Per Jessen wrote: > Mike Scott wrote: > >> Per Jessen wrote: >>> I'm running soffice on a virtual frame buffer (Xvfb) to run a macro >>> producing a PDF based on .sxw input. Does anyone happen to know if >>> I >>> can run multiple soffice concurrently? I.e. can multiple >>> soffice "share" the Xvfb ? >>> >>> >> Silly question, but why involve X at all? The following culled from >> one of my scripts runs without a display: >> >> exec /usr/local/bin/openoffice.org-2.3.0-swriter -headless \ >> "macro:///Standard.conversions.SaveAsPDF(\"$1\", \"$2\")" > > Not silly at all - I'm pretty certain I tried with -headless and > somehow couldn't get it to work. Maybe I'll have to have another go. >
I have just tried it, and it does work fine with -headless - the one odd thing is that it takes about twice as long ?? With '-invisible -display :1.0', a conversion takes 10-11 seconds, with '-headless' it takes 20 seconds. (oldish 550MHz machine). Whilst I've got your attention - how do you cope with soffice detaching itself at startup? I've got a kludgy work-around where I run soffice, then a while-loop waiting for the pdf file to appear. Is there a way of preventing the detach? cheers Per -- /Per Jessen, Zürich --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
