Originally posted by: nevp

We have a program that requires an X server to generate PDF's. The server is a blade that I assume shares the display with all other blades in the chaise (we don't use it). In this case no one needs to see the display, it just needs to view the display, but X needs to send it somewhere for this to work? We have tested running exceed from a PC and sending X there. This works, but isn't a solid solution for a production app.

Is what I'm trying to do possible? If so someone please give me some ideas. Here is what I've done/found so far.

Older Doc but gives some ideas to send to X11.vfb fileset. page 87 http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/prod_support/mvision/2006r1_install.pdf

I'm running 5300-04-03.
if I type xinit as root I get 1356-800 xinit: unable to start the X server.

Ed
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Originally posted by: tony.evans

Does it generate an error when you run the tool which generates the PDF? Is it Java? We had an issue with something similar, which we resolved by setting the DISPLAY variable (just to hostname:1) before running the Java app which was sufficient, but I can't find the document at the moment.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

You are definitely on the right track. I have used the virtual frame buffer in order to generate oracle reports for oracle apps, and it worked great. It has been a while since I have worked with it, and I'm not exactly sure about the error you are getting, but you are on the right track.
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Originally posted by: nevp

Here are the error messages.

host:/root# X
Segmentation fault(coredump)
host:/root# xinit

1356-800 xinit: Unable to start the X server.
1356-806 xinit: Waiting for X server to begin accepting connections.
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Originally posted by: tony.evans

Sorry, I meant what error do you get from your application when you try and convert to a PDF, not from X when you try and start it.
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