I originally thought that the Xvfb server was not being given enough time to start up or that some environmental variable was not being duplicated by the init.d script on start-up.
The problem turned out to be the order in which GIMP requires runtime options to be placed. I was placing the --batch option before the --display option and turned out to be the cause of the failure.
Here is my working runtime syntax for Xvfb and GIMP:
/usr/X11R6/bin/Xvfb :1 -screen 0 640x480x24 -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ -nolisten tcp -ac
/usr/bin/gimp --display :1.0 --no-interface --no-data --no-splash --no-splash-image --console-messages --enable-stack-trace never --batch '(extension-perl-server 1 0 0)' '(gimp-quit 0)'
I've attached the 2 init.d scripts I developed to get both Xvfb and Gimp/Perl-Server to start at boot-up.
Respectfully,
Gary
Gary C. New wrote:
I have recently installed GIMP to run under a virtual X window using Xvfb. Additionally, I created two init.d scripts to automate the start/stop of Xvfb and GIMP's Perl Server at start-up/shutdown. Both scripts work great when executed manually, but when actually power cycling the system it only launches Xvfb and GIMP without the Perl Server.
I have Xvfb as one of the first scripts started under init.d and the GIMP with Perl Server as one of the last. Below, is the syntax I am using in each script.
daemon Xvfb :1 -screen 0 640x480x24 -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ -nolisten tcp -ac &
daemon /usr/bin/gimp --batch \''(extension-perl-server 1 0 0)'\' \''(gimp-quit 0)'\' --no-interface --no-data --verbose
--display :1.0 --no-splash --no-splash-image --console-messages --enable-stack-trace never &
Any ideas?
Respectfully,
Gary
P.S. I am using it for a CAPTCHA installation.
#!/bin/sh # # Xvfb # # chkconfig: 2345 11 89 # description: Xvfb # # Gary C. New ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n $"Starting Xvfb: "
# daemon /usr/X11R6/bin/Xvfb :1 -screen 0 640x480x24 -fp
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ -nolisten tcp -ac &
su garycnew -c "/usr/X11R6/bin/Xvfb :1 -screen 0 640x480x24 -fp
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ -nolisten tcp -ac &"
# REQUIRED FOR SHUTDOWN TO WORK!!!
daemon touch /var/lock/subsys/Xvfb
REVAL=$?
echo
;;
stop)
echo -n $"Stopping Xvfb: "
killproc Xvfb
REVAL=$?
echo
;;
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
status)
status Xvfb
;;
*)
echo "Usage: Xvfb {start|stop|restart|status}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0
#!/bin/sh
#
# gimpy
#
# chkconfig: 2345 11 89
# description: Loads GIMP and its Perl-Server into memory.
#
# Gary C. New ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n $"Starting gimp: "
# daemon /usr/bin/gimp --display :1.0 --no-interface --no-data --no-splash
--no-splash-image --console-messages --enable-stack-trace never --batch
\''(extension-perl-server 1 0 0)'\' \''(gimp-quit 0)'\' &
su garycnew -c "/usr/bin/gimp --display :1.0 --no-interface --no-data --no-splash
--no-splash-image --console-messages --enable-stack-trace never --batch
'(extension-perl-server 1 0 0)' '(gimp-quit 0)' &"
# REQUIRED FOR SHUTDOWN TO WORK!!!
daemon touch /var/lock/subsys/gimpy
REVAL=$?
echo
;;
stop)
echo -n $"Stopping gimp: "
# killproc gimpy
killproc gimp
killproc Perl-Server
REVAL=$?
echo
;;
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
status)
# status gimpy
status gimp
status Perl-Server
;;
*)
echo "Usage: gimpy {start|stop|restart|status}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0
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