X :2 -vfb &

As simple as it looks, works.

-force doesn't seem to be documented... anywhere I can find.

-x are extensions, which don't seem to be needed for NetView... the extensions shown in Paul's post are not documented either.

My test was the simple case and worked, and I would go with that until it fails or hangs netviewd.

Pauls command line is a direct quote from the AIX 5 doc (link below). For the longest time the Xvfb doc was gone. At some point it was updated and re-posted with the AIX 5 doc. And the command syntax has changed. I happy to find it again.

The doc also shows how to test and see what is in the vfb, which is tedious but cool.

See:

http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixprggd/aixwnpgd/xvfb.htm


Regards,
Geo.

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Paul <pstroud AT bellsouth DOT net> Sent by: owner-nv-l AT lists.us.ibm DOT com 12/15/2003 06:40 PM Please respond to nv-l

To: nv-l AT lists.us.ibm DOT com cc: Subject: Re: [nv-l] X11 vfb problem

I googled a bit and came up with this command line:

/usr/lpp/X11/bin/X -force -vfb -x GLX -x abx -x dbe :n &

Now this doesn't really look any different than yours,
it adds some additional x-extensions which should not
be needed for NetView and -force. Try the command line
above and see if it works, if not, I think its time to
contact AIX and find out what the "new" command line
is(the page I found this on metioned 5.1). If you have
to go that route, please write back and let us know what
you come up with! If it does work, try it without the
-x options. Also, make sure something weird hasn't happened
and something is already using :2, try starting it with :3.

Paul

Paul

Allie M Hopkins wrote:
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> There are no man pages installed for xvfb or Xvfb. This is an extension of
> X and should be a switch X -vfb. I am running AIX 5.1.0-04 with X11.vfb
> installed. Again, this worked just fine before the reboot. The reboot was
> done just to ensure a clean slate before some maintenance. Perhaps my
> libpath is not set right. Anyone else running in my environment willing to
> share their libpath? I'm reaching, but I'm desperate.
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> Allie
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>>That didn't help. What I meant to say earlier was that even when I run
>>/usr/bin/X11/X -vfb -n :2 I get the same result - the usage statement. I
>>should be able to run this from the command line w/o the & to test if
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>>edit startXvfb
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>>make sure the & is the last character in the line; (in vi the cursor
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> should
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>>not go past the ampersand)
>>delete any following blank lines
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>>That fixed it on my lab system
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>>AIX only
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>>Regards,
>>Geo.
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>>George deSocio
>>IBM Americas Support - Distributed Network Management
>>Dept 46-E1ZA
>>IBM B660 CC102
>>HWY 54 & 600 Park Offices
>>Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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