Re: HELP iAS902 DISPLAY /etc/hosts settings

Set as: DISPLAY=localhost:0.0; export DISPLAY This worked on RedHat 7.3 and Advanced Server installs.

--Chris

"AF" <af_at_nospam.com> wrote in message news:ahk8eu$s2h$1_at_pith.uoregon.edu...
> Help Please:
> Version: iAS902 on Redhat LINUX 7.3
>
> Problem:
> Seems to be a conflict in the settings required by ORACLE and LINUX.
> Need help properly configuring the settings.
>
> Description:
> The docs for iAS and iDB require that DISPLAY be set to the name of the
> Machine. For the example we will use the machine tahati.oracle.com
> export DISPLAY=tahati.oracle.com:0.0
>
> Redhat sets up the /etc/hosts:
> 127.0.0.1 tahati.oracle.com tahati localhost.localdomain localhost
>
> This setting will cause problems with the Intelligent Agent And I assume
> other problems with iAS as well. The install notes for the agent (and
> iDB9.2) states that the /etc/hosts file must be changed to:
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
> 148.87.9.74 tahati.oracle.com tahati
>
> With /etc/hosts and DISPLAY set to the required ORACLE settings all X
> applications will not work because of xhost. Executing xhost +tahati
allows
> it to work but now I have what can only be described as inconsistent
> behavior.
>
> Is it correct to set DISPLAY=localhost for iAS startup (after install is
> complete)?
> Does any part of the system like forms, reports or em, use the DISPLAY env
> var while running?
>
> Thanks for any help
>
>
Received on Wed Jul 24 2002 - 03:08:53 CEST