Failing to Launch Headless Browser in Ubuntu

[refcell]

Overview

Running on ubuntu fails to launch a headless browser with the following message:

[pid=3217614][err] [1204/103930.563367:WARNING:sandbox_linux.cc(377)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process.
[pid=3217614][err] [1204/103930.531617:FATAL:headless_browser_main_parts.cc(148)] Check failed: result == JsonPrefStore::PREF_READ_ERROR_NO_FILE (4 vs. 6)

Will post a follow-up if I figure out how to fix for posterity.

[refcell]

Update: Seems to be an npm issue. Would recommend purging apt's npm with sudo apt purge npm and then reinstalling with nvm.

[Pol-Lanski]

Also failing to launch Headless Browser in Ubuntu, but I get this error:

[pid=16812][err] [16812:16812:1204/202439.161063:ERROR:ozone_platform_x11.cc(247)] Missing X server or $DISPLAY
[pid=16812][err] [16812:16812:1204/202439.161135:ERROR:env.cc(225)] The platform failed to initialize.  Exiting.
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[refcell]

Try running as a sudoer

[Pol-Lanski]

Thanks for your help! I am running it as sudoer but still nothing. I'm now investingating the -X switch and how to activate it following this https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/712718/set-display-environment-variable-in-linux

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Set Display Environment Variable in Linux

I was trying to launch google chrome from the terminal in an SSH session and an error occurred saying "ERROR:ozone_platform_x11.cc(247)] Missing X server or $DISPLAY". I googled it and fo...

UPDATE: activating -X (flag enables X11 forwarding) also does not solve my issue :(

[7flash]

Also failing to launch Headless Browser in Ubuntu, but I get this error:

[pid=16812][err] [16812:16812:1204/202439.161063:ERROR:ozone_platform_x11.cc(247)] Missing X server or $DISPLAY
[pid=16812][err] [16812:16812:1204/202439.161135:ERROR:env.cc(225)] The platform failed to initialize.  Exiting.
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following resolved the issue for me:

export DISPLAY=$(cat /etc/resolv.conf | grep nameserver | awk '{print $2; exit;}'):0.0

[lxy1992]

Also failing to launch Headless Browser in Ubuntu, but I get this error:

[pid=16812][err] [16812:16812:1204/202439.161063:ERROR:ozone_platform_x11.cc(247)] Missing X server or $DISPLAY
[pid=16812][err] [16812:16812:1204/202439.161135:ERROR:env.cc(225)] The platform failed to initialize.  Exiting.
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following resolved the issue for me:

export DISPLAY=$(cat /etc/resolv.conf | grep nameserver | awk '{print $2; exit;}'):0.0

I meet the same error on ubuntu. And I try this command to set the env var DISPLAY. But it still fails and reports the same error. Weird.

[m1guelpf]

See the new Browserless Authentication section of the README.