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Xvfb as a systemd service
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how-to.md

To get Xvfb running on CentOS-7

  • yum install xorg-x11-server-Xvfb

  • Copy Xvfb.service file under /etc/systemd/system/

  • chmod +x /etc/systemd/system/Xvfb.service

  • systemctl enable Xvfb.service

  • systemctl start Xvfb.service

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Xvfb.service
[Unit]
Description=X Virtual Frame Buffer Service
After=network.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1024x768x24
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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Why do you make the Xvfb.service file executable?

@danielmwai
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It's unnecessary to make it executable

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