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I have been wracking my brain over this. I'm getting the error:
System geckodriver unexpectedly exited. Status code: -11.
I am using a Linux server that is a shared hosting web server. I have everything set up in a virtual environment.
- Linux Server - CentOS, Release: 7.4.1708
- Selenium version 3.141.0
- geckodriver version 0.23.0
- Firefox 60.3.0
- Python 3.6.2 and cannot use a newer version
Python, Selenium and Geckodriver reside on a virtual environment on a Linux web server. Firefox resides outside of the virtual environment
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/geckodriver
to my terminal to have geckodriver be used in the PATH environment variable.
Below is my code:
#!/home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/bin/python
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
import cgitb
import cgi
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver import FirefoxOptions
cgitb.enable()
print ("Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8nn")
path = r'/home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/bin/geckodriver'
binary = FirefoxBinary(r'/usr/lib64/firefox')
opts = FirefoxOptions()
opts.add_argument("--headless")
browser = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_options=opts, firefox_binary=binary, executable_path=path)
rowser.get("http://google.com/")
print ("Headless Firefox Initialized")
browser.quit()
Here is my traceback error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "selen.py", line 20, in <module>
browser = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_options=opts, executable_path=path)
File "/home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.py", line 164, in __init__
self.service.start()
File "/home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 98, in start
self.assert_process_still_running()
File "/home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 111, in assert_process_still_running
% (self.path, return_code)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: Service /home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/bin/geckodriver unexpectedly exited. Status code was: -11
Why am I getting this error and how do I fix it?
python selenium geckodriver
asked Jan 2 at 23:51
StephenBStephenB
76112
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I have been wracking my brain over this. I'm getting the error:
System geckodriver unexpectedly exited. Status code: -11.
I am using a Linux server that is a shared hosting web server. I have everything set up in a virtual environment.
- Linux Server - CentOS, Release: 7.4.1708
- Selenium version 3.141.0
- geckodriver version 0.23.0
- Firefox 60.3.0
- Python 3.6.2 and cannot use a newer version
Python, Selenium and Geckodriver reside on a virtual environment on a Linux web server. Firefox resides outside of the virtual environment
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/geckodriver
to my terminal to have geckodriver be used in the PATH environment variable.
Below is my code:
#!/home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/bin/python
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
import cgitb
import cgi
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver import FirefoxOptions
cgitb.enable()
print ("Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8nn")
path = r'/home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/bin/geckodriver'
binary = FirefoxBinary(r'/usr/lib64/firefox')
opts = FirefoxOptions()
opts.add_argument("--headless")
browser = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_options=opts, firefox_binary=binary, executable_path=path)
rowser.get("http://google.com/")
print ("Headless Firefox Initialized")
browser.quit()
Here is my traceback error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "selen.py", line 20, in <module>
browser = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_options=opts, executable_path=path)
File "/home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.py", line 164, in __init__
self.service.start()
File "/home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 98, in start
self.assert_process_still_running()
File "/home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 111, in assert_process_still_running
% (self.path, return_code)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: Service /home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/bin/geckodriver unexpectedly exited. Status code was: -11
Why am I getting this error and how do I fix it?
python selenium geckodriver
asked Jan 2 at 23:51
StephenBStephenB
76112
-11 means a segmentation fault in the child process, if that helps.
– Davis Herring
Jan 3 at 2:17
2
@Jayjayyy: It appears in thesubprocessdocumentation. (True exit status values are non-negative, so you know they’re special somehow.)
– Davis Herring
Jan 3 at 2:49
@Jayjayyy:subprocessrepresents the termination of a child because of a signal (rather than anexit, which is the only other choice) with a negative number that indicates the signal (and can’t be confused with an exit code). (Segmentation faults happen during execution, not before it, although one could theoretically happen afterforkand beforeexec.)
– Davis Herring
Jan 3 at 5:02
Thanks guys! How do I fix the segmentation fault for geckodriver.exe? I tried running 'geckodriver --version' through a terminal for the server yesterday, and it came back with the same error: segmentation fault. The permissions for the driver is set to 755.
– StephenB
Jan 3 at 16:15
Please runfile /home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/bin/geckodriverand post the output.
– SiKing
Jan 4 at 17:28
|
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I have been wracking my brain over this. I'm getting the error:
System geckodriver unexpectedly exited. Status code: -11.
I am using a Linux server that is a shared hosting web server. I have everything set up in a virtual environment.
- Linux Server - CentOS, Release: 7.4.1708
- Selenium version 3.141.0
- geckodriver version 0.23.0
- Firefox 60.3.0
- Python 3.6.2 and cannot use a newer version
Python, Selenium and Geckodriver reside on a virtual environment on a Linux web server. Firefox resides outside of the virtual environment
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/geckodriver
to my terminal to have geckodriver be used in the PATH environment variable.
Below is my code:
#!/home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/bin/python
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
import cgitb
import cgi
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver import FirefoxOptions
cgitb.enable()
print ("Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8nn")
path = r'/home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/bin/geckodriver'
binary = FirefoxBinary(r'/usr/lib64/firefox')
opts = FirefoxOptions()
opts.add_argument("--headless")
browser = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_options=opts, firefox_binary=binary, executable_path=path)
rowser.get("http://google.com/")
print ("Headless Firefox Initialized")
browser.quit()
Here is my traceback error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "selen.py", line 20, in <module>
browser = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_options=opts, executable_path=path)
File "/home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.py", line 164, in __init__
self.service.start()
File "/home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 98, in start
self.assert_process_still_running()
File "/home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 111, in assert_process_still_running
% (self.path, return_code)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: Service /home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/bin/geckodriver unexpectedly exited. Status code was: -11
Why am I getting this error and how do I fix it?
python selenium geckodriver
asked Jan 2 at 23:51
StephenBStephenB
76112
I have been wracking my brain over this. I'm getting the error:
System geckodriver unexpectedly exited. Status code: -11.
I am using a Linux server that is a shared hosting web server. I have everything set up in a virtual environment.
- Linux Server - CentOS, Release: 7.4.1708
- Selenium version 3.141.0
- geckodriver version 0.23.0
- Firefox 60.3.0
- Python 3.6.2 and cannot use a newer version
Python, Selenium and Geckodriver reside on a virtual environment on a Linux web server. Firefox resides outside of the virtual environment
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/geckodriver
to my terminal to have geckodriver be used in the PATH environment variable.
Below is my code:
#!/home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/bin/python
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
import cgitb
import cgi
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver import FirefoxOptions
cgitb.enable()
print ("Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8nn")
path = r'/home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/bin/geckodriver'
binary = FirefoxBinary(r'/usr/lib64/firefox')
opts = FirefoxOptions()
opts.add_argument("--headless")
browser = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_options=opts, firefox_binary=binary, executable_path=path)
rowser.get("http://google.com/")
print ("Headless Firefox Initialized")
browser.quit()
Here is my traceback error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "selen.py", line 20, in <module>
browser = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_options=opts, executable_path=path)
File "/home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.py", line 164, in __init__
self.service.start()
File "/home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 98, in start
self.assert_process_still_running()
File "/home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 111, in assert_process_still_running
% (self.path, return_code)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: Service /home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/bin/geckodriver unexpectedly exited. Status code was: -11
Why am I getting this error and how do I fix it?
python selenium geckodriver
python selenium geckodriver
asked Jan 2 at 23:51
StephenBStephenB
76112
asked Jan 2 at 23:51
StephenBStephenB
76112
edited Jan 4 at 21:14
StephenB
asked Jan 2 at 23:51
StephenBStephenB
76112
asked Jan 2 at 23:51
StephenBStephenB
76112
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-11 means a segmentation fault in the child process, if that helps.
– Davis Herring
Jan 3 at 2:17
2
@Jayjayyy: It appears in thesubprocessdocumentation. (True exit status values are non-negative, so you know they’re special somehow.)
– Davis Herring
Jan 3 at 2:49
@Jayjayyy:subprocessrepresents the termination of a child because of a signal (rather than anexit, which is the only other choice) with a negative number that indicates the signal (and can’t be confused with an exit code). (Segmentation faults happen during execution, not before it, although one could theoretically happen afterforkand beforeexec.)
– Davis Herring
Jan 3 at 5:02
Thanks guys! How do I fix the segmentation fault for geckodriver.exe? I tried running 'geckodriver --version' through a terminal for the server yesterday, and it came back with the same error: segmentation fault. The permissions for the driver is set to 755.
– StephenB
Jan 3 at 16:15
Please runfile /home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/bin/geckodriverand post the output.
– SiKing
Jan 4 at 17:28
|
show 2 more comments
-11 means a segmentation fault in the child process, if that helps.
