ci: Xvfb started manually

.gitea/workflows/build-exe.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ on:
 env:
   WINEPREFIX: ${{ github.workspace }}/wine-prefix
   WINEPYTHON: ${{ github.workspace }}/wine-prefix/drive_c/Python312/python.exe
-  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR: /tmp   # Suppress harmless warning
+  DISPLAY: :99.0
+  WINEDLLOVERRIDES: "mscoree,mshtml=;winemenubuilder.exe=d"
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Install Wine & xvfb
+      - name: Install Wine & Xvfb
         run: |
           sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
           sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
@@ -38,10 +39,18 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-stable xvfb -y
 
-      - name: Set up Wine prefix (headless)
+      - name: Start Xvfb
+        run: |
+          Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1024x768x16 &
+          sleep 2   # give Xvfb a moment
+
+      - name: Set up Wine prefix
         run: |
           mkdir -p "$WINEPREFIX"
-          xvfb-run wineboot --init
+          # Initialize the prefix without Mono/Gecko timeouts
+          wineboot --init --update
+          # Set Windows version to 10 (or your target)
+          winecfg -v win10
 
       - name: Download Python installer
         run: |
@@ -49,31 +58,31 @@ jobs:
             https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.12.4/python-3.12.4-amd64.exe \
             -O /tmp/python.exe
 
-      - name: Install Python in Wine (headless)
+      - name: Install Python in Wine
         run: |
-          xvfb-run wine /tmp/python.exe \
+          wine /tmp/python.exe \
             /quiet \
             InstallAllUsers=1 \
             PrependPath=1 \
             Include_test=0
           rm /tmp/python.exe
 
-      - name: Install Python dependencies (headless)
+      - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: |
           cd server
-          xvfb-run wine "$WINEPYTHON" -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          wine "$WINEPYTHON" -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          xvfb-run wine "$WINEPYTHON" -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+          wine "$WINEPYTHON" -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 
-      - name: Run tests (headless)
+      - name: Run tests
         run: |
           cd server
-          xvfb-run wine "$WINEPYTHON" -m pip install pytest pytest-asyncio
+          wine "$WINEPYTHON" -m pip install pytest pytest-asyncio
-          xvfb-run wine "$WINEPYTHON" -m pytest tests/ -v
+          wine "$WINEPYTHON" -m pytest tests/ -v
 
-      - name: Build .exe with PyInstaller (headless)
+      - name: Build .exe with PyInstaller
         run: |
           cd server
-          xvfb-run wine "$WINEPYTHON" -m PyInstaller \
+          wine "$WINEPYTHON" -m PyInstaller \
             tray_wrapper.py \
             --name PaperDash \
             --onefile \
@@ -81,6 +90,10 @@ jobs:
             --clean
           ls -la dist/
 
+      - name: Stop Xvfb
+        if: always()
+        run: killall Xvfb || true
+
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with: