Agnus Dei (jackal) wrote,
Agnus Dei
jackal

So if it's "headless" on a remote server, then why does it have an X11 requirement?

This is the sort of thing that makes me bang my head into my desk.

Trying to convert a bunch of .doc files to .pdf's. I want to use libreoffice to convert them.

I ssh into the remote box and run the command and I get a X11 error:
[%]$ libreoffice --headless --invisible --convert-to pdf --outdir /tmp /tmp/test.doc
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin X11 error: Can't open display:
   Set DISPLAY environment variable, use -display option
   or check permissions of your X-Server
   (See "man X" resp. "man xhost" for details)


Once I enabled X11 Forwarding to the remote server, reconnect with a new session, and it works:
[%]$ libreoffice --headless --invisible --convert-to pdf --outdir /tmp /tmp/test.doc
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
convert /tmp/test.doc -> /tmp/test.pdf using writer_pdf_Export


So if it's "headless" on a remote server, then why does it have an X11 requirement?
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