[AG-TECH] Starting VIC without a GUI

[Piers O'Hanlon]

Hi Sam,

On 01/03/07, Sam Gundry <sgundry at vpac.org> wrote:
>
> Arh, okay. Thanks guys, I've had a look through numerous docs but
> couldn't find anything. I thought I'd read somewhere that there was such
> a command...


Unfortunately, as mentioned, it isn't currently possible to run vic without
an interface as the tcl GUI is integral to the tool. One solution, if you
for example you have a headless UNIX machine, would be to point the DISPLAY
at a vncserver (a virtual X11 server) - that way you don't have the GUI
showing up anywhere and vic just runs - though you'd need to set it up to
transmit on startup. You could remotely access the GUI using a vnclient.

Piers
UCL

Cheers,
> Sam
>
> Robert Olson wrote:
> > That's correct, unlike rat which is split explicitly into audio-engine,
> > controller, and UI components, vic is a monolithic app that has the GUI
> > stuff wrapped up at a fairly fundamental level.
> >
> > --bob
> >
> > On Mar 1, 2007, at 7:44 AM, Derek Piper wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>     That should be:
> >>
> >> vic -t ttl address/port
> >>
> >> e.g.
> >>
> >> vic -t 127 233.2.171.246/59966
> >>
> >>     .. and that just starts VIC with those network settings, it
> >> doesn't hide the GUI. As far as I know there are no such arguments
> >> that do that.
> >>
> >>     Derek
> >>
> >> Mike Daley wrote:
> >>> Hi Sam
> >>> the command line is
> >>> vic -ttl address port
> >>> i.e
> >>> vic -127 233.2.171.246/59966
> >>> Mike
> >>> Sam Gundry wrote:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> Does VIC have a command-line argument to start without it's GUI?
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Sam
> >>
> >> --Derek Piper - dcpiper at indiana.edu - (812) 856 0111
> >> IRI 323, School of Informatics
> >> Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
> >>
> >
>
>
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>
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