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X11 Application Launch Fails with Error, "Error Xlib: No Protocol Specified" within Secure Global Desktop (Doc ID 2396149.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Secure Global Desktop - Version 5.2 to 5.4 [Release 5.0]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

The Secure Global Desktop (SGD) Administrator is testing recently created application objects, set-up to provision Unix applications to end users.

Launch attempts with the new application object fail, with the following error presented in the Details section of the Launch Progress dialog window:

Cause

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Cause
Solution
 Verify Xauth is Installed and Available
 Optionally, Disable XSecurity


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