My Oracle Support Banner

Unable to Start the AutoVue Server Installed On Linux. The AutoVue Server Console Disappear. The AutoVue Server Log File is Showing The Error: "Failed to start Xvfb process" (Doc ID 2990746.1)

Last updated on DECEMBER 01, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle AutoVue Electro-Mechanical Professional - Version 21.0.2 and later
Oracle AutoVue EDA Professional - Version 21.0.2 and later
Oracle AutoVue 3D Professional Advanced - Version 21.0.2 and later
Oracle AutoVue Office - Version 21.0.2 and later
Oracle AutoVue 2D Professional - Version 21.0.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

When trying to start the AutoVue Server installed on Linux, the AutoVue server is not starting up. The console will appear, but will not stay up and running. In the AutoVue server log file (log4j-roll.log file located in the "<AutoVue Installation Directory>\bin\Logs" folder) the following error is seen:

Error:

<Message>Failed to start Xvfb process</Message>
<ContextMap/>
<Thrown commonElementCount="0" localizedMessage="Cannot run program &quot;Xvfb&quot;: error=2, No such file or directory" message="Cannot run program &quot;Xvfb&quot;: error=2, No such file or directory" name="java.io.IOException">
<Cause commonElementCount="8" localizedMessage="error=2, No such file or directory" message="error=2, No such file or directory" name="java.io.IOException">
<ExtendedStackTrace>
<ExtendedStackTraceItem class="java.lang.UNIXProcess" method="forkAndExec" file="UNIXProcess.java" line="-2" exact="false" location="?" version="1.8.0_391"/>
<ExtendedStackTraceItem class="java.lang.UNIXProcess" method="&lt;init>" file="UNIXProcess.java" line="247" exact="false" location="?" version="1.8.0_391"/>
<ExtendedStackTraceItem class="java.lang.ProcessImpl" method="start" file="ProcessImpl.java" line="134" exact="false" location="?" version="1.8.0_391"/>
<ExtendedStackTraceItem class="java.lang.ProcessBuilder" method="start" file="ProcessBuilder.java" line="1029" exact="false" location="?" version="1.8.0_391"/>
</ExtendedStackTrace>
</Cause>
<ExtendedStackTrace>
<ExtendedStackTraceItem class="java.lang.ProcessBuilder" method="start" file="ProcessBuilder.java" line="1048" exact="false" location="?" version="1.8.0_391"/>
<ExtendedStackTraceItem class="java.lang.Runtime" method="exec" file="Runtime.java" line="593" exact="false" location="?" version="1.8.0_391"/>
<ExtendedStackTraceItem class="java.lang.Runtime" method="exec" file="Runtime.java" line="423" exact="false" location="?" version="1.8.0_391"/>
<ExtendedStackTraceItem class="java.lang.Runtime" method="exec" file="Runtime.java" line="320" exact="false" location="?" version="1.8.0_391"/>
<ExtendedStackTraceItem class="com.cimmetry.jvueserver.util.UnixPreloader" method="startXvfb" line="-1" exact="false" location="jvueserver.jar" version="?"/>
<ExtendedStackTraceItem class="com.cimmetry.jvueserver.util.UnixPreloader" method="load" line="-1" exact="false" location="jvueserver.jar" version="?"/>
<ExtendedStackTraceItem class="com.cimmetry.jvueserver.docserver.DocServerProxy" method="startProcess" line="-1" exact="false" location="jvueserver.jar" version="?"/>
<ExtendedStackTraceItem class="com.cimmetry.jvueserver.docserver.DocServerProxy" method="monitorProcess" line="-1" exact="false" location="jvueserver.jar" version="?"/>
<ExtendedStackTraceItem class="com.cimmetry.jvueserver.docserver.DocServerProxy$2" method="run" line="-1" exact="false" location="jvueserver.jar" version="?"/>
</ExtendedStackTrace>
</Thrown>
</Event>


<Message>Couldn't handle System environment data</Message>
<ContextMap/>
<Thrown commonElementCount="0" localizedMessage="Unable to start Xvfb" message="Unable to start Xvfb" name="java.lang.InstantiationException">
<ExtendedStackTrace>
<ExtendedStackTraceItem class="com.cimmetry.jvueserver.util.UnixPreloader" method="startXvfb" line="-1" exact="false" location="jvueserver.jar" version="?"/>
<ExtendedStackTraceItem class="com.cimmetry.jvueserver.util.UnixPreloader" method="load" line="-1" exact="false" location="jvueserver.jar" version="?"/>
<ExtendedStackTraceItem class="com.cimmetry.jvueserver.docserver.DocServerProxy" method="startProcess" line="-1" exact="false" location="jvueserver.jar" version="?"/>
<ExtendedStackTraceItem class="com.cimmetry.jvueserver.docserver.DocServerProxy" method="monitorProcess" line="-1" exact="false" location="jvueserver.jar" version="?"/>
<ExtendedStackTraceItem class="com.cimmetry.jvueserver.docserver.DocServerProxy$2" method="run" line="-1" exact="false" location="jvueserver.jar" version="?"/>
</ExtendedStackTrace>
</Thrown>
</Event>

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open a new terminal.
  2. Navigate to the "<AutoVue Installation Directory>\bin" folder.
  3. Run the command:
  4. Notice the console does not stay up and running.

Cause

To view full details, sign in with your My Oracle Support account.

Don't have a My Oracle Support account? Click to get started!

In this Document
Symptoms
Cause
Solution

My Oracle Support provides customers with access to over a million knowledge articles and a vibrant support community of peers and Oracle experts.