You just need to configure the DISPLAY variable for the environment that
Orion runs in. Are you running Orion from a script? Set the DISPLAY
variable in the script.
I gotta warn you though, the xvfb renders some pretty awful output. The
full X server doesn't do a whole lot better, at least not when fonts are
concerned. Unfortunately I have to run my server on MS to get
good-looking generated images.
IMHO, 75% of what's wrong with Linux is X-Windows.
Jeff
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thu 4/5/2001 6:34 AM
To: Orion-Interest
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Subject: How to set the X-Window DISPLAY on Orion
Hi,
We're using Oracle Reports Server on UNIX with Orion. Oracle
Reports
requires an X-Windows session on UNIX platforms. Basic inquiries
such as
font availability and font metrics are resolved through
X-Windows, not just
rasterization of graphic images. Reports is a bitmapped product
and needs a
window runtime environment. So I've set up a Virtual Frame
Buffer using
Xvfb I did some testing and when I set the DISPLAY=:1.0 and run
xclock the
virtual frame buffer works just fine.
But whenever we attempt to use Reports without an Xterm running
we get
"can't open display". So I believe the issue is actually with
the
Application Server not knowing where to look for the DISPLAY. My
understanding is that with Apache's JServer you can tell it to
use the Xvfb
instead of the the normal X server by making an entry in the
jserv.properties file. How can I do this with Orion?
Thanks!
Rob Lent
Lead Database Analyst
AXA Client Services
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