Re: xhost

If all it really needs is the DISPLAY set to something ( so it can use some of the X11 type calls ) use Xvfb ( it is a virtual frame buffer ) - Search in Google for it and run it on your Unix box.. It allows you to specify the Display # which then can be exported so apps will think a display is running.  

"Michael Vilain <vilain_at_spamcop.net>" wrote:

>In article <4a2c181a.0209050722.516d6a8b_at_posting.google.com>,
> morriscat81_at_hotmail.com (greg) wrote:
>
>> We have an Oracle Application (reports) which requires xhost to be
>> running on a console window. How can we automate this process. cron
>> and init level start-up scripts have failed since a window is not
>> open. We would also like to monitor this process. Oracle has given
>> us no help other than to keep a window open.
>
>xhost isn't "running" on the console. It's used to allow sessions to be
>displayed when the console is logged in. If your applications won't run
>without a window displayed on the console, I'd go back to the developer
>or vendor and ask them to fix this bug.

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