> Am 02.05.2020 um 00:15 schrieb Mun Johl <mun.j...@wdc.com>: > > Hi Reuti, > > Thank you for your reply. > Please see my comments below. > >> Hi, >> >> Am 01.05.2020 um 20:44 schrieb Mun Johl: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am using SGE on RHEL6. I am trying to launch a qsub job (a TCL script) >>> via grid that will result in a GUI application being opened on >> the caller's display (which is a VNC session). >>> >>> What I'm seeing is that if I set DISPLAY to the actual VNC display (e.g. >>> host1:4) in the wrapper script that invokes qsub, the GUI >> application complains that it cannot make a connection. On a side note, I >> noticed that when I use ssh -X to login to one of our grid >> servers, my DISPLAY is set to something like localhost:10 . Now, if I use >> localhost:10 (for example) in my grid wrapper script, the GUI >> application _will_ open on my VNC display. >> >> Yes, here X11 forwarding is provided by SSH. The forwarding of X11 is not >> built into SGE. >> >> >>> Of course, with multiple users and multiple grid servers, I have no idea >>> what a particular qsub command's DISPLAY should be set to. >> I must be missing something because I'm sure others have already solved this >> issue. >> >> Inside the wrapper it should always by something like localhost:10 with a >> varying number. This is set by the login via SSH. Hence I'm >> not sure what you are looking for to be set. > > [Mun] Bottom line is I need for the GUI application to open in the user's > VNC session. It seems that unless I set DISPLAY to the "appropriate" > localhost:# from within the wrapper script which makes the qsub call, that I > cannot accomplish that goal. Therefore, I need some way of setting the > DISPLAY env var correctly. Unless there is some other way for me to > accomplish my goal?
As said: the X11 forward and automatic setting of $DISPLAY is not part of SGE, but is accomplished by setting up SSH as communication method inside SGE. Once this is defined, your wrapper should work without any further adjustments. -- Reuti > > Regards, > > -- > Mun > > >> Maybe you want to define in SGE to always use SSH -X? >> >> https://arc.liv.ac.uk/SGE/htmlman/htmlman5/remote_startup.html >> >> -- Reuti >> >> >>> >>> Please advise. >>> >>> Thank you and regards, >>> >>> -- >>> Mun >>> _______________________________________________ >>> users mailing list >>> users@gridengine.org >>> https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users -- Philipps-University of Marburg AG Berger / AG Tonner / AG Frenking / FB Chemie Reuti Admin Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4 35032 Marburg (35043 for the delivery of goods) Germany FON +49-6421-28-25549 FAX +49-6421-28-21826 eMail re...@staff.uni-marburg.de _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@gridengine.org https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users
