From: Tony Crisci Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 21:36:24 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Docs: add hint to use xvfb-run X-Git-Tag: 4.9~1^2 X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fpull%2F1486%2Fhead;p=i3%2Fi3 Docs: add hint to use xvfb-run Document that Xvfb can be used to run tests without an X server, and be used to significantly speed up tests on machines with slow video cards. --- diff --git a/docs/testsuite b/docs/testsuite index 61a72219..29a35218 100644 --- a/docs/testsuite +++ b/docs/testsuite @@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ containing the appropriate i3 logfile for each testcase. The latest folder can always be found under the symlink +latest/+. Unless told differently, it will run the tests on a separate X server instance (using Xephyr). +Xephyr will open a window where you can inspect the running test. You can run +the tests without an X session with Xvfb, such as with +xvfb-run +./complete-run+. This will also speed up the tests signficantly especially on +machines without a powerful video card. + .Example invocation of complete-run.pl+ --------------------------------------- $ cd ~/i3/testcases