Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:37:15 +1100 From: Sam Lawrance <boris@brooknet.com.au> To: "Wilkinson, Alex" <alex.wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome-update script halts on thunderbird (installing default themes?) Message-ID: <419BEEBB.1020608@brooknet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20041118001111.GB66483@squash.dsto.defence.gov.au> References: <D2F8063B0A81D06C11F05564@palle.girgensohn.se> <20041118001111.GB66483@squash.dsto.defence.gov.au>
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Wilkinson, Alex wrote: >what is Xvfb ? > > It's the X server you have when you're not having an X server. Xvfb is a virtual framebuffer X server - "virtual" because there's no actual physical display. In this case, the port uses it to provide an X display for the install process without having to show it. I've no idea what other uses it has, but you could search for more. Regards Sam
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