x11start error

[Andre Thompson_1]

Hi Everyone

Here is my problem:

I have an hp rp3440 server with serial access to console. My vendor told me that this is the ONLY way HP is doing consoles.

I have an application that requires X11.

I have installed HummingBird Exceed v 10.0, ready to connect to the HP server.

I loggen on as root and typed x11start to start-up the X11 services. However I get the following error:

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# x11start

X server: Error in /etc/X11/X0screens (line 614)
Device name invalid or missing after keyword "Screen".
X server: Will try default "/dev/crt"
Failure to open default device file `/dev/crt`.
Please either specify the proper device filename in
your /etc/X11/X0screens file or fix `/dev/crt`. This filename is either
non-existent or is not a character special file.

Fatal server error:


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Can someone help?

Thanks.

- Andre

[Suraj Singh_1]

Hi,

I don't think you need to run that command at all.
As long as you are in run-level 2 or 3, and your xdm or cde are running, you can start using "Exceed software".

Regards

[Adisuria Wangsadinata_1]

Hi Andre,

Good day to you !

Try to export DISPLAY first :

1. get your PC IP info by run 'ipconfig' command on your DOS prompt:
c:\> ipconfig [enter]
2. on your HP-UX system, run export DISPLAY :
# export DISPLAY=ip_address:0.0;
3. run the application that requires GUI

Hope this information can help you.

Cheers,
Adisuria Wangsadinata

[Ranjit_3]

Hi Andre ,
I also use the xterm applications but i don't use the x11start .I also use Exceed .

The steps are :
1) Start the exceed session on the desltop .
2) Open a telnet session to teh HP UX server
3) Then issue the
export DISPLAY=local_desktop_ip:0.0
4) check whether xclock is opening up .

Otherwise try this one more scenario

1)Start the exceed application.
2) open a telnet session and issue
3)/usr/bin/X11/hpterm -fn 6x13 -sb -ls -display local_desktop_ip:0.0
4) This will open a seperate hp term session .

[Andre Thompson_1]

Hi Everyone

Thanks for all your help so far.

I have opened the telnet session and executed the command:

export DISPLAY=my_ip:0.0;

However, when I run Exceed ie XStart/Local Application with the following command line:

exceed -w single -m query -h my_ip -n Host1 -d 0

I get just a gray screen with the label of the window being labelled "Host1 (:1.0)"

See attached file.

What am I not doing?

[Andre Thompson_1]

I did not have to run x11start. I used another utility called xlivecd (http://xlivecd.indiana.edu) and that connected fine.