Trying to start X windows on the console

[Brendan McDonald]

Hi, I'm trying to start X windows on my console. I'm running a HPUX 11i rp2470 A class server. I have a graphics card installed -

root@ovo02:/etc>ioscan -funC graphics
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
====================================================================
graphics 0 0/6/0/0 graph3 CLAIMED INTERFACE PCI Display (103c108b)

I also have a usb port (x2) in which i'm assuming I can connect a USB mouse and USB keyboard -

root@ovo02:/etc>ioscan -funC usb
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=================================================================
usb 1 0/2/0/0 hcd CLAIMED INTERFACE OPTi USB Interface

When I connect my monitor, I get serial terminal like figures on the screen. Is there a way of redirecting X windows to my terminal ???

[Muthukumar_5]

Yes. Install any of the X windows client tools like XManager, IRQ applications.

export DISPLAY in server machine as,

# export DISPLAY=:0.0

start application in server with same session where you set DISPLAY environment variable.

# application &

Now application will be started in your client terminal itself.

hth.

[Muthukumar_5]

To setup DISPLAY variable on every startup with your client ip-address then,

edit /etc/profile as,

export DISPLAY=$(getip `who -mu | awk '{ print $NF }'`):0.0

and save it.

Execution of application in server side will use client side x-windows application.

hth.

[Radhakrishnan Venkatara]

Your trying open X-windows on Console or in your local PC monitor ? If you start X-windows on your console. Monitor type should be supported and should get detected and configured while POST. If you want to use X-windows on your local pc monitor there are lot of applications such as omni-x, reflection-x, keal-x,exceed.

Regards
Radhakrishnan

[Brendan McDonald]

I'm ok getting X windows on on tty ports (I can get sam working etc, my $DISPLAY variable is set in my profile), it's just the console (when I connect a monitor to my graphics card).

There must be a setting somewhere that says my console (graphics card) is set to a terminal device. I need to change this to be a hpterm etc..

root@ovo02:/etc>echo $DISPLAY
10.12.68.37:10.0
root@ovo02:/etc>echo $TERM
xterm

[RAC_1]

Log onto console. export TERM=hpterm

[Arunvijai_4]

That needs to be done on Console. Login to Console and export it as, # export TERM=hpterm

-Arun

[Muthukumar_5]

Go to /etc/profile and,

export TERM=hpterm

and save it. It will start to work.

hth.

[AwadheshPandey]

ur console may be set as serial set the console to graphics for x.
run dr_dt and check results.
Awadhesh

[Alex Glennie]

cp /usr/dt/config/Xservers -> /etc/dt/config/Xservers

vi last line and remove any #'s at the beginning:

* Local local@console /usr/bin/X11/X :0

wq!

/usr/sbin/init 2
/usr/sbin/init 3

result ?

[Borislav Perkov]

Hi Brendan,

You have to do what Alex said. Also you have to configure your Display. Start SAM, then go to Display -> Monitor Configuration.
Select appropriate connector and then Action ->Modify monitor type and choose the proposed values. You can test it currently on the Display with Test monitor type.

Notice that on restart or start up of the server the Monitor and mouse should be connected to the server. If the server finds that they are missing it puts # at the beginig of the last line in /etc/dt/config/Xservers,
* Local local@console /usr/bin/X11/X :0

Regards,
Borislav

[Brendan McDonald]

Thanks for all the input. I'm not going to go through with this one.

Thanks.