RNS CS Labs
From MSCS
64 bit vs 32 bit
All of the machines in rooms RNS 202 and 203 use a 64-bit architecture. This allows them to do much larger computations than older machines and means that all programs need to be compiled specifically for 64 bit.
Firefox
If you are running Firefox in rooms 202 and 203, there are a few things you need to watch for:
- If Firefox fails to start:
- Make sure you are using /usr/bin/firefox
- you may have to remove your .mozilla folder. This will delete all of your Firefox preferences. Alternately, moving them should make Firefox automatically create a new profile. You could even set up a line in your .cshrc to check the value of your $MACHTYPE environment variable, which should be either "x86_64" (for 64 bit) or i386 (for 32 bit.)
- Firefox isn't properly loading pdfs at the moment. It's attempting to use an adobe-plugin clone that seems to be misconfigured. To view them in another window:
- Open up Firefox preferences (Edit->Preferences)
- Go to the applications tab.
- Find "pdf document"
- Set it to "use document viewer"
