Bug#697485: xvfb: example in Xvfb(1) does not work

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>]

On Sat 2013-01-05 19:16:53 -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:

> Xvfb(1) says:
>
> EXAMPLES
>        Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1600x1200x32
>                The server will listen for connections as server number 1,  and
>                screen 0 will be depth 32 1600x1200.
>
>
> but in practice:
>
> --------------------
> 0 dkg@alice:~/tmp$ Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1600x1200x32
>
> Fatal server error:
> Couldn't add screen 0
> 1 dkg@alice:~/tmp$ 
> --------------------
>
> So either Xvfb is broken, or the man page is wrong.


In practice, it looks like the choice of bitdepth parameters has an
effect here.  the following three invocations work as expected:

  Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1600x1200x8
  Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1600x1200x16
  Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1600x1200x24

so maybe the manpage just needs a tuneup?

       --dkg