Maven 2.x Selenium Plugin

Xvfb process spawned by the selenium-maven-plugin failing to connect

Details

  • Type: Bug Bug
  • Status: Open Open
  • Priority: Major Major
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Affects Version/s: 1.0.1, 2.0
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Component/s: xvfb
  • Labels:
    None
  • Environment:
    Linux CentOS release 4.7, 5.5
  • Number of attachments :
    0

Description

Receiving the following error when trying to connect to Xvfb process spawned by the selenium-maven-plugin:

Failed to connect to binary FirefoxBinary(/usr/bin/firefox) on port 7055; process output follows:

After doing a little digging, the server is refusing a connection.

Xlib: connection to "localhost:20.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

xterm Xt error: Can't open display: localhost:20

I see the following output from maven:
[INFO] — selenium-maven-plugin:2.0-SNAPSHOT:xvfb (ROOT POM: Start xvfb) @ siteharvester —
[INFO] Starting Xvfb...
[INFO] Using display: :20
[INFO] Using Xauthority file: /tmp/Xvfb4169669759974756099.Xauthority
Deleting: /tmp/Xvfb4169669759974756099.Xauthority
xauth: creating new authority file /tmp/Xvfb4169669759974756099.Xauthority
Launching Xvfb
Waiting for Xvfb...

and when I try to connect to the virtual display, e.g (xterm -display localhost:20), I get the error above

If I run "Xvfb :20" in one window and "xterm -display :20" in an other, the server process connects. Only when run with maven it does not.

If you need any more information, please let me know.

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B.C. Smith added a comment -

I'm running into this as well in a similar environment, and I'm yet to find a workaround.

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B.C. Smith added a comment - I'm running into this as well in a similar environment, and I'm yet to find a workaround.
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S Daigle added a comment -

I don't think anyones paying attention to this issue. I found a workaround that could help you. Add the following snippet to your selenium-maven-plugin plugin:

<options>
<option>-auth</option>
<option>/dev/null</option>
</options>

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S Daigle added a comment - I don't think anyones paying attention to this issue. I found a workaround that could help you. Add the following snippet to your selenium-maven-plugin plugin: <options> <option>-auth</option> <option>/dev/null</option> </options>
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B.C. Smith added a comment -

Thank you, that does serve as a workaround for us. This probably means that /etc/pam.d/xserver needs a bit more configuration.

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B.C. Smith added a comment - Thank you, that does serve as a workaround for us. This probably means that /etc/pam.d/xserver needs a bit more configuration.

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    Reporter:
    S Daigle
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