@cvl10.ece.vt.edu</code>
 ==External Links==

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 The ECE2524 VM (128.173.88.125) can be accessed via SSH for CVL users, and has tmux, mosh, and weechat installed. The
-[[gp:CAD and Visualization Laboratory|CVL]] has Weechat installed and is useful for general computing (e.g. [[MATLAB]]).
+[[gp:CAD and Visualization Laboratory|CVL]] is also useful for general computing (e.g. [[MATLAB]]).
 == Acidburn ==

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 The ECE2524 VM (128.173.88.125) can be accessed via SSH for CVL users, and has tmux, mosh, and weechat installed. The
-[[gp:CAD and Visualization Laboratory|CVL]] does ''not'' have any IRC clients installed, but is useful for general computing (e.g. [[MATLAB]]).
+[[gp:CAD and Visualization Laboratory|CVL]] has Weechat installed and is useful for general computing (e.g. [[MATLAB]]).
 == Acidburn ==

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 == Acidburn ==
-Acidburn (acidburn.vtluug.org), the VTLUUG shell server, has a few more IRC clients installed, as well as other software <s>and full IPv6 support</s>. Because of new restrictions on SSH access (all of port 22 is blocked for off-campus users), Acidburn can be accessed at port 443 and 2222.
+Acidburn (acidburn.vtluug.org), the VTLUUG shell server, has a few more IRC clients installed, as well as other software and <s>full</s> partial IPv6 support. Because of new restrictions on SSH access (all of port 22 is blocked for off-campus users, although we ''shouldn't'' be blocked), Acidburn can be accessed at port 2222.
-We strongly recommend setting permissions of '''all''' files on your acidburn home directory to 700, except for a public_html/ directory.
+We strongly recommend setting permissions of '''all''' files on your acidburn home directory to 600, except for a public_html/ directory.
 == Basic Usage ==

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 #* ''Use this whenever you are inside a tmux window and wish to return to a shell''
 # To, reattach to the first tmux seesion, just use <code>tmux attach</code>
-#* <code>user@ece2524:~$ tmux attach</code>.
+#* <code>user@ece2524:~$ tmux attach -d</code>.
 #* ''On subsequent logins, this should be the only command you need to execute to return to IRC''

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 * Ctrl-D is the universal "end-of-file" command, and can be used to logout of shells
 * Ctrl-C is the universal interrupt command, and can be used to kill running terminal jobs and clear your currently-typed command (rather than holding down backspace).
 ==Troubleshooting==