How to configure testem to run with xvfb?

[toranb]

It appears you can run testem w/ xvfb but what is the syntax to add this as a browser (testem.json) ?

xvfb-run testem -l firefox
xvfb-run testem -l chrome

[toranb]

It looks like I can run it manually from the cli like so

xvfb-run ember test

The (better) question is - can I configure launch_in_dev to do this without the prefix ?

[jayphelps]

@toranb are you running Jenkins? I ran into the same, solved by using https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Xvfb+Plugin so things are already setup and running

[toranb]

@jayphelps actually this was for local dev (fighting w/ phantomjs 1.x had me looking for headless alternatives as I'm doing tdd)

[jayphelps]

@toranb ah okay, linux guy. On local Mac, it works fine without needing to be headless. Any reason headless is requirement, or just don't want the window popping up? This isn't answering your issue, just curious.

I feel your pain though, same issues with phantomjs 1.x and lack of 2.0 for linux (jenkins).

[toranb]

Honestly I prefer to work in tmux/vim 100% of the time and having to use chrome to get output (for testem and ember-cli) is painful when you are pairing.

I still didn't have great luck w/ firefox headless like this but it was fun to play around w/ for local dev anyway. The biggest issue I have is how testem seems to swallow errors (or not show them via phantom/firefox when I have them configured). I'm often forced to open chrome just to find out an import blew up / some xhr had an error I didn't anticipate / etc

I'm still in search for a better solution for pure tdd / pairing / tmux / vim

[stefanpenner]

Since chrome and FF support headless now, I think we don't need this anymore