I followed this tutorial to configure Xvfb to run Firefox without any problems.
http://www.alittlemadness.com/2008/03/05/running-selenium-headless/
I am running these commands in a docker image (ubuntu: last) currently to check if I can configure correctly before creating the container.
I run this command:
Xvfb :99 -ac
I get these errors after running the command:
Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension Initializing built-in extension SHAPE Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension Initializing built-in extension XTEST Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS Initializing built-in extension SYNC Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC Initializing built-in extension SECURITY Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA Initializing built-in extension XFIXES Initializing built-in extension RENDER Initializing built-in extension RANDR Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER Initializing built-in extension RECORD Initializing built-in extension DPMS Initializing built-in extension Present Initializing built-in extension DRI3 Initializing built-in extension X-Resource Initializing built-in extension XVideo Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation Initializing built-in extension SELinux Initializing built-in extension GLX [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi, removing from list!
I found a blog with some google search that mentions the following errors:
http://veeraramkumar.blogspot.com/
I executed the following commands:
aptitude install x11-xkb-utils aptitude install xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable xfonts-cyrillic aptitude install xserver-xorg-core
However, the command:
aptitude install xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable xfonts-cyrillic
gives this error:
No candidate version found for xfonts-100dpi No candidate version found for xfonts-75dpi No candidate version found for xfonts-cyrillic No candidate version found for xfonts-100dpi No candidate version found for xfonts-75dpi No candidate version found for xfonts-cyrillic The following NEW packages will be installed: xfonts-scalable
then it successfully installs xfonts-scalable. Now when I restart the command:
Xvfb :99 -ac
I get only these errors (up to 5 errors):
[dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi, removing from list!
I tried using apt-get to search for packages xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-cyrillic, but it also claims that there are no installation candidates in the packages. What proper packages do I need to install to properly configure Xvfb to run Firefox without a head? Or is there something else I should do?
Thanks.