#!/bin/bash # set your QT version here QT_VERSION=4.7.2 # qvfb's width QVFB_WIDTH=640 # qvfb's height QVFB_HEIGHT=480 # path to script (including script name) script_path="$(cd "${0%/*}" 2>/dev/null; echo "$PWD"/"${0##*/}")" # to get the path only: use dirname which strips the filename from a path working_path=`dirname "$script_path"` # construct unique display_id based on user, needed for multi-user qvfb usage display_id=$(grep -n $(whoami) /etc/passwd| head -n 1|awk -F : '{print $1}') # Start QT's virtual framebuffer with proper display_id /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-$QT_VERSION/bin/qvfb -width $QVFB_WIDTH -height $QVFB_HEIGHT -qwsdisplay :$display_id & # quick sleep to wait for qvfb loading sleep 0.2 # Start fbsplash connected to QVFb with display_id from above. $working_path/build/fbsplash -display QVFb:$display_id $@ killall qvfb