How do I run Mathematica on the Unix system?
To use the campus Unix version of Mathematica from an XP workstation, you need to install the right fonts in your copy of eXceed. Use the eXceed xconfig program and select “Font” and “Font Database”. Uncheck the box labeled “Automatic Font Substitution”. Now click on “Add”. In this new window, fill in the following: Font Directory: n:\local\fonts\windows\math\ File Name: math and then click “OK”. Click on “Add” again, but this time check the “Server” checkbox on the right. Fill in: Hostname: fs.phys.ksu.edu Transport: tcp Port: 7001 You may now click your way out of the dialog boxes with the “OK” and “Close” buttons. After that, you need to use make sure that you have appropriate entries in your .rhosts command on the campus Unix network. If all this is correct, you can simply type Mathematica (yes, with a capital M) at the Physics unix prompt. There’s no need to log onto the campus system just to run the program anymore. Note that there may still be a keymap problem if you want to use
