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  name: Anonymous Coward
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date: 2009-05-03T09:11:16Z
guid: 78ab4f83-a5bb-4b3c-8284-642fe8a230f4
modified: 2009-05-03T09:11:16Z
raw: "I encountered the same problem (and the same solution) a few years ago.\r\n\r\nI created L<Test::NeedsDisplay> which goes some way towards automating the spawning of F<xvfb-run> when the host has no C<DISPLAY>.\r\n\n"
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summary: " I encountered the same problem (and the same solution) …"
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text: "    I encountered the same problem (and the same solution) a few\n    years ago.\n\n    I created Test::NeedsDisplay which goes some way towards automating\n    the spawning of xvfb-run when the host has no DISPLAY.\n"
title: "Re: Running tests that require an X server"
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xhtml: "<div class=\"pod\">\n<p>I encountered the same problem (and the same solution) a few years ago.\r</p>\n<p>I created <cite>Test::NeedsDisplay</cite> which goes some way towards automating the spawning of <cite>xvfb-run</cite> when the host has no <code>DISPLAY</code>.\r</p>\n\n\n</div>"