Launcher appears to HANG when DISPLAY is not set on UNIX systems.

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When launching an installer from a console window on a UNIX system and the
DISPLAY variable is not set, the launcher gets to the point where it says
"...launching wizard..." and it sits there. If you set the DISPLAY
environment variable, everything is fine.

Is there a way for the launcher to detect the DISPLAY variable is not set
and either write a messageto the log file or the screen so that the customer
is not left there hanging?

Thanks,

-Shawn

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use a shellscript wrapper and check it there first.

notice that ALL xwindows programs would suffer the same fate, try it with
xclock.

owen

"Shawn Campbell" <scampbell@yantra.com> wrote in message
news:3c48821b$1@news.installshield.com...
> When launching an installer from a console window on a UNIX system and the
> DISPLAY variable is not set, the launcher gets to the point where it says
> "...launching wizard..." and it sits there. If you set the DISPLAY
> environment variable, everything is fine.
>
> Is there a way for the launcher to detect the DISPLAY variable is not set
> and either write a messageto the log file or the screen so that the
customer
> is not left there hanging?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Shawn
>
>