In article <aedb5k$d7m$1_at_crusher.de.colt.net>, Knut Talman wrote:
> "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?
>
>
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