I have recently installed GIMP to run under a virtual X window using Xvfb. Additionally, I created two init.d scripts to automate the start/stop of Xvfb and GIMP's Perl Server at start-up/shutdown. Both scripts work great when executed manually, but when actually power cycling the system it only launches Xvfb and GIMP without the Perl Server.

I have Xvfb as one of the first scripts started under init.d and the GIMP with Perl Server as one of the last. Below, is the syntax I am using in each script.

daemon Xvfb :1 -screen 0 640x480x24 -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ -nolisten tcp -ac &

daemon /usr/bin/gimp --batch \''(extension-perl-server 1 0 0)'\' \''(gimp-quit 0)'\' --no-interface --no-data --verbose --display :1.0 --no-splash --no-splash-image --console-messages --enable-stack-trace never &

Any ideas?

Respectfully,

Gary

P.S. I am using it for a CAPTCHA installation.

I know this is not the most appropriate list to post this message to, but I wanted whoever runs into the same issue to know that I figured out what the problem was.

I originally thought that the Xvfb server was not being given enough time to start up or that some environmental variable was not being duplicated by the init.d script on start-up.

The problem turned out to be the order in which GIMP requires runtime options to be placed. I was placing the --batch option before the --display option and turned out to be the cause of the failure.

Here is my working runtime syntax for Xvfb and GIMP:

/usr/X11R6/bin/Xvfb :1 -screen 0 640x480x24 -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ -nolisten tcp -ac

/usr/bin/gimp --display :1.0 --no-interface --no-data --no-splash --no-splash-image --console-messages --enable-stack-trace never --batch '(extension-perl-server 1 0 0)' '(gimp-quit 0)'

I've attached the 2 init.d scripts I developed to get both Xvfb and Gimp/Perl-Server to start at boot-up.

Respectfully,

Gary

Gary C. New wrote:

I have recently installed GIMP to run under a virtual X window using Xvfb. Additionally, I created two init.d scripts to automate the start/stop of Xvfb and GIMP's Perl Server at start-up/shutdown. Both scripts work great when executed manually, but when actually power cycling the system it only launches Xvfb and GIMP without the Perl Server.

I have Xvfb as one of the first scripts started under init.d and the GIMP with Perl Server as one of the last. Below, is the syntax I am using in each script.

daemon Xvfb :1 -screen 0 640x480x24 -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ -nolisten tcp -ac &

daemon /usr/bin/gimp --batch \''(extension-perl-server 1 0 0)'\' \''(gimp-quit 0)'\' --no-interface --no-data --verbose --display :1.0 --no-splash --no-splash-image --console-messages --enable-stack-trace never &

Any ideas?

Respectfully,

Gary

P.S. I am using it for a CAPTCHA installation.

#!/bin/sh
#
# Xvfb
#
# chkconfig: 2345 11 89
# description: Xvfb
#
# Gary C. New (ANTISPAM_garycnew_ANTISPAM@yahoo.com)

# Source function library. . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# See how we were called. case "$1" in
start)
echo -n $"Starting Xvfb: "

# daemon /usr/X11R6/bin/Xvfb :1 -screen 0 640x480x24 -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ -nolisten tcp -ac & su garycnew -c "/usr/X11R6/bin/Xvfb :1 -screen 0 640x480x24 -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ -nolisten tcp -ac &"

# REQUIRED FOR SHUTDOWN TO WORK!!! daemon touch /var/lock/subsys/Xvfb

REVAL=$? echo
;;
stop)
echo -n $"Stopping Xvfb: "

killproc Xvfb

REVAL=$? echo
;;
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
status)
status Xvfb
;;
*)
echo "Usage: Xvfb {start|stop|restart|status}" exit 1
esac

exit 0

#!/bin/sh
#
# gimpy
#
# chkconfig: 2345 11 89
# description: Loads GIMP and its Perl-Server into memory. #
# Gary C. New (ANTISPAM_garycnew_ANTISPAM@yahoo.com)

# Source function library. . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# See how we were called. case "$1" in
start)
echo -n $"Starting gimp: "

# daemon /usr/bin/gimp --display :1.0 --no-interface --no-data --no-splash --no-splash-image --console-messages --enable-stack-trace never --batch \''(extension-perl-server 1 0 0)'\' \''(gimp-quit 0)'\' & su garycnew -c "/usr/bin/gimp --display :1.0 --no-interface --no-data --no-splash --no-splash-image --console-messages --enable-stack-trace never --batch '(extension-perl-server 1 0 0)' '(gimp-quit 0)' &"

# REQUIRED FOR SHUTDOWN TO WORK!!! daemon touch /var/lock/subsys/gimpy

REVAL=$? echo
;;
stop)
echo -n $"Stopping gimp: "

# killproc gimpy killproc gimp
killproc Perl-Server

REVAL=$? echo
;;
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
status)
# status gimpy
status gimp
status Perl-Server
;;
*)
echo "Usage: gimpy {start|stop|restart|status}" exit 1
esac

exit 0