running java swing fest test when computer is locked

Question

Can the FEST-Swing (mentioned here) test still work if the computer is locked? I did a test, and it didn't work. I think the Swing doesn't paint on the screen because the screen is locked, hence the FEST-Swing test will not work. Is there a workaround? Thanks.

Answer 1

I had the same problem with Windows. What worked for me was running the tests on a Linux box using Xvfb.

http://fest.codehaus.org/Running+FEST+under+Xvfb