Unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally, Process exited with error code 199

[Jackclarify]

Env:
node: 8.5.0; npm: 5.3.0;
protractor: 5.2.2; chromedriver: 2.35.528139, Google Chrome 63.0.3239.132
angular:
├── @angular-devkit/core @0.0.28
├── @angular/cli@1.6.3
├── UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY @angular/common@5.1.3
├── UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY @angular/compiler@5.1.3
├── @angular/compiler-cli@5.0.1
├── UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY @angular/core@5.1.3
├── @angular/forms@5.1.3
├── UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY @angular/http@5.1.3
├── @angular/platform-browser@5.1.3
├── @angular/platform-browser-dynamic@5.1.3
├── @angular/router@5.1.3
├── @angular/upgrade@5.1.3

os: linux 16.4,

protractor.config.js below

exports.config = {
  allScriptsTimeout: 11000,

  specs: [
    'e2e/**/*.js'
  ],

  capabilities: {
    'browserName': 'chrome'
  },

  directConnect: true,

  baseUrl: 'http://localhost:3000/',

  framework: 'jasmine2',
  onPrepare: function() {
      var jasmineReporters = require('jasmine-reporters');
      // If we are running via circleci, then use the CIRCLE_TEST_REPORTS output directory. 
      var outputDir = "test/test_out";
      if (process.env.CIRCLE_TEST_REPORTS) {
        outputDir = process.env.CIRCLE_TEST_REPORTS;
      }

      console.log("Logging Protractor JUnit output to " + outputDir);

      jasmine.getEnv().addReporter(new jasmineReporters.JUnitXmlReporter({
          consolidateAll: true,
          savePath: outputDir,
          filePrefix: 'protractor-xmloutput'
      }));
  },

  jasmineNodeOpts: {
    defaultTimeoutInterval: 30000
  }

};

error here

[09:47:20] E/launcher - unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally
  (Driver info: chromedriver=2.26.436382 (70eb799287ce4c2208441fc057053a5b07ceabac),platform=Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64)
[09:47:20] E/launcher - WebDriverError: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally
  (Driver info: chromedriver=2.26.436382 (70eb799287ce4c2208441fc057053a5b07ceabac),platform=Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64)
    at Object.checkLegacyResponse (/var/lib/postgresql/carepilot-web/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/error.js:505:15)
    at parseHttpResponse (/var/lib/postgresql/carepilot-web/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/http.js:509:13)
    at doSend.then.response (/var/lib/postgresql/carepilot-web/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/http.js:440:13)
    at <anonymous>
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:188:7)
From: Task: WebDriver.createSession()
    at Function.createSession (/var/lib/postgresql/carepilot-web/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver.js:777:24)
    at Function.createSession (/var/lib/postgresql/carepilot-web/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/chrome.js:709:29)
    at Direct.getNewDriver (/var/lib/postgresql/carepilot-web/node_modules/protractor/lib/driverProviders/direct.ts:90:25)
    at Runner.createBrowser (/var/lib/postgresql/carepilot-web/node_modules/protractor/lib/runner.ts:187:39)
    at driverprovider_.setupEnv.then (/var/lib/postgresql/carepilot-web/node_modules/protractor/lib/runner.ts:279:27)
    at _fulfilled (/var/lib/postgresql/carepilot-web/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:834:54)
    at self.promiseDispatch.done (/var/lib/postgresql/carepilot-web/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:863:30)
    at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (/var/lib/postgresql/carepilot-web/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:796:13)
    at /var/lib/postgresql/carepilot-web/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:556:49
    at runSingle (/var/lib/postgresql/carepilot-web/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:137:13)
[09:47:20] E/launcher - Process exited with error code 199

I run command node_modules/.bin/protractor test/e2e/ui_test/protractor_conf_chrome/protractor.conf.js locally, it is ok, but it throw error when i run remote env; I run chromedrive and chrome manully, they are work, but chromdrive start chrome throw error.
What's the matter? Can any one give some suggestion? Many thanks!

[csvan]

Which version of Chrome? Are you using the latest ChromeDriver?

