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This seems most annoying. I know I will run into this.
Where do we go vote for this? (Is there a URL)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Markus Kemmerling [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2000 6:25 AM
> To: Java Apache Users
> Subject: Re: JServ and AWT
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> At 15:19 30.05.00 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >It's an old problem having to do with the xlibs being loaded as soon as
> >you use anything related to awt. To work around it you just have to
> >start a fake xserver. I forget exactly how, you can ask them at the
> >blackdown mailing list.
> >
> >Brevsville Administrator wrote:
>
>
> > > So why X11?? it is not drawing on any wm, it is just loading an
> image. I
> > > do have X installed, but gee I haven't run it for ages and can't see
> any
> > > reason why this code would rely on X at all.
>
> i came along the same problem some days ago. it's annoying.
>
> you best use the X virtual frame buffer xvbf which probably came with your
>
> linux distribution. it's a leightweight X server writing to memory instead
>
> of a real device. it's normally used for testing.
>
> you have to pass the DISPLAY environment variable to the JVM via
> wrapper.env=DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:1
> in jserv.properties. (you could use 127.0.0.1:0, but this is normally used
>
> for the real screen on your machine, so you better use screen 1).
>
> i also had to
> - give the JVM access to the X server:
> xhost +127.0.0.1
> - explicitely tell the xvbf to use 8 bit colors by starting it with the
> following option: (to get the colors right)
> /usr/X11/bin/xvbf :1 -screen 0 800x600x8
> (the resolution doesn't matter, the 8 is important)
>
> good luck!
>
> for me this is a bug (at least with respect to portability), for sun it's
> a
> r'equests for enhancement' (they call it headless java). it ranges quite
> high in the list of the top 25 rfe's. so to get sun to fix this problem
> soon, go to their web site an vote for it!
>
> markus kemmerling
>
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