[27637] in Athena Bugs
Re: Debathena: Default cluster software
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Benjamin Kaduk)
Thu Sep 12 17:29:20 2013
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:22:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu>
To: dukhovni@mit.edu
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On Wed, 11 Sep 2013, dukhovni@MIT.EDU wrote:
> System name: M12-182-12
> Type: x86_64
> Display type: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Caicos XT [Radeon HD 7470/8470]
>
> Shell: /bin/athena/bash
> Window manager: unknown
> Desktop session: xmonad
>
> 1) What were you trying to do?
> I'm trying to use the xmobar menu bar with xmonad.
>
> 2) What happened?
> xmobar isn't installed on the cluster machines, so I have to install it myself every time I log in if I want to use it.
>
> 3) What should have happened?
> Since you've got xmonad installed, and xmobar is often used with it, xmobar should also be installed on the cluster machines.
>
> 4) Does this problem happen only on this workstation, or other workstations?
> This is a problem with the set of packages installed on all cluster workstations.
Hi Samuel,
This seems reasonable, we should start the workflow for getting it added
soon. (You can track the progress at
http://debathena.mit.edu/trac/ticket/1394 if you want.)
Thanks for the report!
-Ben Kaduk
