Robbie Baldock wrote:
>
> Can someone remind me how to run a command-line Java 1.2 app which
> requires graphics libraries (to build a GIF file) without having to have
> an X window open? I want to call it from a Perl CGI script.
>
> I came across a bit of Linux software a while back which supposedly
> emulated an X session but of course I didn't manage to bookmark the
> page.
You're probably looking for Xvfb - an X server whose "device" is a
memory buffer. It looks and acts like an X server because it is one...
without needing a display. Available wherever XFree86 is sold - the RPM
is XFree86-Xvfb, if you're an RPM user.
Nathan
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