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Re: IDL without X on Linux [message #42875 is a reply to message #42871]

Thu, 03 March 2005 08:20

Liam Gumley
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Registered: November 1994

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Benjamin Hornberger wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> can I start IDL on Linux without an X server available? I frequently run
> IDL on a Linux machine remotely, logged on from a Windows machine. If
> the Windows machine doesn't run an X server at that moment, IDL won't
> start ("X connection to localhost:11.0 broken (explicit kill or server
> shutdown)").
>
> I know I somehow can run (non-interactive) IDL programs from a cronjob,
> as long as they don't involve windows.
>
> I found the section "Command Line Options for IDL Startup" in the help
> file, but it doesn't mention anything :-(.
>
> Thanks,
> Benjamin

It is sometimes useful to run your IDL programs, graphics and all, even
when you don't have an X connection. For this purpose, the Xvfb (X
virtual frame buffer) utility is incredibly handy:

http://www.rsinc.com/services/techtip.asp?ttid=2382

If you want to run IDL graphics programs in the background, Xvfb is
highly recommended.

Cheers,
Liam.
Practical IDL Programming
http://www.gumley.com/

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		Re: IDL without X on Linux By: David Fanning on Thu, 03 March 2005 10:10
		Re: IDL without X on Linux By: Benjamin Hornberger on Thu, 03 March 2005 10:06
		Re: IDL without X on Linux By: David Fanning on Thu, 03 March 2005 10:01
		Re: IDL without X on Linux By: Benjamin Hornberger on Thu, 03 March 2005 09:45
		Re: IDL without X on Linux By: Michael Wallace on Thu, 03 March 2005 09:27
		Re: IDL without X on Linux By: Liam Gumley on Thu, 03 March 2005 08:20
		Re: IDL without X on Linux By: Benjamin Hornberger on Thu, 03 March 2005 06:46
		Re: IDL without X on Linux By: David Fanning on Thu, 03 March 2005 06:32
		Re: IDL without X on Linux By: Ken Mankoff on Fri, 04 March 2005 06:30

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