Roland RoLaNd
2011-Mar-28 09:58 UTC
[CentOS] Failed to start new browser session: Error while launching browser on session null
Hope this email finds you well.
I need your advice with something if you can help out.
I have an RC serer (selenium rc) which is running on a centos 5.2 and another on
a 5.4 machine.
if i run it through X server, in other words if i run the server while connected
to VNC.
it works fine.
but if i run it through ssh, it will start normally though upon test execution
it will fail with the following error:
11:05:01.571 INFO - Preparing Firefox profile...
Error: no display specified
11:05:21.818 ERROR - Failed to start new browser session, shutdown browser and
clear all session data
java.lang.RuntimeException: Timed out waiting for profile to be created!
11:05:21.833 INFO - Got result: Failed to start new browser session: Error while
launching browser on session null
any idea how i can solve this?
Thanks,
--Roland
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Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
2011-Mar-28 11:17 UTC
[CentOS] Failed to start new browser session: Error while launching browser on session null
Roland RoLaNd wrote:> Hope this email finds you well. > > I need your advice with something if you can help out. > > I have an RC serer (selenium rc) which is running on a centos 5.2 and > another on a 5.4 machine. > if i run it through X server, in other words if i run the server while > connected to VNC. > it works fine. > but if i run it through ssh, it will start normally though upon test > execution it will fail with the following error: > > > 11:05:01.571 INFO - Preparing Firefox profile... > Error: no display specified > 11:05:21.818 ERROR - Failed to start new browser session, shutdown > browser and clear all session data > java.lang.RuntimeException: Timed out waiting for profile to be created! > > 11:05:21.833 INFO - Got result: Failed to start new browser session: > Error while launching browser on session null > > > any idea how i can solve this?try ssh -X or ssh -Y . man ssh and man ssh_config (search for "forward")
ken
2011-Mar-28 19:31 UTC
[CentOS] Failed to start new browser session: Error while launching browser on session null
On 03/28/2011 05:58 AM Roland RoLaNd wrote:> Hope this email finds you well. > > I need your advice with something if you can help out. > > I have an RC serer (selenium rc) which is running on a centos 5.2 and > another on a 5.4 machine. > if i run it through X server, in other words if i run the server while > connected to VNC. > it works fine. > but if i run it through ssh, it will start normally though upon test > execution it will fail with the following error: > > > 11:05:01.571 INFO - Preparing Firefox profile... > Error: no display specified > 11:05:21.818 ERROR - Failed to start new browser session, shutdown > browser and clear all session data > java.lang.RuntimeException: Timed out waiting for profile to be created! > > 11:05:21.833 INFO - Got result: Failed to start new browser session: > Error while launching browser on session null > > > any idea how i can solve this? > > Thanks, > > --RolandLike the error says, you need to specify the display. I.e., on the remote machine you must set the environmental variable "DISPLAY"... something like (export DISPLAY=192.168.1.42:0.0 & firefox) Though this may work, this may well reveal another, different error, one having to do generally with permissions. But we'll take them one at a time. hth.