Re: xvfb-run with windowmanager

[Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 4:09 AM, Ole Streicher wrote:

> I have a test script that works only in an X11 environment with
> window manager. How can I start this with xvfb-run, so that it works
> during package build and CI test? And which window manager should I
> choose?

For warzone2100, we are using this in debian/rules:

override_dh_auto_build:
        # The HTML to PDF converter needs an X server
        # The default bit depth is too low for the images in the PDF
        xvfb-run --auto-servernum --server-args="-screen 0
1024x768x24" dh_auto_build

Your script will probably need to be run under xvfb-run and start both
the WM and run the tests, probably with a sleep in between. I would
choose a light WM, probably fluxbox/openbox would be good.

-- 
bye,
pabs

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