[surfjedi]

+1

[surfjedi]

webdriver-manager update
[19:14:08] I/update - chromedriver: unzipping chromedriver_2.35.zip
[19:14:08] I/update - chromedriver: setting permissions to 0755 for /home/centos/.nvm/versions/node/v9.4.0/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/chromedriver_2.35
[19:14:12] I/update - geckodriver: unzipping geckodriver-v0.19.1.tar.gz
[19:14:12] I/update - geckodriver: setting permissions to 0755 for /home/centos/.nvm/versions/node/v9.4.0/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/geckodriver-v0.19.1

[surfjedi]

[centos@ip-172-30-2-252 ~]$ webdriver-manager version
[19:13:05] I/version - webdriver-manager 12.0.6

[surfjedi]

google-chrome-stable-64.0.3282.119-1.x86_64.rpm

installed via yum in centos 7

[csvan]

@surfjedi but which version of the Chrome WebDriver?

[surfjedi]

chromedriver_2.35.zip

[Jackclarify]

both chromedriver_2.35.zip and chromedriver_2.26linux64.zip not work...

[Niceplace]

Yeah, having a similar issue here, its incredibly frustrating to have to deal with logs that don't mean anything. (Not trying to blame anyone from protractor here, there's a whole lot of components involved, I'm just frustrated because I want to understand but I have looked around for ages and I don't understand what's going on)

OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64 bit
node version: 8.9.4
protractor version: 5.2.2
chrome version: 64.0.3282.119
chrome driver version: 2_35
selenium version: selenium-server-standalone-3.8.1.jar

Any idea where I could look to get a more detailed answer ?
I want to debug but everytime I try to start protractor I see (running node with DEBUG=*) :

[14:30:12] I/launcher - Running 1 instances of WebDriver
[14:30:12] I/local - Starting selenium standalone server...
[14:30:12] E/launcher - Error: Error: spawn ENOTDIR
    at _errnoException (util.js:1022:11)
    at ChildProcess.spawn (internal/child_process.js:323:11)
    at Object.exports.spawn (child_process.js:502:9)
    at exec ([redacted]/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/io/exec.js:116:27)
    at resolveCommandLineFlags.then.args ([redacted]/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/remote/index.js:219:25)
    at <anonymous>
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:188:7)
[14:30:13] E/launcher - Process exited with error code 100
error Command failed with exit code 100.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.

[Niceplace]

Interesting, it seems the issue is with selenium-webdriver. When the executable is called in this file node_modules/selenium-webdriver/remote/index.js it uses the wrong path to call java.
Executable called is "/usr/bin/java/bin/java" when it should be "/usr/bin/java"

edit : I had JAVA_HOME set to /usr/bin/java in my ~/.profile, unsetting this variable solved the issue for me.

I forced some logging as such to figure it out, and then called the executable manually with the arguments logged and got "no such directory" for the path:

# Line start: 201
 start(opt_timeoutMs) {
    if (this.address_) {
      return this.address_;
    }

    var timeout = opt_timeoutMs || DriverService.DEFAULT_START_TIMEOUT_MS;
    var self = this;

    let resolveCommand;
    this.command_ = new Promise(resolve => resolveCommand = resolve);

    this.address_ = new Promise((resolveAddress, rejectAddress) => {
      resolveAddress(Promise.resolve(this.port_).then(port => {
        if (port <= 0) {
          throw Error('Port must be > 0: ' + port);
        }

        return resolveCommandLineFlags(this.args_).then(args => {
          console.log('############################################');
          console.log(`Executable is ${JSON.stringify(self.executable_)}`);
          console.log(`Args are ${JSON.stringify(args)}`);
          console.log(`Env is is ${JSON.stringify(self.env_)}`);
          console.log(`Stdio is ${JSON.stringify(self.stdio_)}`);
          console.log('############################################');

          var command = exec(self.executable_, {
            args: args,
            env: self.env_,
            stdio: self.stdio_
          });

          resolveCommand(command);
          [....] # Rest of the method code ...

[jacopolanzoni]

+1

[akarimvnera]

Exact same error...what is the fix for this.
Unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally,
sql/carepilot-web/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:137:13)
[09:47:20] E/launcher - Process exited with error code 199

[iamporus]

+1