Allie,
The virtual frame buffer MUST be running. We have seen problems in
the past were users were using sudo or some sort of sudo wrapper and
they were unable to start the Xvfb process. Are you really root?
Paul Stroud
Allie M Tate wrote:
> I'm running on AIX 433. vfb is not running, but I didn't think that this
> was necessary - at least I've never come across this before. I'm having
> difficulties getting it started in any case. If anyone can confirm that I
> need this running I'd appreciate it. I'd hate to chase after getting vfb
> running when I don't need to.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Allie
>
>
> Paul
> <pstroud@bell To: Allie M Tate <allie@lsu.edu>
> south.net> cc: nv-l@lists.tivoli.com
> Subject: Re: [nv-l] netviewd
> will not start
> 02/01/2002
> 04:35 PM
>
>
>
> Allie,
> The could not open display sounds like the vfb(virtual frame buffer) is
> not running, so
> there is no place for the map to display. Are you running on Solaris or
> Aix? You should
> be able to do a "ps -ef | grep vfb" to see if it is running. You should
> also see an identifier
> for which display it is(ie :2). If it is not running, you need to start
> it to get netviewd
> running.
>
> Paul Stroud
>
> Allie M Tate wrote:
>
> >For some reason I am unable to get netviewd up and running. The
> >netview_daemon.log file says:
> >
> >netviewd: started by ovspmd,
> >redirecting output to /usr/OV/log/netview_daemon.log.
> >Couldn't open display
> >
> >What display is it talking about?? It was working just fine until I
> needed
> >to reboot the machine for other reasons. Now it will not start. Any
> >takes??
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Allie
> >
> >
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