laptop
If you borrow a laptop from the lab monitor to work on your project during lecture (or at any other time), follow these steps to launch Eclipse from your EECS account:
- Power on the laptop
- Select CentOs Linux (or wait a couple of seconds)
- Click OK and login to AirYork with your Passport York credentials
- Make sure the eecs-vbox-common-lab virtual machine is selected, and press Start
- Click on Applications → Favorites → Terminal
- Type
ssh -X -l <uname> red.eecs.yorku.ca
replacing<uname>
with your EECS account name. - Say yes if asked if you are sure you want to connect.
- Enter your EECS password.
- You are now logged in to your EECS account. You can type
eclipse &
to start working as if you are logged in on a desktop machine at the lab.
When finished, follow these steps:
- Exit Eclipse (don't forget to save)
- Type exit to log out from your EECS account
- Click on the top right corner and power off the virtual machine
- Click on the top right corner again to power off the laptop
laptop.txt · Last modified: 2017/01/09 18:13 by bil