Re: Problem with Oracle Report Server

Thank you for your kindness and help.
I've solved the problem after seeking the advice of a colleague. Although our problem was not caused as you described, your answer did give us some insights in using this kind of programs that depend on the underlying X-sessions to work.

With regards,
Benjamin Lai.

Anton Buijs wrote:

> Indead the most common reason for this error is that DISPLAY can't be opened
> Can't it be the case that :0.0 can't be opened by Reports because it is
> already opened by your X-terminal?
> Try another number but make sure there is an X-server.
>
> In our environment we have the product "vnc" installed on the Unix server
> (Solaris 2.6) to be able to do this. It is mentioned in a Metalink note,
> sorry, don't have the note id at hand. We use <my serer>:13 as the display,
> just an arbitrary higher number to never get conflicts with other
> X-sessions.
>
> Benjamin Lai <ywlaiben_at_so-net.com.hk> schreef in berichtnieuws
> 3CC273FD.EDEDF9E7_at_so-net.com.hk...
> > I've installed Oracle 9iAS on my IBM 6H0 server (OS: AIX 4.3.3).
> > I want to use the Reports service but every time I run a report on
> > the command line I get an error message like
> >
> > REP3000: Internal error starting Oracle Toolkit
> >
> > I've raised my problem in Metalink but Oracle's staff just
> > keep on telling me I've set the DISPLAY variable wrongly.
> >
> > I did set the DISPLAY variable as
> > DISPLAY=<my server>:0.0; export DISPLAY
> > before starting the report service and I did it in an X terminal.
> >
> > Now that I know Oracle's staff couldn't help me, anybody
> > can tell me if there's anything wrong with iAS on AIX?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Benjamin
> >
Received on Mon May 06 2002 - 10:41:08 CDT