– Davis Herring
Jan 3 at 2:17
2
@Jayjayyy: It appears in thesubprocessdocumentation. (True exit status values are non-negative, so you know they’re special somehow.)
– Davis Herring
Jan 3 at 2:49
@Jayjayyy:subprocessrepresents the termination of a child because of a signal (rather than anexit, which is the only other choice) with a negative number that indicates the signal (and can’t be confused with an exit code). (Segmentation faults happen during execution, not before it, although one could theoretically happen afterforkand beforeexec.)
– Davis Herring
Jan 3 at 5:02
Thanks guys! How do I fix the segmentation fault for geckodriver.exe? I tried running 'geckodriver --version' through a terminal for the server yesterday, and it came back with the same error: segmentation fault. The permissions for the driver is set to 755.
– StephenB
Jan 3 at 16:15
Please runfile /home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/bin/geckodriverand post the output.
– SiKing
Jan 4 at 17:28
-11 means a segmentation fault in the child process, if that helps.
– Davis Herring
Jan 3 at 2:17
-11 means a segmentation fault in the child process, if that helps.
– Davis Herring
Jan 3 at 2:17
2
2
@Jayjayyy: It appears in the
subprocess documentation. (True exit status values are non-negative, so you know they’re special somehow.)– Davis Herring
Jan 3 at 2:49
@Jayjayyy: It appears in the
subprocess documentation. (True exit status values are non-negative, so you know they’re special somehow.)– Davis Herring
Jan 3 at 2:49
@Jayjayyy:
subprocess represents the termination of a child because of a signal (rather than an exit, which is the only other choice) with a negative number that indicates the signal (and can’t be confused with an exit code). (Segmentation faults happen during execution, not before it, although one could theoretically happen after fork and before exec.)– Davis Herring
Jan 3 at 5:02
@Jayjayyy:
subprocess represents the termination of a child because of a signal (rather than an exit, which is the only other choice) with a negative number that indicates the signal (and can’t be confused with an exit code). (Segmentation faults happen during execution, not before it, although one could theoretically happen after fork and before exec.)– Davis Herring
Jan 3 at 5:02
Thanks guys! How do I fix the segmentation fault for geckodriver.exe? I tried running 'geckodriver --version' through a terminal for the server yesterday, and it came back with the same error: segmentation fault. The permissions for the driver is set to 755.
– StephenB
Jan 3 at 16:15
Thanks guys! How do I fix the segmentation fault for geckodriver.exe? I tried running 'geckodriver --version' through a terminal for the server yesterday, and it came back with the same error: segmentation fault. The permissions for the driver is set to 755.
– StephenB
Jan 3 at 16:15
Please run
file /home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/bin/geckodriver and post the output.– SiKing
Jan 4 at 17:28
Please run
file /home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/bin/geckodriver and post the output.– SiKing
Jan 4 at 17:28
|
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This is at least a partial answer to your question.
- Status code
-11means thatsubprocessexperiences a segmentation fault. Read more about it at Determining if a python subprocess segmentation faults
In the past, there were some problems with certain versions of Selenium not working well together with certain versions of Firefox and/or geckodriver. Find out your versions, update them to the most recent versions if possible and look for existing bug reports for your versions.
The following versions work well together on my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver system:
Check Python version
$ python3 --version
Python 3.6.7
Check Selenium version
$ python3 -c "import selenium; print(selenium.__version__)"
3.141.0
Check Firefox version
$ firefox --version
Mozilla Firefox 64.0
Check geckodriver version
$ geckodriver --version
geckodriver 0.23.0 ( 2018-10-04)
The source code of this program is available from
testing/geckodriver in https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central.
This program is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License 2.0.
You can obtain a copy of the license at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
If you have to browse to a special path to make those commands work and those commands don't work directly in your terminal or virtual environment, you might need to set one of the following keyword arguments in your call to webdriver.Firefox:
firefox_binary– Instance of FirefoxBinary or full path to the Firefox binary. If undefined, the system default Firefox installation will be used.
executable_path– Full path to override which geckodriver binary to use for Firefox 47.0.1 and greater, which defaults to picking up the binary from the system path.
