Bug 700182 - [PATCH] Batik can't operate headless
Summary: [PATCH] Batik can't operate headless
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: batik
Version: 6.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Mikolaj Izdebski
QA Contact: Desktop QE
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-04-27 17:04 UTC by Lubomir Rintel
Modified: 2012-05-30 09:12 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-05-30 09:12:24 UTC
Target Upstream Version:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
Backported fix (21.78 KB, application/octet-stream)
2011-04-27 17:04 UTC, Lubomir Rintel
no flags Details

Description Lubomir Rintel 2011-04-27 17:04:03 UTC
Created attachment 495289 [details]
Backported fix

Steps to reproduce:

E.g. with fop:
Create a FO document referencing a SVG image

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
  <fo:layout-master-set>
    <fo:simple-page-master master-name="foo">
      <fo:region-body/>
    </fo:simple-page-master>
  </fo:layout-master-set>
  <fo:page-sequence master-reference="foo">
    <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
      <fo:block>
        <fo:external-graphic src="image.svg"/>
      </fo:block>
    </fo:flow>
  </fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>

And attempt to render it:

$ DISPLAY= fop lal.fo lal.pdf
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.InternalError: Can't connect to X11 window server using '' as the value of the DISPLAY variable.
	at sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment.initDisplay(Native Method)
	at sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment.access$100(X11GraphicsEnvironment.java:52)
	at sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment$1.run(X11GraphicsEnvironment.java:155)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment.<clinit>(X11GraphicsEnvironment.java:131)
	at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
	at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:169)
	at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment(GraphicsEnvironment.java:68)
	at sun.awt.X11.XToolkit.<clinit>(XToolkit.java:89)
	at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
	at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:169)
	at java.awt.Toolkit$2.run(Toolkit.java:834)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(Toolkit.java:826)
	at org.apache.batik.bridge.CursorManager.<clinit>(CursorManager.java:102)
	at org.apache.batik.bridge.BridgeContext.<init>(BridgeContext.java:1154)
	at org.apache.batik.bridge.BridgeContext.<init>(BridgeContext.java:289)
	at org.apache.fop.image.loader.batik.PreloaderSVG$Loader.createImageInfo(PreloaderSVG.java:160)
	at org.apache.fop.image.loader.batik.PreloaderSVG$Loader.getImage(PreloaderSVG.java:124)
	at org.apache.fop.image.loader.batik.PreloaderSVG$Loader.access$100(PreloaderSVG.java:105)
	at org.apache.fop.image.loader.batik.PreloaderSVG.preloadImage(PreloaderSVG.java:73)
	at org.apache.xmlgraphics.image.loader.ImageManager.preloadImage(ImageManager.java:165)
	at org.apache.xmlgraphics.image.loader.cache.ImageCache.needImageInfo(ImageCache.java:96)
	at org.apache.xmlgraphics.image.loader.ImageManager.getImageInfo(ImageManager.java:112)
	at org.apache.fop.fo.flow.ExternalGraphic.bind(ExternalGraphic.java:79)
	at org.apache.fop.fo.FObj.processNode(FObj.java:126)
	at org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder$MainFOHandler.startElement(FOTreeBuilder.java:286)
	at org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder.startElement(FOTreeBuilder.java:163)
	at com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serializer.ToXMLSAXHandler.closeStartTag(ToXMLSAXHandler.java:204)
	at com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serializer.ToSAXHandler.flushPending(ToSAXHandler.java:277)
	at com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serializer.ToXMLSAXHandler.endElement(ToXMLSAXHandler.java:243)
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:601)
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractXMLDocumentParser.emptyElement(AbstractXMLDocumentParser.java:180)
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.xinclude.XIncludeHandler.emptyElement(XIncludeHandler.java:979)
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:377)
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2755)
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:648)
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:140)
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:511)
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:808)
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:737)
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:119)
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1205)
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:522)
	at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerImpl.transformIdentity(TransformerImpl.java:636)
	at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java:707)
	at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java:313)
	at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.transformTo(InputHandler.java:214)
	at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.renderTo(InputHandler.java:125)
	at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.startFOP(Main.java:166)
	at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.main(Main.java:196)

Comment 1 Lubomir Rintel 2011-04-27 17:07:35 UTC
Also affects fedora.

I'd be very thankful if this could make it into F15 and even more thankful for an F14 update.

Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2011-04-27 17:37:35 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to
address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to
ask your support representative to propose this request, if
appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. If you would like it considered as an
exception in the current release, please ask your support
representative.

Comment 4 Mikolaj Izdebski 2012-05-30 09:12:24 UTC
It's true that batik doesn't work with DISPLAY environmental variable set to an empty string, but it this case Java Virtual Machine does not operate in headless mode. If you want to enable headless mode you need to unset DISPLAY, which is different from setting ti to an empty string.

I tested batik on current RHEL 6 and it does work in headless mode (after unsetting DISPLAY):

$ unset DISPLAY
$ export DISPLAY
$ fop foo.fo foo.pdf 
$ echo $?
0

If you think that Java Virtual Machine should operate in headless mode when DISPLAY is set to an empty string, you should file a bug against JVM. In any case this is not a bug in batik, therefore I'm closing it.


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