Berkeley Lab Theory Group Computing

Last modified: Wed Sep 12 14:00:02 PDT 2007

This is a PC based system running the Scientific Linux distribution of Linux.

Please start by reading the Quick Start Guide. This guide, along with the Frequently Asked Questions list should answer most questions you'll have.

System Status and Other News

12/17/07: Mathematica upgrades -- thmath2 and thmath3 now run Mathematica 6. You can still run Mathematica 5 on these machines if you prefer by using the commands 'math.5 or mathematica.5'

9/12/07: System upgrades -- thmath now has 2GB of RAM, and thmath2 has 4GB of RAM.

8/14/07: phyweb was down from 8:30pm 8/13/07 until this morning. There was a hardware failure. No data loss occured and services should be fully restored now.

5/11/07: There is now a webpage showing what Mathematica licenses are open (not currently in use). http://phyweb.lbl.gov/cgi-bin/mathematica.pl

1/10/07: There is a third mathematica server, thmath3.lbl.gov available. This provides two Mathematica processes in addition to those running on thmath and thmath2. All the mathematica servers are now running version 5.2.

10/10/06: Please remember that the Lab's IMAP server only provides 100MB of free storage. If you exceed that limit on the lab IMAP server, the group gets charged. Olga will send you a reminder if this happens. For useful tips on how to manage your email, please read this IMAP FAQ for more details and suggestions.

10/10/06: The copy machine in 50A-5101 has a scan function. You can scan documents into it and have the output emailed (in pdf form) to any address you like. Read the HOWTO for instructions.

11/30/05: CERNLIB, ROOT and various other collider physics computing tools are now installed on all workstations. See the FAQ for details.

10/28/04: The Laboratory IMAP server will require that you use SSL to access your email starting Nov 2, 2004. Visit http://www.lbl.gov/imapssl/ for instructions on configuring your email client.

5/28/02: There is a new Mathematica server, thmath2. This provides the group with an additional two Mathematica licenses. It is setup exactly like thmath.lbl.gov. If both Mathematica licenses on thmath are in use, please try out thmath2.

10/13/99: The email policy is now in force. The only theory group linux computer that receives mail from outside of LBL is thsrv.lbl.gov. Do not tell people to send mail to any other workstation, as it will not be delivered. Everyone should have an LBL Electronic Postoffice address of the form MyName@lbl.gov and should use this as his email address. Please read the FAQ for information on how to register for such an address if you don't have one.

9/2/99: Users who are over quota get nightly email messages. If you receive such a message but take no action, you will eventually be unable to login to X. If this happens, your only option is to ssh or telnet from someone else's terminal, or from an X-terminal, and delete files. Don't count on management fixing this problem for you. You receive warnings for a full week before the system restricts your disk access. It is your responsibility to take action.

Questions and comments to Jeffrey Anderson at root(at)thsrv.lbl.gov

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