Run nothing fancy as a test, but a minimal example of Selenium with Firefox in headless mode only, for example minimal_selenium_test.py:
import selenium.webdriver
options = selenium.webdriver.FirefoxOptions()
options.add_argument("--headless")
driver = selenium.webdriver.Firefox(firefox_options=options)
driver.get('https://www.python.org/')
print(driver.title)
driver.close()
This should work on your local laptop as well as on a virtual server as well as inside a Docker container and should print:
$ python3 minimal_selenium_test.py
Welcome to Python.org
answered Jan 4 at 17:33
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This is at least a partial answer to your question.
- Status code
-11means thatsubprocessexperiences a segmentation fault. Read more about it at Determining if a python subprocess segmentation faults
In the past, there were some problems with certain versions of Selenium not working well together with certain versions of Firefox and/or geckodriver. Find out your versions, update them to the most recent versions if possible and look for existing bug reports for your versions.
The following versions work well together on my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver system:
Check Python version
$ python3 --version
Python 3.6.7
Check Selenium version
$ python3 -c "import selenium; print(selenium.__version__)"
3.141.0
Check Firefox version
$ firefox --version
Mozilla Firefox 64.0
Check geckodriver version
$ geckodriver --version
geckodriver 0.23.0 ( 2018-10-04)
The source code of this program is available from
testing/geckodriver in https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central.
This program is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License 2.0.
You can obtain a copy of the license at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
If you have to browse to a special path to make those commands work and those commands don't work directly in your terminal or virtual environment, you might need to set one of the following keyword arguments in your call to webdriver.Firefox:
firefox_binary– Instance of FirefoxBinary or full path to the Firefox binary. If undefined, the system default Firefox installation will be used.
executable_path– Full path to override which geckodriver binary to use for Firefox 47.0.1 and greater, which defaults to picking up the binary from the system path.
Run nothing fancy as a test, but a minimal example of Selenium with Firefox in headless mode only, for example minimal_selenium_test.py:
import selenium.webdriver
options = selenium.webdriver.FirefoxOptions()
options.add_argument("--headless")
driver = selenium.webdriver.Firefox(firefox_options=options)
driver.get('https://www.python.org/')
print(driver.title)
driver.close()
This should work on your local laptop as well as on a virtual server as well as inside a Docker container and should print:
$ python3 minimal_selenium_test.py
Welcome to Python.org
answered Jan 4 at 17:33
finefootfinefoot
2,81641936
add a comment |
This is at least a partial answer to your question.
- Status code
-11means thatsubprocessexperiences a segmentation fault. Read more about it at Determining if a python subprocess segmentation faults
In the past, there were some problems with certain versions of Selenium not working well together with certain versions of Firefox and/or geckodriver. Find out your versions, update them to the most recent versions if possible and look for existing bug reports for your versions.
The following versions work well together on my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver system:
Check Python version
$ python3 --version
Python 3.6.7
Check Selenium version
$ python3 -c "import selenium; print(selenium.__version__)"
3.141.0
Check Firefox version
$ firefox --version
Mozilla Firefox 64.0
Check geckodriver version
$ geckodriver --version
geckodriver 0.23.0 ( 2018-10-04)
The source code of this program is available from
testing/geckodriver in https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central.
This program is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License 2.0.
You can obtain a copy of the license at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
If you have to browse to a special path to make those commands work and those commands don't work directly in your terminal or virtual environment, you might need to set one of the following keyword arguments in your call to webdriver.Firefox:
firefox_binary– Instance of FirefoxBinary or full path to the Firefox binary. If undefined, the system default Firefox installation will be used.
executable_path– Full path to override which geckodriver binary to use for Firefox 47.0.1 and greater, which defaults to picking up the binary from the system path.
Run nothing fancy as a test, but a minimal example of Selenium with Firefox in headless mode only, for example minimal_selenium_test.py:
import selenium.webdriver
options = selenium.webdriver.FirefoxOptions()
options.add_argument("--headless")
driver = selenium.webdriver.Firefox(firefox_options=options)
driver.get('https://www.python.org/')
print(driver.title)
driver.close()
This should work on your local laptop as well as on a virtual server as well as inside a Docker container and should print:
$ python3 minimal_selenium_test.py
Welcome to Python.org
answered Jan 4 at 17:33
finefootfinefoot
2,81641936
add a comment |
This is at least a partial answer to your question.
- Status code
-11means thatsubprocessexperiences a segmentation fault. Read more about it at Determining if a python subprocess segmentation faults
In the past, there were some problems with certain versions of Selenium not working well together with certain versions of Firefox and/or geckodriver. Find out your versions, update them to the most recent versions if possible and look for existing bug reports for your versions.
