test with xvfb-maybe

.github/actions/test/action.yml

@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ runs:
         cat < package.json | jq -r '.hostDependencies[][]' - | \
           xargs -L1 echo | sed 's/|//g' | xargs -L1 \
           sudo apt-get --ignore-missing install || true
-        # starts the virtual framebuffer as screen 99, this will be referenced in the wdio config for the test to run
-        Xvfb :99 -ac &
-      env:
-        DISPLAY: ':99'
 
     - name: Install host dependencies
       if: runner.os == 'macOS'
@@ -58,11 +54,6 @@ runs:
         #   export DEBUG='electron-forge:*,sidecar'
         # fi
 
-        # set DISPLAY to the virtual framebuffer only for Linux
-        if [[ "${{ runner.os }}" == "Linux" ]]; then
-          export DISPLAY=":99"
-        fi
-
         npm ci
         npm run lint
         npm run package

package.json

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 		"package": "electron-forge package",
 		"start": "electron-forge start",
 		"make": "electron-forge make",
-		"wdio": "wdio run ./wdio.conf.ts"
+		"wdio": "xvfb-maybe wdio run ./wdio.conf.ts"
 	},
 	"husky": {
 		"hooks": {
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@
 		"styled-components": "5.3.6",
 		"sys-class-rgb-led": "3.0.1",
 		"uuid": "9.0.1",
-		"ws": "^8.16.0"
+		"ws": "^8.16.0",
+		"xvfb-maybe": "^0.2.1"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@balena/lint": "7.2.4",