Glassfish installation error: cannot open display

Question

When trying to extract the Glassfish jar file with

java -Xmx256m -jar glassfish-installer-v2.1-b60e-linux.jar

i get following error:

(.:31766): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

and extraction doesn't happen. It somehow assumes i'm on an real machine rather on a SSH shell. How can i solve this?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 20 '10 at 11:51

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Can you use an ssh tunnel?

ssh -X my.host

You may also need to enable ssh forwarding in /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Another option might be just do unset DISPLAY and see if that works.

answered Apr 20 '10 at 11:51

LapTop006

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 21 '10 at 07:48

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You can append -console to the command:

java -Xmx256m -jar glassfish-installer-v2.1-b60e-linux.jar -console

answered Apr 21 '10 at 07:48

tronda

THANKS (big thanks) - that did the trick. Why is java assuming i'm on an X11 machine? – whlk Apr 21 '10 at 09:22
Java isn't assuming, but the glassfish installer is assuming that. Can I pimp for an upvote? ;) – tronda Apr 21 '10 at 10:30
"Vote Up requires 15 reputation (click on this box to dismiss)" sorry bro – whlk Apr 21 '10 at 10:38
nope, doesnt give me any points – whlk Apr 21 '10 at 11:53

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