If off-campus, connect to the campus VPN service with DUO
Using your preferred web browser, insert the URL of your preferred ECE-LRC Linux server in the following format.
Format example: https://ece-servername.ece.utexas.edu:3300
Real example: https://yoshi.ece.utexas.edu:3300
Complete list of ECE-LRC servers may found at ECE Linux Application Servers
All servers are configured identically. If a server is down, or otherwise unreachable, please connect to another server.
You should land on a page similar to this. Use your ECE-LRC login and password to authenticate at this screen.
If you have never run FastX, or if you have totally logged out of the machine after your last session, you will be on a screen that looks like the background. Under the blue plus sign + it will say No Sessions running
Click the blue + you will be offered this screen:
Click on the Command tab
Click on the Command to Run line (it's a dropdown window)
Click on XFCE, then Launch
Only the XFCE desktop is supported.
Most of the LRC tools launch from the terminal window, so click the terminal icon in the bottom menu bar
Example of launching Cadence GUI. In the terminal window, type
module load cadence
virtuoso
