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From: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se>
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To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
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Subject: Re: running java_X on non-X machine?
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Nate Williams wrote:
> 
> > I want to run servlets which use the java awt (for creating jpegs on the
> > fly for web serving). Hence I need to run java_X, right?
> 
> Right.
> 
> > Now, I want to run this on a server that has no XWindow
> > configured. Any ideas how this can be implemented?
> 
> AFAIK, it can't be implemented this way.  You'll need to create a jpeg
> solution that doesn't involve any AWT/Swing components if you want to do
> this on a Unix box.  (The same problem exists on Solaris FWIW).
> 
> If you find another solution to this, please let us (me!) know, since
> I'd be very interested in any solution you can find....

It seems that the vfb (X Virtual Frame Buffer) server might be
something. I'll look into it, and let you know what I find.

/Palle


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