How to Access the Server

The ASPCS server is running the Ubuntu Linux distro. It is necessary to have an SSH client to connect. If you don’t have one already, one can be obtained from http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/. This client is for Windows. If you are running Linux, your local computer support can help you with installing an SSH client.

Once you have an SSH client, you are now able to connect to the server. The address of the server is aspcs-linux.byu.edu. Once connected you can either continue to work in the SSH session or start a graphical session.

To start a graphical session, from the command prompt type ASPvnc. This command starts the graphical session. If this is your first time running the command, then you will be prompted to create a password for the graphical session. We recommend using the same password given to you by ASPCS. When the command completes, it will output the address to which you should connect using a VNC client.

A VNC client can be obtained from http://www.realvnc.com/cgi-bin/ download.cgi. Your local computer support can also help you obtain and install a VNC client if you don’t already have one.

How to Compile a Volume

Once you have connected to the ASPCS server and are ready to create a PDF of your volume, please use the following command to create a PDF suitable for the printer: ASPmkpdf. The argument for this command is the .dvi file of the volume. For example,

ASPmkpdf aspvolume.dvi

The resulting PDF will have the same name as the .dvi file except with the .dvi replaced with .pdf.

How to add Cropmarks

If you wish to add cropmarks to your manuscript to help aide in determining if any text or images are over margin, you can use the following. In the preample add:

\usepackage{ncccropmark}
\usepackage{watermark}

Then at the beginning of the document enviroment add the following line:

\watermark{\cropmark{0mm}{0mm}{9mm}{0mm}{115mm}}