After checking all security settings for the blink task to ensure the user you are using can run it, you may need to set the sticky bit, ( chmod 6755 /usr/fox/wp/bin/blink_task ) Attached is a copy of the modified script I use to launch remote DMs here at PPG. I use this script from a pick on an exported Openwindows X desktop using Exceed OnDemand but you may find something here that you can use. Thanks, Dwayne #!/bin/sh # # This script will start a display manager on the DISPLAY name # that is passed. It is intended to be remote executed using=20 # Exceed OnDemand. # # set -x if [ $# -ne 1 ] then exit 1 fi # # Set the DISPLAY variable # DISPLAY=3D$1 export DISPLAY PATH=3D/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/etc:/usr/ucb:/usr/local:/usr/ccs/bin:.:/u= sr/opt/Ss export PATH # Need to set up library path for jettool (needs libview.so.x) # LD_LIBRARY_PATH=3D/usr/openwin/lib ; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=3D/opt/gms/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/dt/lib:/opt/windu/li= b:/opt/wH l () ls -l $* lc () ls -CF $* # # Added "-sig" arg to blink_task to avoid the Display Manager starting # up before blink_task is fully initialized. blink_task uses SIGUSR1 # to signal back. This signal is different between the platforms. # So we need to determine what signal to trap on # SIG_PATH=3D/usr/include/sys/signal.h SIGUSR1=3D`grep SIGUSR1 $SIG_PATH | awk '{ printf ( "%s", $3 ) }'` WUHOME=3D/opt/windu ; export WUHOME GMS_HOME=3D/opt/gms ; export GMS_HOME HHPATH=3D/opt/windu/bin ; export HHPATH HHHOME=3D/opt/windu ; export HHHOME #/usr/fox/wp/bin/jettool -Wi -f & #PID_PRINT=3D`echo $!` # # Wait for SIGUSR1 signal from blink_task or 30 second # timeout. # trap "GO=3DY" $SIGUSR1 GO=3DN /usr/fox/wp/bin/blink_task -sig -r -hb 5 & PID_BLINK=3D`echo $!` tot=3D0 while test "$GO" =3D "N" do sleep 1 tot=3D`expr $tot + 1` if test $tot -eq 30 then GO=3D"Y" fi done trap "" $SIGUSR1 PID_BLINK=3D`echo $!` ### BEGIN 07/16/98 FONTDEF.DAT STARTUP FILE FIX ### # # Set the startup directory for default_dm, so that # SL-GMS applications use the correct fontdef.dat file. # (07/15/98 AJ Cerier) # # Get the Vendor name for our X Server # #VENDOR=3D"`/usr/openwin/bin/xdpyinfo | grep 'vendor string' | awk '{ = print $3 }'" # # If this is a Sun X server ... # #if [ "$VENDOR" =3D "Sun" ]=20 #then #=20 # For the Sun X Server, we start from /usr/fox. Because # there is no fontdef.dat file in /usr/fox, SL-GMS applications # will user the fontdef.dat file in /usr/fox/wp/data. This file # contains font selections optimized for Sun X Servers. # # cd /usr/fox #else # # For non-Sun X Server, we start from /opt/ia, where # the "remote" fontdef.dat file is located. This file # contains font selections optimized for non-Sun X Servers.. # # cd /opt/ia #fi ### END 07/16/98 FONTDEF.DAT STARTUP FILE FIX ### #/opt/fox/wp/bin/default_dm /usr/fox/wp/bin/dm_wp50 if [ -n "$PID_BLINK" ] then # echo About to kill blink_task kill -9 $PID_BLINK fi if [ -n "$PID_PRINT" ] then # echo About to kill jettool kill -USR1 $PID_PRINT fi exit -----Original Message----- From: Shaun Benetti [mailto:sbenetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 4:49 PM To: Foxboro List Subject: [foxboro] X Terminal Ok, I have just set up an x terminal on a Free BSD workstation to run as a remote display manager. Everything works great except for the blinking colors. For example when I get a system alarm the sys button does not flash. Before the DM starts I get a warning message stating that the IA colors may be wrong and blinking may be disabled. I am connecting to an AW51 with IA version 6.3. Does anyone have any suggestions? =20 Thanks, =20 Shaun =20 =20 _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html =20 foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: = mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Djoin to unsubscribe: = mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dleave =20 _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave