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@@ -1145,13 +1145,23 @@ Available environment variables include:
 At this moment the login node res-hpc-lo01 does not have a powerful GPU card.
 If you want to run a graphical program that will show 3D animation, movies or any other kind of simulation/visualization, we have reserved 1 GPU on res-hpc-gpu01 for this.
 
-Step for setting a up a remote GPU-accelerated visualization:
+Steps for setting a up a remote GPU-accelerated visualization:
 
 * login to res-hpc-gpu01
 * start a vncserver
 * connect from your remote desktop to the vcnserver
 * start your visualisation program
 
+### login to res-hpc-gpu01
+As a normal user, you are not allowed to login to a node, in this case res-hpc-gpu01.
+You have to create a small job which will allocate a reservation on res-hpc-gpu01, so that you are allowed to login to res-hpc-gpu01
+
+Run:
+```
+srun -n 1 -c 1 --gres=gpu:1 -p gpu -w res-hpc-gpu01 -t 2:0:0 --mem=200M --pty bash
+```
+You are now logged in on res-hpc-gpu01
+
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