RE: running root at background without display or supressing plots

From: Fine, Valeri <fine_at_bnl.gov>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:46:26 -0400

Hello Nevzat,

Can you elaborate a little bit more?  

Are you really running "root.exe" executable or your are speaking about your own application you built yourself. Some log file of your session would be appreciated also.

Best Regards

                         Valeri Fine

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-roottalk_at_pcroot.cern.ch

[mailto:owner-roottalk_at_pcroot.cern.ch]
> On Behalf Of Nevzat Guler
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 7:25 PM
> To: Root Group
> Subject: [ROOT] running root at background without display or
supressing
> plots
>
>
> Hello,
> Is there a way to run root at background without any graphs
being
> poped up on the display?
> Main reason I want this is that I am plotting hundreds of graphs
> and it takes time, during the process therefore I cannot do other
things
> because new graph windows keep poping up pushing the other terminals i
> am working to back... So, supressing the plots to back can
> also help me if there is an easy way for that. But if there is a way
to
> run programs without using the display at all, that would be great
because
> then I can run programs without X window.. and it might even run
faster
> where internet connections are slow..
>
> I tried "-b" option, did not work for me. I also tried "unsetenv
DISPLAY"
> it gives me : *** Break *** segmentation violation
>
> My codes are set in such a way that I need to load it with .L before
> running the subroutine because I need to pass arguments to
subroutines..
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestion..
>
>
> Nevzat Guler
Received on Wed Jun 13 2007 - 01:46:44 CEST