Questions tagged [xvfb]
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Configure Singularity to do headless rendering / use OpenGL / glxgears / glxinfo
I want to do headless rendering on a server where I do not have root permissions. Therefore, I created a Singularity container like this:
Bootstrap: docker
From: nvidia/cuda:9.0-runtime-ubuntu16.04
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Unable to run X server on a remote VPS server using xvfb
My app uses the library https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf which requires X server. Here's a workaround:
echo -e '#!/bin/bash\nxvfb-run -a --server-args="-screen 0, 1024x768x24" /usr/bin/...
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How to install Xvfb without root access (tried with linuxbrew)
I have non-root access to a headless Debian server that runs Jenkins. I want to build Unity3D on that Jenkins, which requires me to install Xvfb. Because it is a headless server, X11 is not installed, ...
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How to handle error: service xvfb does not support chkconfig?
When I followed the installation instructions below to install xvfb, I get the following error:
service xvfb does not support chkconfig
Installation Instructions
Install Xvfb (via the RHEL ...
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How to start headless X upon boot for non-root users in Debian
My requirement is a little different from this one in that I would like to launch a window manager for each of two non-root users upon boot.
For testing, first I prepare the following lines in ....
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Issue with Headless selenium on CentOS 7 Minimal
Required: I'm trying to run headless selenium (using PHPUnit) on fresh CentOS 7 minimal.
Problem: It seems I installed everything correctly but firefox is not launching and my selenium web driver ...
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Xvfb crashes and my server reboots
I'm trying to use Xvfb on one of my server with the following configuration :
Server : proxmox-ve-2.6.32: 3.4-165 (running kernel: 2.6.32-20-pve
OpenVZ Container : Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
When launching ...
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How to watch firefox/chrome running headlessly [under xvfb] on remote headless machine?
I have my selenium tests running on a jenkins server installed on a ubuntu headless machine [remote on AWS] using xvfb buffer, there are times when the tests gives false failures may be because of ...
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simulate keystrokes in headless environment
I need to simulate keystrokes in headless environment.
All xte, xdotool and many C++ designed to work with X11 window
I've tried xdotool, which it throw some error:
xdotool type "aaaaa"
Error: Can'...
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Why cron job is not able to open X display connection [closed]
I have a java app rendering some sprites using LWJGL and OpenGL. It works fine until I move it to remote virtual machine with no phisical graphic card, Mesa 3d with related stuff is used to emulate it ...
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How to disable Xvfb using TCP ports when using pyvirtualdisplay (Python)?
Trying to use pyvirtualdisplay for Python to start some applications with a virtual Xvfb X terminal. However, we've seen port clashes and would like to disable Xvfb from using TCP ports. I have ...
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Server-side print to PDF of HTML file in /tmp?
I'm working on a project where we need consistent printing of certain pages, and PDFs are made for that. The customers also like to have some local copies, so this would be a two-fold win. Things get ...
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How do I enable XRandR in Xvfb or disable it in firefox when running firefox headless?
I am trying to start firefox headless. The following is the beginning of the shell script that starts it:
#!/bin/sh
Xvfb :99 >/dev/null 2>&1 &
XVFB=$!
sleep 3
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Xvfb on debian not installing properly from apt-get
I try to install xfvb for headless firefox and selenium tests, but after installing by:
apt-get install xvfb
I got only those files on server (search by xvfb):
/usr/bin/xvfb-run
/usr/share/doc/xvfb
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