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Marianne's avatar
Marianne
Level 6
13 years ago

SFWHA 6.0 - cluster some x-app

I have been able in the past to cluster xeyes and xclock as part of a demo.

I would like to do the same on a Windows cluster but don't know how to make it run on the console.

I can see xeyes running in Task Manager but nothing appears on the console...

Any ideas, anyone?

 

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  • Wally_Heim's avatar
    Wally_Heim
    13 years ago

    Hi Marianne,

    Our training department is having a similar issue with the wineye.exe program that they use.  I'm not sure if they have come up with another test app yet or not.

    Here is what I did with a process agent and notepad.exe.


    group test (
        SystemList = { SERVER1 = 0, SERVER2 = 1 }
        )

        Process Notepad_Process (
            Critical = 0
            StartProgram = "notepad.exe"
            InteractWithDesktop = 1
            )



        // resource dependency tree
        //
        //    group test
        //    {
        //    Process Notepad_Process
        //    }

    With Windows 2008 R2, I get a message on the console to display the interact with desktop process.  This is a little different than it was in earlier versions of Windows but it seems to still work.

    Thanks,

    Wally

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  • jstucki's avatar
    jstucki
    Level 4
    13 years ago

    X Windows apps (typically in UNIX environments) can only be displayed on systems where an X Windows Server is running.  If you have xeyes and xclock available on a Windows system, then you probably have some installation of UNIX tools on the Windows system.   Cygwin/X, Xming, and others can provide an X Windows Server to run on a Windows system, which will allow for displaying of X Windows apps.

  • Wally_Heim's avatar
    Wally_Heim
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    Hi Marianne,

    Our training department is having a similar issue with the wineye.exe program that they use.  I'm not sure if they have come up with another test app yet or not.

    Here is what I did with a process agent and notepad.exe.


    group test (
        SystemList = { SERVER1 = 0, SERVER2 = 1 }
        )

        Process Notepad_Process (
            Critical = 0
            StartProgram = "notepad.exe"
            InteractWithDesktop = 1
            )



        // resource dependency tree
        //
        //    group test
        //    {
        //    Process Notepad_Process
        //    }

    With Windows 2008 R2, I get a message on the console to display the interact with desktop process.  This is a little different than it was in earlier versions of Windows but it seems to still work.

    Thanks,

    Wally

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    Thanks for suggestions gents!

    The X Server seems to be my problem - I just have the one xeyes.exe binary that I downloaded from 'somewhere'.

    Wally's Notepad seems to be the quick solution right now. (File server or FileOnOff in a demo is s-o-o-o boring!)

    Will give xeyes another try some other time and also follow up with my contact in Education whe he is back from holiday.

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    Thanks Wally! Demo went well.

    Will try xeyes some other time... smiley