We're using Xvfb on Solaris at a customer's site.
My colleague did the following in the shell script that starts our
server app:
./Xvfb :9 -screen 0 320x240x24 &
export DISPLAY=:9.0
Don't know what's necessary to install Xvfb, though. But I think it's
not more than putting the binary somewhere.
On 23.04.2002 00:00:44 Cory McNeely wrote:
>
> Hey folks,
>
> We're trying to use FOP in a 'headless' environment on Solaris. I have read
> in this group that because Batik requires a DISPLAY to do its SVG thing, one
> has to cheat somewhat when using FOP. The two suggestions I have seen
> include using Xvfb or PJA. Our application is using FOP in an embedded mode
> serving back PDF through a servlet. Does anyone have a good reference or
> example of the steps involved to make this work in a headless environment
> with Solaris? Either the PJA or the Xvfb solution would be satisfactory,
> although the PJA solution seems preferable. Has anyone gotten this to work
> on Solaris?
Cheers,
Jeremias Maerki
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