Re: VNC vs Cygwin (was RE: Semi-OT: Vi Question/Need)
- From: Hans Forbrich <fuzzy.graybeard@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:43:41 -0600
On 20/03/2013 7:16 AM, Brian Pardy wrote:
> Stick with VNC for installing/upgrading Cloud Control 12c. I ran into an
> "interesting" bug (14623310, now patched via auto-update) where Cygwin's
> openssh+Xserver, with or without the -Y/-X flags, would silently timeout the
> X display support after about 20 minutes causing an upgrade failure moving
> from 12cR1 to R2. There's a step in the upgrade that runs a blind X app with
> no UI that was failing silently since it couldn't connect to my $DISPLAY when
> it was run about 25 minutes into the upgrade process.
>
Ah yes, Cygwin/X. Bad luck on that specific combination - and thanks
for letting know. You'd a thunk they'd removed the last of those X
dependencies for silent install with the 10g OUI challenges.
For the X interface, I lean toward Xming from
http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/ ... although lately he's been
'requesting' donations to get the download. Then again, who knows what
bugs he's got ...
/Hans
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