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I need to give a command like
Xvfb :6 -screen 0 1024x768x24
Where 6 can be a display number. Now Xvfb can already be using that Display, so how do I get the first display number not in use?
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I try to run Unit-Tests with Selenium running Firefox on my Ubuntu 14.04 Server. And I'm using Xvfb as described in this blog to simulate a virtual display to show Firefox in.
But Xvfg somehow doesn't load/work with RandR. Because whenever I try this:
sudo Xvfb :10 -ac &
export DISPLAY=:10
firefox
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For some machines this works, for some it doesn't.
Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1280x1024x32
However, on most machines this works:
Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1280x1024x24
What is the secret ingredient to getting Xvfb working with 32 bit color?
Note: I'm running this on a Karmic box.
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Hi,
I have following this blog in setting Xvfb in my ubuntu environment:
http://corpocrat.com/2008/08/19/how-to-install-xvfb-x11-server-in-linux-server/
So I did this:
Xvfb :1 -screen 0 800x600x24&
My question is does Xvfb only allocate memory during initialization? i.e. just enough for a…
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For some machines this works, for some it doesn't.
Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1280x1024x32
However, on most machines this works:
Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1280x1024x24
What is the secret ingredient to getting Xvfb working with 32 bit color?
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I'm trying to run Selenium headless (without the browser appearing). Other questions have pointed to xvfb as the tool to do this. However, it appears highly unstable, crashing all the time, so I'm looking for another alternative.
Is there a non-xvfb way of running Selenium headless?
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I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 from the iso 'ubuntu-11.10-desktop-amd64.iso'. I installed this in VMWare Fusion 4.1.1 running on OSX 10.7.3. When setting up the VM, I allowed easy install to take care of creating my user and installing VMWare tools. No problems during installation, everything…
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When I type in 'sudo apt-get update' I get this
mohd-arafat-hossain@TUD:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for mohd-arafat-hossain:
Ign http://bd.archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://bd.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
Ign http://bd.archive.ubuntu…
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Whats common among Skype, Opera, OpenOffice in Ubuntu ? Whenever I open these applications I get logged off and shows back me the login screen. This started happening since the 10.10 upgrade.
Forgot to mention :
Yes, its x64.Each time I open these applications, the UI shows and then crashes.
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I have a warning triangle that my update information is outdated, the last update was 12 days ago. I use Ubuntu 11.10. A run of sudo apt-get update produces the following output:
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric InRelease
Ign http://de.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease …
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Hi all,
I'm trying to run apt-get update on ubuntu 9.10
I've configured my proxy server and I can access the internet without any problem:
/etc/apt# wget "http://www.google.com"
Resolving (...)
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 292 [text/html]
Saving to: `index.html'
100%[=================================================================================================================================>]…
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