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Alliance software modules reside under /cvmfs and are available by default when you log into Graham, Cedar and Béluga.  However, these modules are not loaded by default when you connect into gra-vdi over tigervnc.  To load them open a terminal window and run the following:

Alliance software modules will now be available on gra-vdi identical to the clusters.  While these modules should always work reliably when running graphical applications on compute nodes, some may have stability issues running on gra-vdi such as sudden crashing or strange graphical artifacts including transparent windows or missing menus.  To work around such problems, use an equivalent package from nix as described in the previous section; better graphics performance may also be realized.  While the nix module provides a vast number of optimized/stable open-source packages for gra-vdi, it does not provide commercial module equivalents for ANSYS, COMSOL or StarCCM. These can be found by loading the SnEnv module instead: