Re: Not meant to be flame bait, but...

I'm confused. I thought an X server ran on the machine accessing the app (i.e., X server/client works the opposite of the classical definition of server/client). Are you saying that the 6i Forms server is acting as its own client to put a Forms app out via 9iAS?

That aside, my plan was to run both machines headless; nor have I ever needed a direct-attach monitor and keyboard to do a *nix-based installation, though I am afraid the same is not true in the M$ world.

Jared

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Tim X <timx_at_spamto.devnul.com> wrote in message news:<87d6jm4yda.fsf_at_tiger.rapttech.com.au>...


> Hans Forbrich <forbrich_at_telusplanet.net> writes:

 > 


> All our databases are on headless machines which don't run an X

> server. However, we do have the X libs and some X apps on the servers

> (like an xterm). All you have to do is have an X server available - it

> does NOT have to be on the same machine as you are installing on.

> 

> Note that if you are using 9IAS and want to serve forms6i apps via the

> web, you need an X server available. Originally, we just provided

> access to a server running on another host. However, this was not

> considered reliable enough as it meant both servers had to be up and

> running - if the host running the X server crashed, forms wouldn't

> work.

> 

> Our solution was to run Xvfb (a virtual X server) on the server

> running 9IAS - this is enough for forms to work (apparently it just

> needs the virtual server so that it can use some of the standard X

> apps to manipulate images/fonts etc). With this solution, we did also

> need to run a window manager to get it to work (which I found odd -

> but it works). We just run twm for this. 

> 

> All this is done under True64, but it should be possible to apply the

> same theory to any server capable of running a virtual X server. Great

> if you have headless servers with no vid cards.

> 

> Tim