Prequisite Checks for Display Fail Installing Oracle Application Server 10g [ID 304594.1]

Prequisite Checks for Display Fail Installing Oracle Application Server 10g [ID 304594.1]
		Modified 11-MAY-2009     Type PROBLEM     Status PUBLISHED

In this Document
  Symptoms
  Cause
  Solution
  References

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Applies to:

Oracle Application Server 10g Enterprise Edition - Version: 9.0.4.0.0 to 10.1.3.3.0
This problem can occur on any platform.
Checked for relevance on 11-May-2009

Symptoms

• Installing Oracle Application Server 10g
• During the install, prerequisite checks fail with:

Checking monitor: must be configured to display at least 256 colors
Failed
Could not execute auto check for display colors using command /usr/openwin/bin/xdpyinfo

Cause

• Unpublished Bug 3177021  ERROR MESSAGE IS NOT PROPER IF XHOST + NOT RUN
  
• xhost + has not been run as root
  
• If this command is not run then any other user cannot connect to the display, hence an oracle user trying to do an install will fail to connect to the display doing the prerequisite checks

Solution

To implement the solution, execute the following steps:

1. Log on to the server as the root user
2. Execute: xhost +
3. As the oracle user, run the installer again and the prerequisite display check will run.

References

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