Hello:

I have a Sunfire v480 with no graphics card.  Solaris 9 (04/03) is running
on it.  Trying to run VNC Server generates errors like these in the VNC log:
xrdb: Interrupted system call
xrdb: Can't open display 'ap-sun1:1'
xsetroot:  unable to open display 'ap-sun1:1'
twm:  unable to open display "ap-sun1:1"
xterm Xt error: Can't open display: ap-sun1:1

Can someone please give me some directions?  I am a Solaris newbie from the
Windows world.  I need to install and run Oracle 9i on this machine.  If
it's any help, the ps -ef output looks like this:

ap-sun1# ps -ef
     UID   PID  PPID  C    STIME TTY      TIME CMD
    root     0     0  0   Jun 26 ?        0:01 sched
    root     1     0  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /etc/init -
    root     2     0  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 pageout
    root     3     0  1   Jun 26 ?       84:17 fsflush
    root   425     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/lib/saf/sac -t 300
    root   240     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /bin/sh ./ssdgrptd exec
    root   428   425  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/lib/saf/ttymon
    root    49     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/lib/sysevent/syseventd
    root    54     1  0   Jun 26 ?       10:26 /usr/lib/picl/picld
    root   106     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/sbin/rpcbind
    root   129     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/sbin/inetd -s
  daemon   147     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/lib/nfs/statd
    root   153     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/lib/autofs/automountd
    root   188     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/lib/lpsched
    root   150     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/lib/nfs/lockd
    root   165     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/sbin/syslogd
    root   216     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/sbin/ssserver
    root   183     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/sbin/nscd
    root   168     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/sbin/cron
    root   455   402  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 mibiisa -r -p 32790
    root   332     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/sadm/lib/smc/bin/smcboot
    root   224     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:04 /usr/sbin/ssmon
    root   335   332  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/sadm/lib/smc/bin/smcboot
    root   434   240  0   Jun 26 ?       14:23 /usr/java/jre/bin/java -jar
ssdgrptd.jar
    root   314     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/lib/utmpd
    root   288     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/lib/power/powerd
    root   334   332  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/sadm/lib/smc/bin/smcboot
    root   402     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/lib/snmp/snmpdx -y -c
/etc/snmp/conf
    root   413     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/lib/dmi/snmpXdmid -s
ap-sun1
    root  1108  1106  0 00:09:12 pts/1    0:00 -sh
    root   376     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/lib/nfs/mountd
    root   378     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:01 /usr/lib/nfs/nfsd
    root   431     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/lib/ssh/sshd
    root   426     1  0   Jun 26 console  0:00 /usr/lib/saf/ttymon -g -h -p
ap-sun1 console login:  -T sun -d /dev/console -l
    root   418     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/sbin/vold
    root   412     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/lib/dmi/dmispd
    root   401     1  0   Jun 26 ?        0:00 /usr/dt/bin/dtlogin -daemon
    root  1130  1112  0 00:17:08 pts/1    0:00 ps -ef
    root  1106   129  0 00:09:12 ?        0:00 in.telnetd
    root  1112  1108  0 00:09:22 pts/1    0:00 csh

Thanks very much.

- Jayan

Jayan Kandathil
Ottawa, Canada

>
> I have a Sunfire v480 with no graphics card.  Solaris 9 (04/03) is running
> on it.  Trying to run VNC Server generates errors like these in the VNC
log:
> xrdb: Interrupted system call
> xrdb: Can't open display 'ap-sun1:1'
> xsetroot:  unable to open display 'ap-sun1:1'
> twm:  unable to open display "ap-sun1:1"
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: ap-sun1:1

The XSun server won't start up if you have no Frame Buffer (Video Card)
installed.

To run any X clients on the Sunfire (like the Oracle install client) you
will have to have Openwindows installed on the machine.
Check for the existence of the /usr/openwin directory. The associated
libraries are required by X clients.

AFAIK VNC is a Windows emulator, rather than an X-Server emulator. You need
to install
an X-server emulator on at remote machine like a PC. Exceed is a commercial
product, or one of the freeware
equivalents (doing a Google search will surely find you one).

Conversely if you have another Sun box with a Frame Buffer (Video Card) you
could use the X-Server on this machine. Just type
xhost + <hostname of v480> on the a command line prompt of the local
machine.

In either case you must set your DISPLAY environment variable on the Sunfire
to point to the remote machine running the X-Server.

Andrew

Thanks very much Andrew.
I ended up using CDE and 'export'ing the DISPLAY to another Sun box which
already had an X Server running.

- Jayan

Jayan Kandathil

"Andrew Tyson" <asptyson@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:3effc37d$1_3@news.brisbane.pipenetworks.com...
> >

> The XSun server won't start up if you have no Frame Buffer (Video Card)
> installed.
>
> To run any X clients on the Sunfire (like the Oracle install client) you
> will have to have Openwindows installed on the machine.
> Check for the existence of the /usr/openwin directory. The associated
> libraries are required by X clients.
>
> AFAIK VNC is a Windows emulator, rather than an X-Server emulator. You
need
> to install
> an X-server emulator on at remote machine like a PC. Exceed is a
commercial
> product, or one of the freeware
> equivalents (doing a Google search will surely find you one).
>
> Conversely if you have another Sun box with a Frame Buffer (Video Card)
you
> could use the X-Server on this machine. Just type
> xhost + <hostname of v480> on the a command line prompt of the local
> machine.
>
> In either case you must set your DISPLAY environment variable on the
Sunfire
> to point to the remote machine running the X-Server.
>
> Andrew
>
>
>

> Thanks very much Andrew.
> I ended up using CDE and 'export'ing the DISPLAY to another Sun box which
> already had an X Server running.

my pleasure - glad it works !