xvfb failed to start in ubuntu

Question

I trying to get a screen shot by using the following two tools (something relative to qt, webkit and etc. maybe)

when run it on server using xvfb-run following the guide of them, I got the error: Xvfb failed to start

then I searched the situation and find a similar question here

then try to add

--auto-servernum --server-num=1

now the whole command is:

xvfb-run --auto-servernum --server-num=1 -server-args="-screen 0, 640*480*24" python webkit2png.py --url=http://google.com --out=test.png

but got another error: /usr/bin/xvfb-run: 187: kill: No such process

how to solve it ?

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 09 '12 at 06:07

10

It works when I remove "-server-args". Try doing that.

xvfb-run --auto-servernum --server-num=1 python webkit2png.py --url=http://google.com --out=test.png

This is the command you're looking for.

edited Oct 09 '12 at 06:07

The Unfun Cat

answered Oct 09 '12 at 06:02

user1072651

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered May 22 '13 at 15:19

5

server-args option is wrong, in your case it should be :

--server-args="-screen 0, 640x480x24"

answered May 22 '13 at 15:19

Tof

2 Answers2