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Re: Faking X Display for IDL Bridge [message #72426 is a reply to message #72425]

Mon, 13 September 2010 08:13

Haje Korth
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Registered: May 1997

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Lajos,
do you have usage instructions? I started vncserver and then IDL but I
still get the message "cannot connect to X windows display"

Haje

On Sep 13, 11:05 am, FÖLDY Lajos <fo...@rmki.kfki.hu> wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Sep 2010, Haje Korth wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I just had this great idea of forking IDL jobs on my 16-CPU server
>> using the IDL to IDL Bridge. The code runs great from the command line
>> but using a UNIX cron job I get the error message "IDL_IDLBridge:
>> Unable to establish X Connection." To late did I understand the the
>> help that reads:
>
>> "Warning: On UNIX systems, the IDL_IDLBridge requires that the DISPLAY
>> environment variable be set to a valid X Windows display. If no
>> display is available, execution of the IDL_IDLBridge will halt, with
>> error messages that include:IDL_IDLBridge: Unable to establish X
>> Connection."
>
>> The requirement for an X display seems silly, as my code does not
>> display anything. Is there a way to fake the existence of an X window?
>> Or did I just wasted my time coding this feature?
>
>> Haje
>
> vncserver is your friend.
>
> regards,
> Lajos

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		Re: Faking X Display for IDL Bridge By: Haje Korth on Tue, 14 September 2010 07:18
		Re: Faking X Display for IDL Bridge By: wita on Tue, 14 September 2010 00:35
		Re: Faking X Display for IDL Bridge By: Haje Korth on Mon, 13 September 2010 10:52
		Re: Faking X Display for IDL Bridge By: Foldy Lajos on Mon, 13 September 2010 08:29
		Re: Faking X Display for IDL Bridge By: Haje Korth on Mon, 13 September 2010 08:13
		Re: Faking X Display for IDL Bridge By: Haje Korth on Mon, 13 September 2010 08:06
		Re: Faking X Display for IDL Bridge By: Foldy Lajos on Mon, 13 September 2010 08:05
		Re: Faking X Display for IDL Bridge By: jeffnettles4870 on Mon, 13 September 2010 07:39

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