If your using jdk117 just look in the readme. It has directions on how
to run the jre without X. And if your using the 1.2 pre-release if I
remember correctly it states in the readme that it doesn't support
running with out X yet, but will in the final release.
Craig Courtney
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"Remember, never ask a geek "why"; just nod your head and back away
slowly..."
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 6:44 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: why do we need X11 to run purely command line java stuff?
>
>
> Hi.
>
> We have a custom server that we wrote in java and runs on linux. This
> custom server does nothing but open and close sockets and
> transfer a few
> bits of data here and there - needless to say it just runs off of the
> command line and that is all there is to it.
>
> So, in the interest of building the most spartan and clean linux box I
> could, I reloaded the machine without any X-window support,
> X11, or any
> garbage like that that we will never need.
>
> Now java does not work.
>
> Could you please explain to us how we can run our java
> command line program
> without worrying about silly things like X11 printer libraries? My
> programmer is under the impression that we MUST install all
> this GUI crap
> just to get out simple command line utility working. I on
> the other hand
> think that this is an absurd conception.
>
> Any information would be appreciated,
>
> John
>
>
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