News and Updates

For additional information or assistance please contact systems@math.

09 Sept 2002 Netscape 6.2.3 is now installed on all the computers

15 Jan 2002 Mathematica 4.1 is now available.

07 Jan 2002 Scilab 2.6 is now available. It is a matlab-like program. Execute scilab

31 Dec 2001
- gv, a better ghostview, is now available - execute gv. ghostscript 7.03 is now available. Macaulay 2 is also available - execute M2.
- grader is now setup to print to mail and lab
29 Dec 2001
- Email is now accessible on all of the workstations; including the lab. 6 of the lab workstations are currently available; along with 1 PC. LaTeX base was upgraded to the latest version (06-01). Emacs was upgraded to version 21.1. If you are not already using auctex, see the
  previous upgrade below for info on how to include it. LaTeX just isn't the same without it.
- Vim was upgraded to version 6.0. Unless you've setup your own defaults, remove
  any $VIMRUNTIME or $VIM you may have. Vim will find the defaults in:
```
/inst/pkg/vim/share/vim/
```
14-17 Dec 2001
6:15pm Friday The math cluster shuts down in Sproul for the last time.
7:15pm Friday The math cluster is booted up in the Surge Bldg.
2:45pm Saturday fsck finishes on the math cluster.
7:38am Monday Restoration/recovery is completed and the math cluster resumes operation.
10 Dec 2001 Lyx version 1.1.6fix3 is now available. Try lyx for a WYSIWYG LaTeX editor.
03 Dec 2001 Internet Explorer is now available. The command is ie. Netscape was updated to 4.79.
Note: Real Player 8.0 command is realplay or rvplayer.
06 Nov 2001 Maple 7 replaces Maple 6 on all Solaris workstations.
20 Aug 2001 Hardware problems on the NFS server caused a temporary disruption in service.
16 Aug 2001 Another power outage.
14 Aug 2001 Another power outage.
10 Aug 2001 A planned power outage due to repair requirements from the previous power outage had the cluster down for the night.
09 Aug 2001 An almost twelve-hour power failure to one-third of the campus, including Sproul, occurred.
30 Jul 2001 Web access to backup information was added. See computing.
16 May 2001 New printer typono installed in lab.
08 May 2001 Power outage to Sproul Hall rebooted all machines.
25 Apr 2001
- The latest version of emacs (20.7) is now available.
- The latest version of auctex (10.0f) is now available.
  It provides better support for writing and formatting TeX files.
  Add the following to your .emacs file:
  for xemacs:
```
(setq load-path (cons "/inst/pkg/auctex/share/xemacs/site-lisp" load-path))
(require 'tex-site) 
```
  for emacs:
```
(setq load-path (cons "/inst/pkg/auctex/share/emacs/site-lisp" load-path))
(require 'tex-site)
```
09 Apr 2001 The latest version of vim (5.7) is now available. gvim is the graphical counterpart to vim.
04 Apr 2001 The latest version of Netscape Flash Plugin (5.0 r52) is now available.
25 Mar 2001 The latest version of Gimp (1.2.1) is now available. You must ensure that the following environment variable is set:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/inst/lib
24 Mar 2001 Parts received and installed on PDU. Backup parts on order.
25 Feb 2001 Critical failure of PDU. Power was lost to all servers. Parts are on order.
14 Feb 2001 NFS failure. Several machines were rebooted without warning.
09 Feb 2001 New printer incipit installed. Accessible to all faculty regardless of OS.
04 Jan 2001 The OS upgrade of the cluster machines is complete. The cluster now operates on Solaris 8.
12 Dec 2000 The latest version of cxterm (5.0) is now available; providing Chinese fonts for the X environment.
20 Nov 2000 All access to the servers should now be made strictly using the name math.ucr.edu
18 Nov 2000 latex2html has been installed. It will convert latex documents into html documents which can be viewed with a web browser.
20 Sep 2000 The ability to print dvi's using the print command has been restored.
18 Sep 2000 Anonymous FTP has been restored (13:39). If you require a directory please let it be known.
30 Aug 2000 Mail services are up -- 19:58. Change your smtp server (outgoing mail) setting to pop.ucr.edu
29 Aug 2000 IMAP service has been moved to mathserv.ucr.edu
Please make this change to your configuration.
28 Aug 2000 Pop-3 mail service has been moved to mathserv.ucr.edu
Please make this change to your configuration.
25 Aug 2000 The old math machines have now been completely removed from service.
14 Feb 2000 charity.ucr.edu now points to newmath. Netscape has been upgraded to version 4.7. Keep the feedback coming; thanks.
8 Feb 2000 NOTICE -- charity will be removed from service on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2000
1 Feb 2000 Mathematica 4.0 is now available on newmath.ucr.edu
04 Jan 2000 Mail is now available on newmath.ucr.edu
03 Jan 2000 Where did all those smiling faces on that Faculty and Staff page come from?
Updates or additions? Contact the systems group. Graduate students coming soon... Happy New Year!
23 Dec 1999
- The new machines are now accessible as newmath.ucr.edu
- AMSLaTeX has been upgraded from version 1.2 to 2.0.
- Mail and print services are not yet available on these machines.
- Convert your dvi files into ps or pdf files as follows:
  dvips file.dvi -o file.ps
  
  ps2pdf file.ps
  
  Viewers and other related programs are available for Windows.

16 Dec 1999 While TeXing on the new machines (and of course when the new machines replace their predecessors) place regularly included tex files, bibliographies , macros, etc. into a subdirectory of your home directory named .texmf then enter the command texhash. This will allow these files to be included without having to have copies in each directory where they are required. Of course, if you have a package that others might wish to use, contact the system administrator to have it placed in the localtexmf directory. Note: you must include copies of the files used in this directory when corresponding with others.

14 Dec 1999
- A page with links to Mathematics e-Journals has been added. Requests for additions or removals should be directed to systems@math
- There is a Department letterhead in LaTeX2.09 available for use. There is a slight problem with the seal in its original version on math and charity. It has been corrected on the new machines. Please note: this is an old macro that will cause LaTeX2e to complain bitterly, but it will still compile just fine.

09 Dec 1999 Course Syllabi are now accessible in 5 formats via the web site. All html will be completed shortly.

24 Nov 1999 Unix Systems News and Updates goes online.

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