From: Alex Harkema (HarkemaA@vertis.nl)
Date: Mon May 27 2002 - 14:18:02 EDT
Hi all,
For a while now, I am looking for a solution to this problem without
success.
It is not very tru64 specific, but since I know this list is a gathering of
experienced unix admins, I hope you can provide the solution.
We are running (btw, for the larger part on tru64 boxes -v5.1) Oracle
applications (like e-business suite and 9iAS) that require running Oracle
Reports Server; Web Reports, that is. Running on unixservers, this requires
the 'DISPLAY' variable to be set. This is what the Reports Server uses to
produce fonts and images in the Report output.
However, that would require me to start a session, to which the DISPLAY
variable for the Reports Server can be set; in that particular session I
have to grant others to connect to the Xserver (xhost +) and after that, I
never could end that session, because otherwise the DISPLAY variable would
no longer be valid.
One solution is to install Xvnc, start a session there, and disconnect. That
way the session stays alive, and thus the DISPLAY variable will be valid
(until the vnc session is killed). However, I'm not totally satisfied with
this solution, even somewhat concerned... (stability, security and all)
Is there something like a framebufferdevice I can use? Does Tru64 know of
such a solution? Are there any other options?
If you have any hints, ideas, experiences, I'd be glad to hear them.
Thanks in advance,
Alex Harkema
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