Re: X-Windows Over VPN Issues

Mobaxterm works for me too.

On Tue, 7 Apr 2020, 20:42 Mark J. Bobak, <mark_at_bobak.net> wrote:

> I'm going to second using VNC. I love it. vncserver on your db server,
> and TigerVNC Viewer on Windows 10. Easy to use.
>
> -Mark
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 3:21 PM Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Get portable version of MobaXTerm,unzip it and run it. It has built in
>> server.
>>
>> Regards
>> On 4/7/20 2:51 PM, Scott Canaan wrote:
>>
>> Yes, the database server is Red Hat 7 Linux. I don’t type any ssh
>> commands when I log in, it just connects when I chose a server.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Scott Canaan ‘88*
>>
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>> *From:* Sweetser, Joe <JSweetser_at_icat.com> <JSweetser_at_icat.com>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 7, 2020 2:21 PM
>> *To:* Scott Canaan <srcdco_at_rit.edu> <srcdco_at_rit.edu>; '
>> oracle-l_at_freelists.org' <oracle-l_at_freelists.org> <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
>> *Subject:* RE: X-Windows Over VPN Issues
>>
>>
>>
>> I am assuming the database server is Linux. If so, what ssh command do
>> you use from secureCRT to log into the database server? I had similar
>> problems with Cygwin in the past that were resolved (at least partly) by
>> using: ssh –Y oracle_at_hostname
>>
>>
>>
>> Note that in Cygwin the DISPLAY variable was automatically set to
>> localhost:10.0
>>
>>
>>
>> Hth,
>>
>> -joe
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org <oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org> *On
>> Behalf Of *Scott Canaan
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 7, 2020 12:10 PM
>> *To:* 'oracle-l_at_freelists.org' <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
>> *Subject:* X-Windows Over VPN Issues
>>
>>
>>
>> With everyone working from home, a new issue has arisen. We can’t get
>> x-windows to work over VPN. That makes it difficult to run things like
>> dbua.
>>
>>
>>
>> Our environment:
>>
>> Windows 10 laptop – at home connected via Cisco VPN to work
>>
>> Xming running on laptop
>>
>> SecureCRT running on laptop, under Options -> session options, X11
>> Forwarding turned on
>>
>>
>>
>> Linux 7 server
>>
>> Oracle 12, 18, and 19
>>
>>
>>
>> I’ve tried setting the DISPLAY to the IP address on my laptop (from
>> ipconfig) and to 127.0.0.1:0.0.
>>
>>
>>
>> When I try to run dbua, it sits for a while then returns the following
>> error:
>>
>>
>>
>> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not
>> initialize class sun.awt.X11.XToolkit
>>
>>
>>
>> I’m sure someone has been able to get this to work. If anyone can let me
>> know what needs to be done, I’d really appreciate it.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>>
>>
>> *Scott Canaan ‘88*
>>
>> *Sr Database Administrator *Information & Technology Services
>> Finance & Administration
>>
>>
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