From e741fbde1664b24dbbb60ed9c38e05c0a29d4d4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jens Hedegaard Nielsen <jenshnielsen@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 10:48:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Travis run plot tests (#808)

* Travis try to run plot tests

* Setting this to false does nothing so remove it

* dont need explicit install
---
 .travis.yml | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f51396fff9d..41dcc9daace 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ branches:
   only:
     - master
 
-# signal that we are on travis
-# to disable things that expect an
-# X Display
-#
-env:
-    - TRAVISCI=true
 # command to install dependencies
 install:
     - pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -31,7 +25,12 @@ install:
     - pip install -r test_requirements.txt --upgrade
     - pip install -r docs_requirements.txt
     - pip install -e .
-# command to run tests
+
+before_script: # configure a headless display to test plot generation
+    - "export DISPLAY=:99.0"
+    - "sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start"
+    - sleep 3 # give xvfb some time to start
+
 script:
     - cd qcodes
     - py.test --cov=qcodes --cov-report xml --cov-config=.coveragerc