[PLUG] Xvfb experience

[Roderick A. Anderson]

Does anyone have experience using Xvfb?

We have found a Windows application that does just what we need, has 
command line version and runs via Wine.

It would be called by a Catalyst ( mod_perl ) application.  The problem 
is wine doesn't like not having $DISPLAY/ X Server and throws lots of 
error messages.  The application works fine but we don't need the cruft 
in the logs.  So the idea is we could use Xvfb.  Only problem is I've 
never used it.

So the questions arise!  Can apache -- the user -- access 'X', and 
how/where do I start Xvfb?

OF course the ideal situation would be to tell wine to shut up and not 
worry about the display.  Hum ... maybe I should check if that can be done.

Anyway, in the mean time, and thoughts; ideas, or pointers would be great.


TIA,
Rod
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