LAST MODIFIED DATE: March 06, 2008

VERSION: This applies to Exceed onDemand version 6.0

PROBLEM:

When running an Xstart profile to connect to an AIX server, to run a shell script that runs various X applications, the X applications never appear and the AIXTERM only appears for a brief moment.

The shell script could be something like the following:

xclipboard &
aixterm &
xclock &
xedit &

export DISPLAY=@d; aixterm | ./testscript

This issue has been reported in but may not be limited to:
Exceed onDemand 6

SOLUTION:

In order to resolve this issue, you need to use the "|" (pipe) symbol to separate the execution of the script on the Xstart command line.

For Telnet start method, connecting to a KSH shell environment:

export DISPLAY=@d; aixterm | ./testscript

This will set the display, run an Aixterm window and then run the "testscript" script which in turn launches all of the X applications within it.

For SSH start method, connecting to a KSH shell environment:

/usr/bin/X11/aixterm | ./testscript