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"Can't connect to X11 window server" Error when Attempting to Launch ODI Studio in DIPC Classic (Doc ID 2515991.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Applies to:

Data Integration Platform Cloud Classic - Version 17.3.5 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

This knowledge article reflects updated product names. Data Integration Platform Cloud (DIPC) was formerly known as Autonomous Data Integration Platform Cloud (ADIPC).
Data Integration Platform Cloud Classic (DIPC Classic or DIPC-C) was formerly known as Data Integration Platform Cloud (DIPC). Please see KM Document 2493395.1 for the full list of recently renamed PaaS services.

While trying to launch Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) Studio on a virtual machine using the vncviewer tool, the following error occurs:

No protocol specified
Exception in thread "main" java.awt.AWTError: Can't connect to X11 window server using ':1.0' as the value of the DISPLAY variable.
  at sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment.initDisplay(Native Method)
  at sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment.access$200(X11GraphicsEnvironment.java:65)
  at sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment$1.run(X11GraphicsEnvironment.java:115)
  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
  at sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment.(X11GraphicsEnvironment.java:74)
  at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
  at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:264)
  at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.createGE(GraphicsEnvironment.java:103)
  at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment(GraphicsEnvironment.java:82)
  at sun.awt.X11.XToolkit.(XToolkit.java:126)
  at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
  at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:264)
  at java.awt.Toolkit$2.run(Toolkit.java:860)
  at java.awt.Toolkit$2.run(Toolkit.java:855)
  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
  at java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(Toolkit.java:854)
  at java.awt.Toolkit.getEventQueue(Toolkit.java:1736)
  at java.awt.EventQueue.isDispatchThread(EventQueue.java:1071)
  at javax.swing.SwingUtilities.isEventDispatchThread(SwingUtilities.java:1366)
  at oracle.ide.osgi.boot.SplashScreenImpl.SynchronizeWithEdt(SplashScreenImpl.java:529)
  at oracle.ide.osgi.boot.api.SplashScreen.createInstance(SplashScreen.java:66)
  at oracle.ide.osgi.boot.OracleIdeLauncher.showSplashScreen(OracleIdeLauncher.java:828)
  at oracle.ide.osgi.boot.OracleIdeLauncher.main(OracleIdeLauncher.java:109)

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