The Pathway Tools web interface requires an X-server. If the user who is running the web interface needs to log out while the web interface is running, then you need a terminal and an X-Server that can run while nobody is logged in. Setting up such a terminal and X-Server and setting up the Pathway Tools web interface to use them can be quite time-consuming and probably requires the help of a SysAdmin.
One such X-Server, the one we use, is a Unix program called Xvfb, which is freely available on the web. Choose an X display number greater than zero. We use display 1. Your SysAdmin will have to set up permissions for the account that runs the web interface to write to the X-Server's files, which, on our Suns, are at /tmp/.X11-pipe/Xn and /tmp/.X11-unix/Xn, where n is the display number you chose. We use GNU screen so that the web interface has a place to send its diagnostic output, and I suggest you do the same. Xvfb and GNU screen are started from our custom startup script, which you can modify for your needs:
#!/bin/csh # Warn and exit if something is already listening on port 1555. if (`netstat -a | fgrep 1555 | fgrep -c LISTEN` == 1) then echo Something is already listening on port 1555. echo Please stop whatever it is, and then try $0 again. exit endif # Start Xvfb as X-server display #1. If it's already been started, no harm done. # This works in conjunction with the pathway-tools script which needs to have: # setenv DISPLAY localhost:1 /home/Xvfb :1 > & /dev/null & # Start GNU screen (hit Ctrl-A Ctrl-D to detach). Within it, start Pathway Tools. screen -m -d /home/aic-export/pathway-tools/ptools/[version]/pathway-tools -www -www-publish all (for version 10.0 or later)
As indicated in the above script, you also need to modify pathway-tools script.
If you need additional help getting this to work, send email to ptools-support@ai.sri.com