Start Virtuoso as a Server with Display OFF

Hi Mauricio,

Not sure how you are "running as a server with an open port" but maybe it's using something similar to this post? If so, one possibility is just to call ipcSleep(1000000000) at the end of the script that launches the SKILL server. I can then talk to the nograph session with the client and it doesn't exit.

You might need to give a bit more detail as to what you're doing?

Andrew

Yes I can give more details, it is very similar to the post you directed me to (I would say almost the same). Especially part 1 and part 3. However, we are just using python instead of TCL.

The question I have is that in part 2 (the post you mentioned), we have to have a live Virtuoso window open. Is there a way to keep the display off in a way that does not kill the process like "-nopgraph -replay" does?

I will try the solution you proposed with ipcSleep(10000000), however before I do that, while the ipcSleep is running I can still use the server to run commands?

Do you need more details to understand what I am trying to do?

I think the ipcSleep() should do what you want - the IPC callbacks still run when sleeping (the ipcSleep is part of the same family of functions). If it had been a graphical session, you wouldn't be able to interact with the windows whilst sleeping, but since you want a nograph session, it should be OK. The replay won't finish, because it's sleeping at the end (I probably would tend to use -restore rather than -replay, because that's just like running virtuoso and then typing load("filename.il") at the end).

Andrew

BTW, the -restore won't exit at the end - but will go interactive - so you'd get a prompt for input. Of course, you may not want that, but since the ipcSleep with the big number that I suggested would sleep for over 30 years, this is not going to be an issue!

Andrew