On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 9:52:02 AM UTC, Stan wrote: > > Thanks, Volker. I just installed the VB image on my linux laptop and I can > access the jupyter notebook through my local firefox on > http://localhost:8000. So it seems to be a windows issue that Thomas > can't. Do you have an idea what dodgy windows programs could be the reason? > Antivirus? If you know of any way how to get around this, it would be > great. Thanks! > The problem with File -> Close and Halt is that this option is not > available e.g. after downloading a jupyter file, as there is only the > download window left, without any menu commands. How would I have to edit > .xinitrc to get a full browser? We already removed the --kiosk option but > it didn't make a difference. >
I'd say that you can just ssh into VM and run Sage at shell prompt with whatever options you like. > > Cheers > Stan > > On Monday, November 14, 2016 at 9:50:59 PM UTC+1, Volker Braun wrote: >> >> The recommended (for power users) way to run the virtual machine is using >> their host browser, just go to http://localhost:8000. This requires a >> non-broken windows networking stack, though (and various dodgy windows >> programs can interfere). >> >> In the kiosk mode you can still go back,e.g. open a notebook and then >> File -> Close and Halt. >> >> If you really do want a full browser inside the VM (with a virtualbox >> menu on top) then you can edit ~/.xinitrc inside the vm. >> >> >> >> >> On Monday, November 14, 2016 at 3:21:32 PM UTC+1, Stan wrote: >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> A student of mine has been using SMC because the sage appliance in >>> virtualbox did not appear very useful with the jupyter notebook. Now that >>> he encountered a critical bug in SMC (reported offline), he is back with >>> the sage appliance in VB but it is truly a nightmare. The installation >>> instructions are still specific for sagews, not jupyter, but we at least >>> managed to change the working directory to something he can access. What we >>> haven't managed, is to get out of the kiosk mode in chrome. There is no >>> obvious possibility of opening several tabs, no address bar to get back to >>> the directory page and no back button. This means that every time he wants >>> to go back, e.g. after downloading the worksheet, he has to restart the >>> virtual machine! I don't understand why chrome was chosen instead of >>> firefox, and I have no idea why it is set up in kiosk mode. Is there any >>> sensible way to productively work with the sage appliance using the now >>> standard jupyter notebook?? I'm sorry if my frustration shows in these >>> lines, I probably should have asked earlier, but I am wondering a bit if >>> those that created the sage appliance actually use it themselves. I don't, >>> which is why it never occurred to me how difficult to use it might be. >>> Thanks for your help! >>> >>> Cheers >>> Stan >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
