[27638] in Athena Bugs
Re: Debathena: Default cluster software
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Reed)
Thu Sep 12 17:35:08 2013
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:09:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@mit.edu>
To: dukhovni@mit.edu
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Hi Samuel,
We will add xmobar shortly. You can track the status of the enhancement
at:
http://athena10.mit.edu/trac/ticket/1394
Jonathan Reed
IS&T Athena Release Team
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.
>
> 5) If you were following instructions, please include the URL or a
> description of the documentation:
> (e.g. a "problem set for 18.03" or http://ist.mit.edu)
>
>
>
