[vdr] Re: AW: vdr2divx suggestions ? (poll)

[Gavin Hamill <gdh@acentral.co.uk>]

On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 09:38:23PM +0100, Martin Hoffmann wrote:
> Same with PVAstruemnto (even commandline version) since it's based on wine 
> which also seems to need X server :-/

Don't forget the 'test' X server called 'Xvfb' , which does not output
anything / support any keyboards and mice - it's there purely to act as
"An X Server" for dumb applications that really don't need any output
facilities.

From 'man Xvfb':

DESCRIPTION
       Xvfb is an X server that can run on machines with no display hardware
       and no physical input devices.  It emulates a dumb framebuffer using
       virtual memory.

       The primary use of this server was intended to be server testing.  The
       mfb or cfb code for any depth can be exercised with this server without
       the need for real hardware that supports the desired depths.  The X
       community has found many other novel uses for Xvfb, including testing
       clients against unusual depths and screen configurations, doing batch
       processing with Xvfb as a background rendering engine, load testing, as
       an aid to porting the X server to a new platform, and providing an
       unobtrusive way to run applications that don't really need an X server
       but insist on having one anyway.

Cheers,
gdh



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