Sun Ray Thin Client FAQ

• Sun Ray won't boot
  • The screen icons show the boot-up sequence of the Sun Ray. If the Sun Ray won't connect, an error icon will show. Check out the boot sequence icons web page or pdf document.
• Locked Sun Ray
  • If you see a the screen is locked with a specific username listed and it is asking for a password, you can end a user session and return the Sun Ray to the login screen. Press Ctrl + Alt and, while holding these down, press Backspace twice.
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• How to Reset a Sun Ray
  • To reset the Sun Ray press Ctrl + Moon (located in the top right of a Sun Ray keyboard) or Ctrl + Pause + A (for non-Sun keyboards.)
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• I Don't See a Normal Login Screen
  • The Sun Ray may have been used in Classic Sun Ray mode last time. To reset the Sun Ray to the normal login screen, press Ctrl + Moon (located in the top right of a Sun Ray keyboard) or Ctrl + Pause + A (for non-Sun keyboards.)
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• How do I use my CSU ID card with a Sun Ray?
  • With your CSU ID card you can keep your login session active and take it with you to any Sun Ray on campus. Instead of logging in and out out with your login name and password, you would simply insert your CSU ID card in any Sun Ray terminal and have your session back just the way you left it (with all of your programs still running.)
  • You can purchase additional smart cards from the ENS offices or from the IEEE student organization for $8.
• How do I use a USB flash drive (memory stick) on the Sun Ray?
  • See details here.
• How do I get to a Microsoft Windows desktop?
  • Select one of the Windows options at the Sun Ray login screen.
• How do I open a terminal window?
  • You must select the Classic Sun Ray option at the Sun Ray login screen and then log in to the server.
  • Single click the Terminal icon on the task bar at the bottom of your screen. OR
  • Select "Terminal" from the green Start menu.
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• What is IceWM?
  • IceWM is an X windows manager in the Classic Sun Ray environment.
    "Unlike the Mac OS (Apple Macintosh) and Microsoft Windows platforms, which have historically provided a vendor-controlled, fixed set of ways to control how windows and panes display on a screen, and how the user may interact with them, window management for the X Window System was deliberately kept separate from the software providing the graphical display. The user can choose between various third-party window managers." (Wikipedia)
• What do the icons on the IceWM task bar mean?
  • Read this page for the answer.
• What software can I run in Solaris?
  • View the entire list of software available in the Engineering Labs
• When I try to start StarOffice on Solaris, it wants to install something.
  • It needs to load configuration files. See this page for details.
• How do I set up a printer in StarOffice?
  • Here are the instructions.
• I don't know anything about UNIX commands. Is there some documentation to help me get started?
  • Yes, we have a small list of basic commands. There are also many references online. A Google search on a Unix command will always help.