There are Jenkins plugins (like the xvnc plugin, xvfb plugin) that will allow a job to request a virtual frame buffer to be used during tests that require a display. That message may indicate that the plugin is not installed or is not working as expected.
Jenkins 1.609 is many, many years out of date. You should plan an update to a current version to resolve known security issues, have access to new features, and have a better chance of answers from the Jenkins community On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 8:19 AM GI D <[email protected]> wrote: > My Devs are complaining that, on a fresh installation of Jenkins 1.609, > there is a build-test that apparently tries to load some data using Excel, > and it fails with: > > *Can't connect to X11 window server using 'localhost:11.0' as the value of > the DISPLAY variable.* > > I wonder how Jenkins, as it runs inside Tomcat, can even know where (what > client system) to try to open a windowing application on. > > In any case, does anyone have a clue as to how to resolve this? > > Thanks in advance, > > George > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/66385f2f-d2ad-4443-995b-9e5f285b1a43n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/66385f2f-d2ad-4443-995b-9e5f285b1a43n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAO49JtF9LZ_UT19EiV2kHs1SkhdY85DXUZUiUE-FgKV968akNg%40mail.gmail.com.
