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From: Nigel Pain ( )
Date: Tue May 04 2004 - 05:54:08 EDT


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> However, the question is why what we have run originally does
> not work for one server and works for others.

I would be more inclined to wonder why what was originally used worked
at all: the new behaviour is more consistent with my understanding of
the way things work.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Title: ExceedUsers [mailto: ]
> On Behalf Of Parij, Arkadi (Arkadi)
> Sent: 30 April 2004 01:55
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> Jim,
>
> Thanks for your reply.
> Your suggestion have worked for Xclock.
>
> However, the question is why what we have run originally does
> not work for one server and works for others.
>
> It might represent another problem we are seeing when we run
> other X Apps, like HP OV (Network Node Manager), from X
> session with X Start file attached with Multiple Window
> setting. Occasionally one of the application windows gets
> dropped with the error message saying that connection to X
> server is lost.
>
> This. also happens from time to time when we connect to the
> server with Exceed query and run HP OV in full CDE environment.
>
> We experience this behaviour with Exceed 7 and 8.0.0.
>
> Any ideas,
>
> Regards,
>
> Arkadi Parij
> OSS Consultant
> * Lucent Worldwide Services
> Tel: +61 2 9491 6671
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Frost [mailto: ]
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 2:22 AM
> To: 'Title: ExceedUsers'
> Subject: RE: [EXCEEDUSERS] Problem running X start file
>
>
> Parij,
>
> Try adding an ampersand "&" to the end of your command line.
>
> In fact you don't need to run the xterm. Try the following
> command line:
>
> /usr/openwin/bin/xclock -display @D &
> or
> /bin/nohup /usr/openwin/bin/xclock -display @D &
>
> This will allow the command to run detached from the telnet
> connection. The telnet connection closes after 10 seconds.
> The /bin/nohup keeps the closing of the telnet connection
> from killing the xclock (child process).
>
> Regards,
> Jim Frost
> Hummingbird
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Parij, Arkadi (Arkadi) [mailto: ]
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 4:01 AM
> To:
> Subject: [EXCEEDUSERS] Problem running X start file
>
>
> Hello There,
> .
> We have Exceed 8 and. have come across with a strange problem
> trying to connect to a Sun Server (E450) and run some X
> applications on Solaris 8 from X start file with the
> following configuration:
> Start Method: TELNET (TCP/IP)
> Program Type: X Window
> Command: /usr/dt/bin/dtterm -display @D -e
> /usr/openwin/bin/xclock
>
> It starts OK and runs for a about 10 sec and then the
> connection is dropped. Now, if we change "Close" timeout
> setting from default (10 sec) to let say 120 sec it will
> work for about 120 sec and then will be dropped.
>
> Interestingly, when we run this X start file against
> different Sun Server
> (E450) with Solaris 8 it works fine all the time.
>
> Is there anything we need to change/set on the server?
>
> Any suggestions/comments would be much appreciated.
>
> Arkadi Parij
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