The following versions work well together on my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver system:
Check Python version
$ python3 --version
Python 3.6.7
Check Selenium version
$ python3 -c "import selenium; print(selenium.__version__)"
3.141.0
Check Firefox version
$ firefox --version
Mozilla Firefox 64.0
Check geckodriver version
$ geckodriver --version
geckodriver 0.23.0 ( 2018-10-04)
The source code of this program is available from
testing/geckodriver in https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central.
This program is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License 2.0.
You can obtain a copy of the license at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
If you have to browse to a special path to make those commands work and those commands don't work directly in your terminal or virtual environment, you might need to set one of the following keyword arguments in your call to webdriver.Firefox:
firefox_binary– Instance of FirefoxBinary or full path to the Firefox binary. If undefined, the system default Firefox installation will be used.
executable_path– Full path to override which geckodriver binary to use for Firefox 47.0.1 and greater, which defaults to picking up the binary from the system path.
Run nothing fancy as a test, but a minimal example of Selenium with Firefox in headless mode only, for example minimal_selenium_test.py:
import selenium.webdriver
options = selenium.webdriver.FirefoxOptions()
options.add_argument("--headless")
driver = selenium.webdriver.Firefox(firefox_options=options)
driver.get('https://www.python.org/')
print(driver.title)
driver.close()
This should work on your local laptop as well as on a virtual server as well as inside a Docker container and should print:
$ python3 minimal_selenium_test.py
Welcome to Python.org
answered Jan 4 at 17:33
finefootfinefoot
2,81641936
This is at least a partial answer to your question.
- Status code
-11means thatsubprocessexperiences a segmentation fault. Read more about it at Determining if a python subprocess segmentation faults
In the past, there were some problems with certain versions of Selenium not working well together with certain versions of Firefox and/or geckodriver. Find out your versions, update them to the most recent versions if possible and look for existing bug reports for your versions.
The following versions work well together on my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver system:
Check Python version
$ python3 --version
Python 3.6.7
Check Selenium version
$ python3 -c "import selenium; print(selenium.__version__)"
3.141.0
Check Firefox version
$ firefox --version
Mozilla Firefox 64.0
Check geckodriver version
$ geckodriver --version
geckodriver 0.23.0 ( 2018-10-04)
The source code of this program is available from
testing/geckodriver in https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central.
This program is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License 2.0.
You can obtain a copy of the license at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
If you have to browse to a special path to make those commands work and those commands don't work directly in your terminal or virtual environment, you might need to set one of the following keyword arguments in your call to webdriver.Firefox:
firefox_binary– Instance of FirefoxBinary or full path to the Firefox binary. If undefined, the system default Firefox installation will be used.
executable_path– Full path to override which geckodriver binary to use for Firefox 47.0.1 and greater, which defaults to picking up the binary from the system path.
Run nothing fancy as a test, but a minimal example of Selenium with Firefox in headless mode only, for example minimal_selenium_test.py:
import selenium.webdriver
options = selenium.webdriver.FirefoxOptions()
options.add_argument("--headless")
driver = selenium.webdriver.Firefox(firefox_options=options)
driver.get('https://www.python.org/')
print(driver.title)
driver.close()
This should work on your local laptop as well as on a virtual server as well as inside a Docker container and should print:
$ python3 minimal_selenium_test.py
Welcome to Python.org
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-11 means a segmentation fault in the child process, if that helps.
– Davis Herring
Jan 3 at 2:17
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@Jayjayyy: It appears in the
subprocessdocumentation. (True exit status values are non-negative, so you know they’re special somehow.)– Davis Herring
Jan 3 at 2:49
@Jayjayyy:
subprocessrepresents the termination of a child because of a signal (rather than anexit, which is the only other choice) with a negative number that indicates the signal (and can’t be confused with an exit code). (Segmentation faults happen during execution, not before it, although one could theoretically happen afterforkand beforeexec.)– Davis Herring
Jan 3 at 5:02
Thanks guys! How do I fix the segmentation fault for geckodriver.exe? I tried running 'geckodriver --version' through a terminal for the server yesterday, and it came back with the same error: segmentation fault. The permissions for the driver is set to 755.
– StephenB
Jan 3 at 16:15
Please run
file /home/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/venv/bin/geckodriverand post the output.– SiKing
Jan 4 at 17:28