xvfb init script for Ubuntu

README.md

# download and copy xvfb file from this gist to /etc/init.d/

# make it executable
sudo chmod a+x /etc/init.d/xvfb

# start xvfb on display number 10
export DISPLAY=:10
sudo /etc/init.d/xvfb start

xvfb

XVFB=/usr/bin/Xvfb
XVFBARGS=":10 -screen 0 1024x768x24 -ac +extension GLX +render -noreset"
PIDFILE=/var/run/xvfb.pid
case "$1" in
  start)
    echo -n "Starting virtual X frame buffer: Xvfb"
    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile --background --exec $XVFB -- $XVFBARGS
    echo "."
    ;;
  stop)
    echo -n "Stopping virtual X frame buffer: Xvfb"
    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE
    echo "."
    ;;
  restart)
    $0 stop
    $0 start
    ;;
  *)
        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/xvfb {start|stop|restart}"
        exit 1
esac

exit 0