On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Peter Hutterer <peter.hutte...@who-t.net>wrote:
> Virtually everyone trying the tests the first time will run into this issue > since we cannot check if the ABI for dummy and whatever else is needed > actually matches the server (well, we have a test for that, but unless you > run that one first...) > > So be at least more verbose about the potential reasons and provide some > basic debugging help. > > Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutte...@who-t.net> > --- > src/test.cpp | 11 +++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/src/test.cpp b/src/test.cpp > index c7b69bc..a484787 100644 > --- a/src/test.cpp > +++ b/src/test.cpp > @@ -50,8 +50,15 @@ void xorg::testing::Test::SetUp() { > dpy = d_->display_string.c_str(); > > d_->display = XOpenDisplay(dpy); > - if (!d_->display) > - throw std::runtime_error("Failed to open connection to display"); > + if (!d_->display) { > + std::stringstream ss; > + ss << "Failed to open connection to display"; > + if (dpy != NULL) ss << " " << dpy; > + ss << ".\nThis usually means that your X server did not start > properly.\n"; > + ss << "Check the log file, or set XORG_GTEST_CHILD_STDOUT to see the > server's\n" > + "error messages when starting."; > + throw std::runtime_error(ss.str()); > + } > } > > void xorg::testing::Test::TearDown() { This should be very helpful for newbies :). Reviewed-by: Chase Douglas <chase.doug...@ubuntu.com>
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