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sanperd
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 Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 12:32 pm Post subject: OpenOffice as service in unix ?? |
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Hello,
I need to know how to configure Open Office as a service in Unix (Solaris exactly) without to require a graphic console when the service up.
I'm trying to do that in a shell:
OpenOffice.org1.1.4/program/soffice -invisible "-accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp;StarOff
ice.NamingService" &
But appears this error if a graphic console doesn´t exist or doesn´t open:
OpenOffice.org1.1.4/program/soffice.bin X11 error: Can't open display:
Set DISPLAY environment variable, use -display option
or check permissions of your X-Server
(See "man X" resp. "man xhost" for details)
Is there other way to do it?? ... I clarify that Open office service must be listening in the port 8100 and hidden.
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AndrewZ
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Location: Colorado, USA
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| Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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The solution is Xvfb, a "fake" X server.
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#/bin/bash
unset XAUTHORITY
DISPLAY=:1000
/usr/X11R6/bin/Xvfb $DISPLAY -screen 0 1024x800x24 &
openoffice.org -accept=foo # use whichever paramters you need
killall Xvfb
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topophilia
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:39 am Post subject: Xvfb fake server |
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Thanks for info above ahz, but would you be able to decipher these errors caused by the script above:
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_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/localhost.topophilia.co.uk:1000
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6
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I get a feeling this is a problem with my server being incorrectly configured... well I did install X myself so it's more than likely!
Thanks for your help |
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hol.sten
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:55 am Post subject: Re: Xvfb fake server |
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| topophilia wrote: | | well I did install X myself so it's more than likely! |
Why don't you try Xvfb, a "fake" X server, as ahz recommended it?
Did you try any other application with your installed X server? Are there similar problems or is OOo the only application causing the above mentioned "_XSERV*"-errors?
With kind regards
hol.sten |
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topophilia
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:07 am Post subject: Re: Xvfb fake server |
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| hol.sten wrote: | | topophilia wrote: | | well I did install X myself so it's more than likely! |
Why don't you try Xvfb, a "fake" X server, as ahz recommended it? |
Yeah, this is what I'm trying to run, the script as ahz showed before. I *think* Xvfb is part of X.
| hol.sten wrote: | | Did you try any other application with your installed X server? Are there similar problems or is OOo the only application causing the above mentioned "_XSERV*"-errors? |
No I haven't.
It's our web server and I only have command line ssh access so haven't had the need to run any GUI based applications. I'm trying to get a tool called jooreports running.
Would you be able to suggest some easy to install + easy to dispose of apps that use X? Or is there a status dump tool for X?
Thanks very much for your help, I'm not new to unix, just X, so please excuse my dumbness. |
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hol.sten
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:55 am Post subject: Re: Xvfb fake server |
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| topophilia wrote: | | I *think* Xvfb is part of X. |
Wrong. Xvfb can be used INSTEAD of X. If you have a web server and you don't need a GUI, use Xvfb and you will never see anything.
The advantage of Xvfb is, that it is much smaller than an X server and needs fewer resources.
It is also possible to install an X server and Xvfb. So I would recommend now for you:
1) Stop the X server
2) Install Xvfb
3) Go ahead with ahz's recommendation of using Xvfb
With kind regards
hol.sten |
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hagen00
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Just a comment on Xvfb
I use OO.org to do conversions from PPT to JPEG amongst other things and tried using an Xvfb server for a while. The quality of the JPEG's was very poor though, no matter how much i fiddled with the settings. I then did a full Gnome install and the quality was great.
So maybe i just couldn't figure out how to configure Xvfb properly, but in my case, where i was doing conversions, Xvfb was not the answer to my problems. |
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AndrewZ
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:06 am Post subject: Re: Xvfb fake server |
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| topophilia wrote: |
Would you be able to suggest some easy to install + easy to dispose of apps that use X? Or is there a status dump tool for X? |
Search for xwd and xwud: they should be able to dump the Xvfb display to a file and then display it somewhere else. Also, my X server (X.org) includes xclock which would be good for testing Xvfb. |
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AndrewZ
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| hagen00 wrote: | | Xvfb was not the answer to my problems. |
This is an old post, so this is just for the record. People still read this stuff. 
OpenOffice.org 2.3.0+ Linux no longer requires an X server (not even Xvfb) if you install the headless RPM package and use the -headless option.
The article Batch command line file conversion with PyODConverter shows how to use both -headless and Xvfb, so you can choose the one you prefer.
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