Problems installing Domino 6.5.5 on Suse OES running on a VMWare GSX Server

[T***@MDK-Nordrhein.de]

Hi everybody,

I'm trying to install Domino server 6.5.5 on a Suse OES 9 which itself was
installed into a VMWare GSX Server.
I can install the Domino files, but when trying to setup the server,
regardless which method I choose (manual, local or remote) I always end up
with the following error message:

Please edit your shell's DISPLAY environment variable to reflect an
unlocked terminal that you would like to launch the Domino Setup Program
on.

Any ideas what this could be ? I've got 20 Dominos running on SLES 9
installed directly onto the machine and never had a problem. Could it be
that VMWare somehow locks the Terminal ?

MfG

Torsten Marschall

MDK Nordrhein
Fachbereich Datenservice
Bismarckstr. 43
40210 Düsseldorf

Tel.: 0211 / 1382 - 193
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[m***@ttb-group.de]

Hy Torsten,

Domino does not find a Display for the GUI. You are installing inside a
X-Session? You can start xeyes or xterm?
Otherwise, you can install a X-Server Client for Windows, like Xming, and
export the Display to your Workstation.

#> export DISPLAY=192.168.1.1:0.0
#> xterm


Kind regards
Matthias Spork

Post by T***@MDK-Nordrhein.de
Hi everybody,
I'm trying to install Domino server 6.5.5 on a Suse OES 9 which itself

was

Post by T***@MDK-Nordrhein.de
installed into a VMWare GSX Server.
I can install the Domino files, but when trying to setup the server,
regardless which method I choose (manual, local or remote) I always end

up

Post by T***@MDK-Nordrhein.de
Please edit your shell's DISPLAY environment variable to reflect an
unlocked terminal that you would like to launch the Domino Setup Program
on.
Any ideas what this could be ? I've got 20 Dominos running on SLES 9
installed directly onto the machine and never had a problem. Could it be
that VMWare somehow locks the Terminal ?
MfG
Torsten Marschall
MDK Nordrhein
Fachbereich Datenservice
Bismarckstr. 43
40210 Düsseldorf
Tel.: 0211 / 1382 - 193
Fax: 0211 / 1382 - 177
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[T***@MDK-Nordrhein.de]

Hi Matthias,

thankx for your answer. Actually, I tried two ways:

1) I use the VMWare server console.
2) I use PuTTY.
Both ways do not involve an x-session - or so I thought.

I don't use the graphical frontend for the Domino server setup because I
never got it to work in the combination SLES9 and Domino 6.5.5 due to java
issues. That's why I prefer the remote server setup which has until now
never failed me.

Best Regards

Torsten Marschall

MDK Nordrhein
Fachbereich Datenservice
Bismarckstr. 43
40210 Düsseldorf

Tel.: 0211 / 1382 - 193
Fax: 0211 / 1382 - 177

Post by m***@ttb-group.de
Hy Torsten,
Domino does not find a Display for the GUI. You are installing
inside a X-Session? You can start xeyes or xterm?
Otherwise, you can install a X-Server Client for Windows, like
Xming, and export the Display to your Workstation.
#> export DISPLAY=192.168.1.1:0.0
#> xterm
Kind regards
Matthias Spork

Post by T***@MDK-Nordrhein.de
Hi everybody,
I'm trying to install Domino server 6.5.5 on a Suse OES 9 which itself

was

Post by m***@ttb-group.de

Post by T***@MDK-Nordrhein.de
installed into a VMWare GSX Server.
I can install the Domino files, but when trying to setup the server,
regardless which method I choose (manual, local or remote) I always end

up

Post by m***@ttb-group.de

Post by T***@MDK-Nordrhein.de
Please edit your shell's DISPLAY environment variable to reflect an
unlocked terminal that you would like to launch the Domino Setup Program
on.
Any ideas what this could be ? I've got 20 Dominos running on SLES 9
installed directly onto the machine and never had a problem. Could it be
that VMWare somehow locks the Terminal ?
MfG
Torsten Marschall
MDK Nordrhein
Fachbereich Datenservice
Bismarckstr. 43
40210 Düsseldorf
Tel.: 0211 / 1382 - 193
Fax: 0211 / 1382 - 177
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Were there any errors in your setup log?



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[suse-domino] Problems installing Domino 6.5.5 on Suse OES running on a
VMWare GSX Server







Hi everybody,

I'm trying to install Domino server 6.5.5 on a Suse OES 9 which itself was
installed into a VMWare GSX Server.
I can install the Domino files, but when trying to setup the server,
regardless which method I choose (manual, local or remote) I always end up
with the following error message:

Please edit your shell's DISPLAY environment variable to reflect an
unlocked terminal that you would like to launch the Domino Setup Program
on.

Any ideas what this could be ? I've got 20 Dominos running on SLES 9
installed directly onto the machine and never had a problem. Could it be
that VMWare somehow locks the Terminal ?

MfG

Torsten Marschall

MDK Nordrhein
Fachbereich Datenservice
Bismarckstr. 43
40210 Düsseldorf

Tel.: 0211 / 1382 - 193
Fax: 0211 / 1382 - 177

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[J***@treasury.tas.gov.au]

G'day Torsten,

I once came across this problem myself however it was not under a VMWare
environment and I made a note of what I did to workaround as follows:

Work around for the following error when setting up Domino on Linux.
Please edit your shell's DISPLAY environment variable to reflect an
unlocked terminal that you would like to launch the Domino Setup Program
on.
Login as the Linux Notes user.
CD to the domino data directory i.e /dominodata/congo
Start the server from the domino program directory with -listen option
i.e /usr/local/lotus/bin/server -listen.
Start the remote server setup utility on a Windows PC and connect to the
server via IP that you want to complete the set up on.


My config was 6.5.4 on SLES 9.

Hope this is of some help.

cheers

Jason.



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[suse-domino] Problems installing
Domino 6.5.5 on Suse OES running on
a VMWare GSX Server











Hi everybody,

I'm trying to install Domino server 6.5.5 on a Suse OES 9 which itself was
installed into a VMWare GSX Server.
I can install the Domino files, but when trying to setup the server,
regardless which method I choose (manual, local or remote) I always end up
with the following error message:

Please edit your shell's DISPLAY environment variable to reflect an
unlocked terminal that you would like to launch the Domino Setup Program
on.

Any ideas what this could be ? I've got 20 Dominos running on SLES 9
installed directly onto the machine and never had a problem. Could it be
that VMWare somehow locks the Terminal ?

MfG

Torsten Marschall

MDK Nordrhein
Fachbereich Datenservice
Bismarckstr. 43
40210 Düsseldorf

Tel.: 0211 / 1382 - 193
Fax: 0211 / 1382 - 177

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