Another option that may work for you, if your admins will allow it, is to install something like TightVNC on your Linux server and the client on your Windows machine. TightVNC is an implementation of VNC which is similar to remote desktop for Windows. In this case, you would start the vncserver on your Linux box which starts up a virtual X server in memory on the Linux box. Then you can connect to it using the TightVNC client from your Windows box (assuming there are no firewalls that you have to worry about between your Linux box and Windows box) and it will display on your Windows box. That is what I do here, and I get better performance that way. The installer ran quite slow when using an X server on my Windows box (Cygwin in this case) but ran quite well when displaying in the VNC X server. However, the gain in performance you see will depend on your network. In my case, there's enough latency between me and my servers that using VNC was much faster. If you're on a fast network and are close to your servers, you may fair well with Cygwin or something similar.
Let me know if you want any more information on this approach. Lyle -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grooms, Frederick W Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 9:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: installation problem of ARSystem 7.5 You need to be running a local xWindows x11 server application on your PC. There are several available out there but the most common free ones I have seen listed here are CygWin (select the x11 options when installing) and Xming. A non-free ones I have seen listed here is Hummingbird Exceed. On the PC you have to have the xWindows server app running so that your Linux box can send the screen, keyboard, and mouse control to the PC. In Cygwin (on the PC) you run the command "xhost +" to start the xWindows server accepting connections. You then have to have the DISPLAY environment variable set to the IP of your PC (in your telnet/ssh session to the Linux box do "export DISPLAY=10.10.3.4:0.0") If you have been running Remedy for a long time then think back to the 4.x license administration (on Unix servers), it worked the same way. Fred -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Remedy Maniac Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 7:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: installation problem of ARSystem 7.5 maybe the problem is on the localhost ... can anybody tell me what I need on my Windows box to open the GUI remotely? Thanks Siriche Lyle Taylor wrote: > You probably need to install the 32-bit version of the X11 client libraries. > You would only need an X server running on the Linux box if you are logged > directly into the server. If you are logged in from a remote host with an X > server running on the remote host (e.g., your PC), then you don't need an X > server running on the Linux box - you just need the appropriate X11 client > libraries. Since Java is a 32-bit application, it will need the 32-bit > version of the X11 client libraries to run. > > Does that make sense? > > Lyle > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of siriche > Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 1:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: installation problem of ARSystem 7.5 > > yes myremotehost is my PC. > But actually I think the problem comes from the fact, there is no X-Server > running on the server. > Which makes it difficult for the box to open up a x-window. > So I am just waiting for my sys admin to install or start the x-server. > But thanks anyway for your reply. > Siriche > > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:[email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:[email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:[email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
