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Do you use X applications from home/laptop outside of SPH? Tried of slow response time for X apps? Unwilling or unable to install X on your Windows machine? Maybe you have tried X applications, but it was so painful you gave up?
Do you use X applications from home/laptop outside of SPH? Tried of slow response time for X apps? Unwilling or unable to install X on your Windows machine? Maybe you have tried X applications, but it was so painful you gave up?
Host: snowwhite.sph.umich.edu (you MUST specify sph.umich.edu)
Host: snowwhite.sph.umich.edu (you MUST specify sph.umich.edu)
On the dropdown which shows 'KDE', select ''''Custom''''. This enables the 'Settings' button. Select the Settings button and it opens a new window. In this new window click on 'Run the following command'. This enables a text box where you enter:
On the dropdown which shows 'KDE', Linux or Windows users should select ''''Custom''''. This enables the 'Settings' button. Select the Settings button and it opens a new window. In this new window click on 'Run the following command'. This enables a text box where you enter:
xterm -sb +si -sk -sl 2500
xterm -sb +si -sk -sl 2500
Click 'OK' to close this window and 'Next' to close the parent window. Finish up as usual.
Click 'OK' to close this window and 'Next' to close the parent window. Finish up as usual.
For some surprising reason the ''''Custom'''' selection does not behave. Mac users should rather choose ''''Run the console'''' which also results in an ''xterm'' being opened for you. This xterm, however, '''does not have scroll bars'''. However, if the Mac user enters an ''xterm'' like that shown above in his/her console, the result is exactly the same (except you have two xterms open). You don't need to generate a second xterm, unless you really want to scroll back to see previous output.
'''It is really important that you use this ''Custom'' or ''console'' setting'''. Choosing a conventional window manager like Gnome or KDE will probably fail (the most favorable case) or if it does actually work, it will consume a huge amount of resources on the machine you are logging into, making life harder on everyone. ''Do not choose anything except '''Custom''' or '''Run the console'''.''
== Invoke the Application ==
== Invoke the Application ==
