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Package: xvfb (2:1.6.5-1)

Virtual Framebuffer 'fake' X server

Xvfb provides 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, but other novel uses for it have been found, 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.

This package also contains a convenience script called xvfb-run which simplifies the automated execution of X clients in a virtual server environment. This convenience script requires the use of the xauth program.

More information about X.Org can be found at: <URL:http://www.X.org> <URL:http://xorg.freedesktop.org> <URL:http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg>

This package is built from the X.org xserver module.

Tags: User Interface: Framebuffer, Networking: Server, Role: Program, X Window System: X Server and Drivers

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amd64 1,539.2 kB2632 kB [list of files]
armel 1,496.4 kB2452 kB [list of files]
hppa 1,575.0 kB2688 kB [list of files]
i386 1,474.8 kB2460 kB [list of files]
ia64 1,964.3 kB4636 kB [list of files]
mips 1,514.4 kB2936 kB [list of files]
mipsel 1,510.8 kB2936 kB [list of files]
powerpc 1,522.3 kB2720 kB [list of files]
s390 1,563.7 kB2696 kB [list of files]
sparc 1,454.9 kB2480 kB [list of files]