Re: VNC vs Cygwin (was RE: Semi-OT: Vi Question/Need)

  • From: Nuno Souto <dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:11:36 +1100

Thanks, interesting info.  I don't have to use ssh as all my db servers 
and my desktop are on a dedicated and firewalled subnet of our LAN. 
Hence I just run xhost and then xhost + and ignore all those restrictions.
But it's good to know where the probs are!

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Nuno Souto
dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxx



On 21/03/2013 12:16 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. I will probably use VNC for all 
> installs/upgrades for the next decade because of this. -Brian -- 
> //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l 

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