[suse-oracle] Solution: Xvfb and compiling reports

On Wednesday 09 April 2008 14:40:59 Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
> Compiling reports with Oracle Forms&Reports requires to have a $DISPLAY
> even if the compilation is done in batch, non-interactively.  I don't know
> of any other method that does not require a $DISPLAY.  Forms can be
> compiled without it (usingfrmcmp_batch.sh) , but for reports there doesn't
> appear to be an equivalent.
>
> In SLES9, I had an workaround--ancient wisdom passed on by means of
> copy&paste.
>
> I would put this in /etc/init.d/boot.local:
>
> /usr/bin/X11/Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1024x768x24 &
> /usr/X11R6/bin/mwm -s -display localhost:1 &
>
> Well. in SLES10, this doesn't work anymore because KDM starts by default in
> Xvfb.
>
> What can it be done to either:
> 1. prevent KDM from starting in that Xvfb

KDM was starting in Xvfb because "Remote Administration" was on.
It has to be turned off in YaST, System, Remote Administration.

So this has nothing to do with the SLES version.
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