Usage Note 3610: ERROR: Cannot open X display when running some procedures in batch
mode
When trying to use PROC EXPORT or PROC IMPORT in batch mode on UNIX
systems, you may receive the following error:
ERROR: Cannot open X display. Check the name/server access
authorization.
This happens because, even in batch mode, these procedures try to
display the SAS SESSION MANAGER icon, which requires a valid X display.
For any version 8 procedures that you want to run in batch mode without
a terminal present you will need to use the -NOTERMINAL option when
invoking SAS.
For example:
sas myprogram.sas -noterminal
This will prevent the session manager icon from trying to display.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Reported Release | Fixed Release* |
| SAS System | Base SAS | Solaris | 8 TS M0 | |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 8 TS M0 | |
| ABI+ for Intel Architecture | 8 TS M0 | |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 8 TS M0 | |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 8 TS M0 | |
| HP-UX | 8 TS M0 | |
| Tru64 UNIX | 8 TS M0 | |
| AIX | 8 TS M0 | |
*
For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
| Date Modified: | 2001-08-23 10:27:51 |
| Date Created: | 2000-10-10 14:58:23 |
