Re: Running Java app in non X environment

1999-07-08 Thread Robbie Baldock
Nathan Meyers wrote: > Here's a possible (but problematic) CGI script: Thanks very much for the detailed help. > The problems? > 1) Very expensive to start all this stuff up every time you need to do > CGI. > 2) Only one server can run at a time for a given display address (:0, > :1, etc.); you

Re: Running Java app in non X environment

1999-07-07 Thread Nathan Meyers
Robbie Baldock wrote: > > Nathan Meyers wrote: > > > You're probably looking for Xvfb - an X server whose "device" is a > > memory buffer. It looks and acts like an X server because it is one... > > without needing a display. Available wherever XFree86 is sold - > > the RPM is XFree86-Xvfb, if y

Re: Running Java app in non X environment

1999-07-07 Thread Robbie Baldock
Nathan Meyers wrote: > You're probably looking for Xvfb - an X server whose "device" is a > memory buffer. It looks and acts like an X server because it is one... > without needing a display. Available wherever XFree86 is sold - > the RPM is XFree86-Xvfb, if you're an RPM user. That sounds good

Re: Running Java app in non X environment

1999-07-07 Thread Nathan Meyers
Robbie Baldock wrote: > > Can someone remind me how to run a command-line Java 1.2 app which > requires graphics libraries (to build a GIF file) without having to have > an X window open? I want to call it from a Perl CGI script. > > I came across a bit of Linux software a while back which supp

Running Java app in non X environment

1999-07-07 Thread Robbie Baldock
Can someone remind me how to run a command-line Java 1.2 app which requires graphics libraries (to build a GIF file) without having to have an X window open? I want to call it from a Perl CGI script. I came across a bit of Linux software a while back which supposedly emulated an X session but of