AssertionError: signal killed phantomjs: SIGKILL

[ivolo]

AssertionError: signal killed phantomjs: SIGKILL',
    '    at Console.assert (console.js:102:23)',
    '    at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (scraper/node_modules/phantom/phantom.js:123:21)',
    '    at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)',
    '    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:797:12)' ] }

[mieszko4]

The same happened to me several times. It seems to happen randomly.
Each time it happens to me after the script which uses phantom is executed for a long time (more than 1h).

What could be the cause?
Does anyone have an idea how it could be debugged?

[ivolo]

Boy, I have no idea. what operating system is this running on for you?

[mieszko4]

debian-7.0-x86_64

Yeah, it is strange. Perhaps it has something to do with OS.

[grigoryvp]

It can be 'oom killer': with default configuration most of linux boxes will kill process if it uses all system memory and wants more.

[KeinborgMichael]

same issue ... on "phantom.create(function(ph) {"

AssertionError: signal killed phantomjs: SIGKILL
at Console.assert (console.js:106:23)
at ChildProcess. (/Users/Michael/Sites/bookGenerator/nodejsscripts/node_modules/phantom/phantom.js:152:21)
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1067:12)

[oliviermeyer]

I have the same issue on osx yosemite.
assert.js:92
throw new assert.AssertionError({
^
AssertionError: signal killed phantomjs: SIGKILL
at Console.assert (console.js:102:23)
...

[oliviermeyer]

Working now on windows 👍
I've added environment variable path : "C:\phantomjs\bin" and removed phantom.exe at th end.
if you inspect phantom.js in phantom folder in node_module : options.binary = options.path + 'phantomjs';extension is ever added.

Don't forget in windows to add option : dnodeOpts: {weak: false}

Working on osx yosemite :
step 1
brew install upx
upx -d bin/phantomjs

step 2 remove node module and do npm install

[brackmayhall]

Oliver,

I tried this on Yosemite and it doesn't seem to be working. I just keep getting phantomjs is not installed. upx is removing it from my path it seems.

[brackmayhall]

Make sure this has been handled.

Phantom requires you to have the XCode Command Line Tools installed on your box, or else you will get some nasty errors (xcode not found or make not found). If you haven't already, simply install XCode through the App Store, then install the command line tools.