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Xvfb or Firefox throwing errors & gratuitously logging
per the answer to this question, I'm running Xvfb to make a virtual display so firefox will run on my CentOS server. (I don't need to see firefox or do any actual key or screen input/output with ...
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Xvfb does not release memory
We want to create screenshots of websites for our software, and we are doing this by using CutyCapt with Xvfb.
Unfortunatly every time CutyCapt takes a screenshot, the memory of Xvfb increases .. ...
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unable to open X server
I am trying to generate a screenshot of a firefox window in my terminal, but I keep getting an error:
root@host [~]# DISPLAY=:1 firefox http://www.cnn.com & sleep 5 && DISPLAY=:1 import ...
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CutyCapt seems to ignore the Xvfb screen size parameters
I have a problem using CutyCapt to create images rendered for a particular screen size.
For example, if I do these:
xvfb-run --server-args="-screen 0, 800x600x24" \
~/bin/CutyCapt/CutyCapt ...
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How do I create a virtual secondary screen in X11?
I'm trying to use xvfb as a secondary screen, but I am struggling getting the two screens working together. xvfb does not seem to have the randr extension.
So is there another possibility to create a ...
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Installing XVFB on Suse
I'm setting up an OpenSuse web server and need to run CutyCapt and XVFB, but can't find either in any of the repositories. I'm running OpenSuse 11.4 x64 with no desktop GUI.
Any advice on where to ...
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Make a windowmanager/desktop (Gnome) use only a part of an X11 server's (Xvfb) resolution
I have the following problem: Let's say I have an X11 server (it is the Xvfb) set to run at a resolution of 1024x768. Now I want to run inside it the Gnome desktop, not at the resolution of 1024x768 ...
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How do I start Xvfb on startup on Debian?
I’ve got a Debian web server that I’m using for occasional screen-scraping via Selenum and Python.
I use Xvfb as a virtual X server for Firefox to run on when being controlled by Selenium. Given that ...
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How to scale xvfb?
I'm looking to develop a web-application that translates request parameters into a PNG/GIF chart. I'm looking to reuse an open source charting library, but I have concerns about the scalability.
A ...
