Xvfb [L1 ] http://www.xfree86.org/4.3.0/Xvfb.1.html
# wrapper for running display inside X virtual framebuffer (Xvfb) # Example of usage: # set xvfb [::xvfb::Xvfb new -width 342 -height 234] # $xvfb start # ...do something here # $xvfb stop # namespace eval ::xvfb { namespace export Xvfb # Maximum value to use for a display. 32-bit maxint is the highest Xvfb currently supports variable MAX_DISPLAY 2147483647 variable SLEEP_TIME_BEFORE_START 100 variable TMPDIR [pwd] if {[file exists "/tmp"]} {set TMPDIR "/tmp"} catch {set TMPDIR $::env(TRASH_FOLDER)} ;# very old Macintosh. Mac OS X doesn't have this. catch {set TMPDIR $::env(TMP)} catch {set TMPDIR $::env(TEMP)} proc rand_range {min max} { return [expr int(rand()*($max-$min+1)) + $min] } set XVFB_ERROR {XVFB_ERROR {Error of xvfb module}} oo::class create Xvfb { variable extra_xvfb_args width height colordepth tempdir Xvfb_PID orig_display lock_display_file constructor {args} { array set options {-width 800 -height 680 -colordepth 24} array set options $args set width $options(-width) set height $options(-height) set colordepth $options(-colordepth) if [info exists options(-tempdir)] { set tempdir $options(-tempdir) } else { set tempdir $::xvfb::TMPDIR } if {![my xvfb_exists]} { throw $::xvfb::XVFB_ERROR {Can not find Xvfb. Please install it and try again.} } set extra_xvfb_args [list -screen 0 ${width}x${height}x${colordepth}] if {[info exists options(-xvfb_args)]} { foreach {key value} $options(-xvfb_args) { lappend extra_xvfb_args -$key $value } } if [info exists ::env(DISPLAY)] { set orig_display [lindex [split $::env(DISPLAY) :] 1] } else { set orig_display "" } set Xvfb_PID "" } method start {} { set new_display [my _get_next_unused_display] set Xvfb_PID [exec Xvfb :$new_display {*}$extra_xvfb_args > /dev/null 2>@1 &] # give Xvfb time to start after $::xvfb::SLEEP_TIME_BEFORE_START if {[catch {exec ps $Xvfb_PID} std_out] == 0} { my _set_display_var $new_display } else { my _cleanup_lock_file throw $::xvfb::XVFB_ERROR {Xvfb did not start} } } method stop {} { if {$orig_display eq ""} { unset ::env(DISPLAY) } else { my _set_display_var $orig_display } if {$Xvfb_PID ne ""} { exec kill -9 $Xvfb_PID set Xvfb_PID "" } my _cleanup_lock_file } method xvfb_exists {} { # Check that Xvfb is available on PATH and is executable. set paths [split $::env(PATH) $::tcl_platform(pathSeparator)] foreach path $paths { if {[file executable [file join $path Xvfb]]} { return 1 } } return 0 } method _set_display_var {display} { set ::env(DISPLAY) :$display } method _cleanup_lock_file {} { # This should always get called if the process exits safely # with $xvfb stop. # If you are ending up with /tmp/Xvfb-lock files when Xvfb is not # running, then Xvfb is not exiting cleanly. Always either call # $xvfb stop in a finally block, or use Xvfb as a context manager # to ensure lock files are purged. file delete $lock_display_file } method _get_next_unused_display {} { # # In order to ensure multi-process safety, this method attempts # to acquire an exclusive lock on a temporary file whose name # contains the display number for Xvfb. set tempfile_path [file join $tempdir .Xvfb-lock] while 1 { set rand [::xvfb::rand_range 1 $::xvfb::MAX_DISPLAY] # https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.lang.tcl/bjg8IZqmCk8 set lock_display_file ${tempfile_path}$rand try { close [open $lock_display_file {CREAT WRONLY EXCL}] break } on error {} {} } return $rand } } }