dia command line export needing X server

[Cardon Denis <denis cardon tranquilitsystems com>]

Hi all,

I've developped a small Mediawiki extension for dealing with Dia file. 
That is to say, it allows a user to upload a Dia file and integrate it 
into a mediawiki page. When viewing the page, the dia file is 
automatically converted to png for viewing.

It already works quite well. However it looks like the command line 
export of Dia require a that a X server run on the box. Obviously my 
mediawiki runs on a server without head and there is no Xserver running 
(actually it is a Xen virtual server, so virtually, there isn't even a 
graphic card). To circumvent this issue, I installed a virtual X server 
(Xvfb) and set the DISPLAY to use that X server. This issue reminds me 
of an the same requirement of Java AWT graphic toolkit a few years ago. 
The dependency has been removed since then. I hope it could be possible 
for Dia too.

Is the X server requirement is due to Gnome/Gtk+ framework or the dia 
package? Is there any way to use the command line functionality without 
running an X server?

Cheers,

Denis

PS : I'll be glad to share the mediawiki extension if anybody want it.

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Denis Cardon
Tranquil IT Systems
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