Re: Oracle 8.1.6, linux over VNC

From: Knut Talman <knut.talman_at_mytoys.de>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 20:01:15 +0200
Message-ID: <aedb5k$d7m$1@crusher.de.colt.net>

"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:r39kgu4o1ra25q288sas4jj1our3o1dg01_at_4ax.com...
> On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 10:55:29 GMT, Mikko Huotari <mikkoh_at_htklx2.htk.fi>
> wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >I'm running Oracle 8.1.6 on RedHat 7.1. Everything works fine when
> >working from the server console. When connecting over VNC applications
> >such as dbassist and netasst won't start - there are no errors, they
> >just hang. No output whatsoever is given. The installer does run fine,
> >as do all other Java apps, and the DISPLAY variable is set correctly.
> >Any help would be deeply appreciated.

> VNC is a terminal emulator, it doesn't emulate X-windows.
> You need Exceed from Hummingbird.

Exceed and VNC are a different pair of shoes. VNC is a remote display system. Exceed is a X server. If the original poster runs X on his server, he doesn't need Exceed and can work on a remote machine the same way as he would do on the server itself by using VNC. Of course there are some performance drawbacks, but I think the problem is something different.

Mikko, what is the value of the DISPLAY variable? Did you check, if a window opens on another display at the server? Can you try to trace the eventually hanging process to see what it's waiting for?

Regards,

Knut

P.S. BTW, Sybrand, did you get my mail? Received on Fri Jun 14 2002 - 13:01:15 CDT