pyvirtualdisplay is a python wrapper for Xvfb, Xephyr and Xvnc
- Links:
documentation: http://ponty.github.com/PyVirtualDisplay
- Features:
- Known problems:
only a few back-end options are supported
- Possible applications:
GUI testing
automatic GUI screenshot
Basic usages
Start Xephyr:
from pyvirtualdisplay import Display xephyr=Display(visible=1, size=(320, 240)).start()
Create screenshot of xmessage with Xvfb:
from easyprocess import EasyProcess
from pyvirtualdisplay.smartdisplay import SmartDisplay
with SmartDisplay(visible=0, bgcolor='black') as disp:
with EasyProcess('xmessage hello'):
img = disp.waitgrab()
img.show()
Installation
General
Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install python-pip sudo apt-get install xvfb sudo apt-get install xserver-xephyr sudo apt-get install tightvncserver sudo pip install pyvirtualdisplay # optional sudo apt-get install python-imaging sudo apt-get install scrot sudo pip install pyscreenshot # optional for examples sudo pip install entrypoint2
Uninstall
# as root pip uninstall pyvirtualdisplay
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