topic Re: swinstall error in Operating System - HP-UX

swinstall error

j773303 — Mon, 03 May 2004 03:03:12 GMT

Does anyone has the experience about the below swinstall error message? Please help me to fix this problem, Thanks.

root@scm-hp1:/cdrom#swinstall
ERROR: Either Graphic User Interface(GUI) or Terminal User
Interface(TUI) cannot be started. In order to execute this
command, you have to modify your DISPLAY or use English
version TUI with LANG="" or LANG=C.

Re: swinstall error

eran maor — Mon, 03 May 2004 03:08:18 GMT

Hi

it seem that the display is not set correct .

please log to this computer , do :
# echo $DISPLAY to see what is the status of your display .
if not set pleasde do this :
# export DISPLAY=16.1.1.1 ( replace it with your ip adress )

and try again .

if this will not help try to restart the swagentd with the command :
# swagentd -r

eran maor

Re: swinstall error

G. Vrijhoeven — Mon, 03 May 2004 03:10:30 GMT

Hi,

If you do a
# unset DISPLAY && swinstall
you should be able to start the swinstall in ascii mode. If you want to start with a gui, there might be someting wrong whit you DISPLAY/LAN settings, could you:

# env | egrep "LANG|DISPLAY"

HTH,

Gideon

Re: swinstall error

j773303 — Mon, 03 May 2004 03:17:21 GMT

I try the above methods, but the error message still occurs. Do anyone has any suggestion? Thanks.

Re: swinstall error

G. Vrijhoeven — Mon, 03 May 2004 03:40:23 GMT

HI,

Are you able to start an xterm?
# xterm &
# export LANG=C
# ping $(env | grep DISPLAY | awk -F= '{ print $2}' | awk -F: '{ print $1}')
# swinstall
Can you post the output of
# env | egrep "LANG|DISPLAY"

Gideon

Re: swinstall error

T G Manikandan — Mon, 03 May 2004 04:00:40 GMT

What shell you are running,

If it is sh/ksh

#LANG=C
#export LANG
#unset DISPLAY
#swinstall

else

#DISPLAY=:0.0
#export DISPLAY

Re: swinstall error

j773303 — Mon, 03 May 2004 04:02:32 GMT

export LC_ALL=C, then it ok.

Thank you all for the good suggestions.
Now the problem is fixed.