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Created July 15, 2012 03:05
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Xvfb on Gentoo
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_etc_conf.d_Xvfb
XVFB=/usr/bin/Xvfb
XVFBARGS=":100 -screen 0 1600x1200x24 -auth /etc/conf.d/Xvfb.cfg -nolisten tcp"
PIDFILE=/var/run/Xvfb.pid
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_etc_conf.d_Xvfb.cfg
localhost
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_etc_init.d_Xvfb
#!/sbin/runscript
# Copyright 2006 Andreas Bulling
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
start() {
ebegin "Starting virtual X frame buffer: Xvfb"
start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile --background --exec $XVFB -- $XVFBARGS
eend ${?}
}
stop() {
ebegin "Stopping virtual X frame buffer: Xvfb"
start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $PIDFILE
eend ${?}
}
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# emerge install just what's needed for Xvfb
USE="minimal xvfb -xorg" emerge xorg-server
# create all of the above files in this Gist: /etc/init.d/Xvfb, /etc/conf.d/Xvfb.cfg, /etc/conf.d/Xvfb
chmod +x /etc/init.d/Xvfb
rc-update add Xvfb default
# start Xvfb
/etc/init.d/Xvfb start
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ghost commented Jan 26, 2018

I know this is old, but would it be okay for me to add this to the Official Gentoo Wiki?

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