run collect from server without display

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Dear all,

I have set up collect (version 4.0.102) on a linux server. NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION="20.04.6 LTS (Focal Fossa)"

I start the executable with ./OpenForisCollect-launcher.run

It works well, but sometime I need to start collect from ssh connexion, for example after that I reboot the server. I am struggling, because Collect require a display to run and with ssh, there are no display.

I got the following message: ./OpenForisCollect-launcher.run Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.awt.HeadlessException: No X11 DISPLAY variable was set, but this program performed an operation which requires it.

I tried to set a DISPLAY, with Xvfb for example, but it did not work:

Exception in thread "main" java.awt.AWTError: Can't connect to X11 window server using 'localhost:10' as the value of the DISPLAY variable.

So my question, is there a way to start collect without any display? If I understand well, the display is only required for the window that tell us that collect is running.

I thank you in advance for any help. Jonathan Lisein

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JoLeBelge 11●2 accept rate: 0%

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Dear Jonathan,
The solution you proposed should work.
However, if you are running Collect in a server and you need it to be accessible to multiple users at the same time, you should consider a proper server installation of Collect.
Try to follow the instructions in the user manual or in this question in the support forum: Setup Collect Desktop in a server for a multi-user environment
Thanks,
Open Foris Team

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Stefano (OF) ♦♦ 5.6k●1●1●9 accept rate: 18%

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My IT specialist found the following solution.

run with virtual X11 with xvfb: 

xvfb-run ./OpenForisCollect-launcher.run &
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JoLeBelge 11●2 accept rate: 0%

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