Logging In From Remote Machine Environment

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Note: If you are using a local machine, you can skip this part of the tutorial.

Cadence can be run only on unix terminals or PCs loaded with unix terminal emulators like Win32. You need to have an ECE account.

Note: Cadence uses an 8-bit color mode; therefore, you must make sure your Xwindows display is set at 8-bits

If you are logging in from a remote machine within the IIT network, follow these directions. If you are logging in from outside the IIT network, you need to follow the second set of directions

To login from a computer within the IIT network you must first pick one of the ECE nodes listed on the computer resources web page.

1.  Now you can login to the node with ssh, replace username with your username, and replace nodename with the name of the node you selected from the website.

ssh -X username@nodename.ece.iit.edu

Now you need to set the correct display for Xwindows

2.  To do this, first use the who command at the console to see where you are logged on from

who

You should see output like the following

username pts/4 Jul 15 16:27 (yourhostname)

Look for the line that has your username and find what your current hostname is

Finall you will need to set your display environment

3.  At the command line enter the following

setenv DISPLAY yourhostname:0.0

Note: You will probably have to redo steps 2 and 3 each time you login.

You are now ready to go onto the next tutorial

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To login from a computer outside the IIT network you will need to first login into the student IIT server before getting into the ECE server, since direct access is not allowed.

You will need to login to the hawk server first

1.  You simply ssh to hawk.cns.iit.edu

ssh -X username@hawk.cns.iit.edu

Now you must use lynx to get the correct list of servers

2.  From the command line, enter the following

lynx http://www.ece.iit.edu/compuerresources/workstations.html

Now pick whichever server node you like

You can now login into the ECE server

3.  From your current ssh session, type the following

ssh -X username@nodename.ece.iit.edu

Now pick whichever server you like

Now you need to set the correct display for Xwindows

4.  To do this, first find your ip, the easiest way to do this is to goto http://whatismyip.com and find your ip

Finally, you will need to set your display environment

5.  At the command line enter the following

setenv DISPLAY yourip:0.0

Note: You will probably have to redo steps 4 and 5 each time you login.