Re: xvfb-run oddity

Alexander Hansen <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.apple.fink.devel
Organization Fink Core Team
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 11/17/14, 4:33 PM, Jack Howarth wrote:
> Daniel,
>       Is it expected that invoking xvfb-run is insufficient to trigger
> the launching of Xquartz (even after the application has been run once
> in an account)? I was very surprised by this behavior as every other X
> windows program that I have run manages to trigger the launch of
> Xquartz. In the case of xvfb-run, if Xquartz isn't already running, one
> gets the error…
>
> Xvfb failed to start
>
>
>            Jack
>
>
>

I'm pretty sure this used to work as intended.

I tried starting Xquartz by running xterm, then quit it, and xvfb-run 
has been working after that.  This was on Xquartz-2.7.7 on Yosemite.

I haven't rebooted yet.
-- 
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
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