From 6aab53bfb5cda147a50d02f599f0663e75269b7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Montgomery Alban <mtuck2005@yahoo.ca>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 22:05:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Debug rendering.

---
 .github/workflows/ci-base-tests-linux.yml | 1 +
 smarts/p3d/renderer.py                    | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-base-tests-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-base-tests-linux.yml
index be4fb50bea..cdd3fe6cf2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-base-tests-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-base-tests-linux.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ jobs:
             scenarios/sumo/zoo_intersection
       - name: Run smoke tests
         run: |
+          /usr/bin/Xorg -noreset +extension GLX +extension RANDR +extension RENDER -logfile ./xdummy.log -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf -novtswitch :1 &
           . ${{env.venv_dir}}/bin/activate
           PYTHONPATH=$PWD PYTHONHASHSEED=42 pytest -v \
             --doctest-modules \
diff --git a/smarts/p3d/renderer.py b/smarts/p3d/renderer.py
index 3b4c54d406..6a503461b5 100644
--- a/smarts/p3d/renderer.py
+++ b/smarts/p3d/renderer.py
@@ -787,8 +787,12 @@ def _load_line_data(self, path: Path, name: str) -> GeomNode:
     def _ensure_root(self):
         if self._root_np is None:
             self._root_np = self._showbase_instance.setup_sim_root(self._simid)
-            if self._log.getEffectiveLevel() <= logging.DEBUG:
-                self._log.debug("Renderer started with backend %s", self._showbase_instance.pipe.get_type())
+            # if self._log.getEffectiveLevel() <= logging.DEBUG:
+            #     self._log.debug(
+            print(
+                "Renderer started with backend %s",
+                self._showbase_instance.pipe.get_type(),
+            )
 
     def load_road_map(self, map_path: Union[str, Path]):
         """Load the road map from its path."""