Subject: Re: /dev/null as an X server?
To: Matthieu Herrb <matthieu.herrb@laas.fr>
From: Rasputin <rasputin@idoru.mine.nu>
List: tech-x11
Date: 07/17/2002 17:27:58
* Matthieu Herrb <matthieu.herrb@laas.fr> [020717 17:25]:
> You wrote (in your message from Wednesday 17)

>  > I'd like to run stuff like bochs or vmware *without* needing
>  > to start X first (I'll be connecting to the VMs using VNC).
>  > 
>  > Is there any way to get around the 'cannot open display'
>  > error?
>  > 
>  > i.e. does anyone know of a 'null Xserver' for this kind of thing?

> Xvfb is among other perfect for that usage. 

Brilliant, thanks - knew there had to be one!

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