From 05de5201c006043ecd3d5a816d8835f7ae9d9157 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tony Crisci Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 16:36:24 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] 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. --- docs/testsuite | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) 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