Re: Xvfb concerns and dummy driver issues

2017-05-02 Thread Adam Jackson
On Fri, 2017-04-28 at 14:24 -0400, David Jackson wrote: > Is the plan to keep Xvfb as-is (KDrive?) As-is, yes. Strictly speaking, Xvfb is not a kdrive server, in the same sense that Xorg is not a kdrive server. There was a very similar kdrive server named Xfake, and that was indeed deleted. > Any

Re: Xvfb concerns and dummy driver issues

2017-04-28 Thread David Jackson
Is the plan to keep Xvfb as-is (KDrive?) or to move it to a wrapper around Xorg+Dummy? Any ideas about why the dummy driver was not working (killing the headless dummy X server brings down any X server running on hardware, like the dummy X server somehow gets entangled with other X servers on the s

Re: Xvfb concerns and dummy driver issues

2017-04-24 Thread Adam Jackson
On Sat, 2017-04-22 at 16:45 -0400, David Jackson wrote: > I have been a using xvfb for quite a while because I use it for a > headless setup with x11vnc connecting to it. I became greatly > concerned when I heard xvfb will be removed. Your concerns are unwarranted. Xvfb isn't going away. - ajax _

Xvfb concerns and dummy driver issues

2017-04-22 Thread David Jackson
I have been a using xvfb for quite a while because I use it for a headless setup with x11vnc connecting to it. I became greatly concerned when I heard xvfb will be removed. xvfb has worked perfectly for me so that this workable solution for a headless server being changed is concerning. First, if