Don't recommend deprecated xvfb-run -a #270

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1. micheljung

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   Recommend `xvfb-run -d` instead of `xvfb-run -a`

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2. antoinerg commented on Dec 4, 2019

   

   antoinerg

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   Thank you @micheljung for reporting this. It does seem like -a is deprecated in recent version of xvfb-run but it hasn't made its way into Ubuntu. Even in version 20.04 I get:

   xvfb-run: usage error: need a command to run
   
   Usage: xvfb-run [OPTION ...] COMMAND
   Run COMMAND (usually an X client) in a virtual X server environment.
   Options:
   -a        --auto-servernum          try to get a free server number, starting at
                                       --server-num
   -e FILE   --error-file=FILE         file used to store xauth errors and Xvfb
                                       output (default: /dev/null)
   -f FILE   --auth-file=FILE          file used to store auth cookie
                                       (default: ./.Xauthority)
   -h        --help                    display this usage message and exit
   -n NUM    --server-num=NUM          server number to use (default: 99)
   -l        --listen-tcp              enable TCP port listening in the X server
   -p PROTO  --xauth-protocol=PROTO    X authority protocol name to use
                                       (default: xauth command's default)
   -s ARGS   --server-args=ARGS        arguments (other than server number and
                                       "-nolisten tcp") to pass to the Xvfb server
                                       (default: "-screen 0 1280x1024x24")
   

   I'm curious to know whether you installed xvfb-run via your distro's package manger? If so, what distro/version are you using?
3. micheljung commented on Dec 5, 2019

   

   micheljung

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   After xvfb-run --version didn't exist I gave up looking for its version :) We're on RHEL7. I'll try to gather some more info tomorrow.

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4. antoinerg commented on Dec 5, 2019

   

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   We're on RHEL7. I'll try to gather some more info tomorrow.

   Good to know :) I am also using a more recent version like you are.

   After xvfb-run --version didn't exist I gave up looking for its version :)

   I understand! It's a weird omission on their part. It looks like xvfb-run is a one file project. Here's how it's packaged in NixOS.

   Anyway, in your PR just mention -d is recommended on newer versions. I would keep mentioning -a for all the Ubuntu users out there who may not get updated for a while.

   Thanks again @micheljung
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6. tjaalton commented on Jun 13, 2022

   

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   note that xvfb-run was forked from Debian in 2008, and this '-d' thing was added in the Fedora fork 4y ago...