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Haroon

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Jul 7, 2008 3:24 PM

Selenium RC and Firefox 3

I am trying to run a test against Firefox 3 released version using Selenium RC. The same test works fine with Firefox 2.0. The error is as below. Is there anything that I need to setup before running the tests for Firefox 3.0

21:21:02.616 INFO - Command request: getNewBrowserSession[*chrome, http://login.salesforce.com/] on session null
21:21:02.631 INFO - creating new remote session
21:21:02.631 INFO - Allocated session c9f9a463261f4125800ce5e4567cc8cd for http://login.salesforce.com/, launching...
21:21:02.725 INFO - Preparing Firefox profile...
21:21:24.317 WARN - POST /selenium-server/driver/ HTTP/1.1
java.lang.RuntimeException: Firefox refused shutdown while preparing a profile
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.FirefoxChromeLauncher.waitForFullProfileToBeCreated(FirefoxChrome
Launcher.java:290)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.FirefoxChromeLauncher.launch(FirefoxChromeLauncher.java:143)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.FirefoxChromeLauncher.launchRemoteSession(FirefoxChromeLauncher.j
ava:329)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.BrowserSessionFactory.createNewRemoteSession(BrowserSessionFactory.java:312)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.BrowserSessionFactory.getNewBrowserSession(BrowserSessionFactory.java:113)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.BrowserSessionFactory.getNewBrowserSession(BrowserSessionFactory.java:78)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.getNewBrowserSession(SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.j
ava:653)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.doCommand(SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java:410)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.handleCommandRequest(SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.j
ava:388)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.handle(SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java:135)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1530)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1482)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpServer.service(HttpServer.java:909)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.service(HttpConnection.java:816)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handleNext(HttpConnection.java:982)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:833)
        at org.mortbay.http.SocketListener.handleConnection(SocketListener.java:244)
        at org.mortbay.util.ThreadedServer.handle(ThreadedServer.java:357)
        at org.mortbay.util.ThreadPool$PoolThread.run(ThreadPool.java:534)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.FirefoxChromeLauncher$FileLockRemainedException: Lock file still
present! C:\Users\Ayesha\AppData\Local\Temp\customProfileDirc9f9a463261f4125800ce5e4567cc8cd\parent.lock
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.FirefoxChromeLauncher.waitForFileLockToGoAway(FirefoxChromeLaunch
er.java:247)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.FirefoxChromeLauncher.waitForFullProfileToBeCreated(FirefoxChrome
Launcher.java:288)
        ... 18 more
21:21:24.364 INFO - Command request: open[/, ] on session null
21:21:24.364 ERROR - Exception running command
java.lang.NullPointerException: sessionId should not be null; has this session been started yet?
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.FrameGroupCommandQueueSet.getQueueSet(FrameGroupCommandQueueSet.java:199)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.doCommand(SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java:535)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.handleCommandRequest(SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.j
ava:388)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.handle(SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java:135)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1530)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1482)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpServer.service(HttpServer.java:909)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.service(HttpConnection.java:816)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handleNext(HttpConnection.java:982)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:833)
        at org.mortbay.http.SocketListener.handleConnection(SocketListener.java:244)
        at org.mortbay.util.ThreadedServer.handle(ThreadedServer.java:357)
        at org.mortbay.util.ThreadPool$PoolThread.run(ThreadPool.java:534)
21:21:24.395 INFO - Got result: ERROR Server Exception: sessionId should not be null; has this session been started yet?
on session null

Andras Hatvani

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1. Jul 7, 2008 4:40 PM

in response to: Haroon

Re: Selenium RC and Firefox 3

Hello,

did you try to search the forum for an answer?

Andras

p.s. This is an issue, which is unfortunately reported almost every day...

Haroon

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2. Jul 7, 2008 4:51 PM

in response to: Andras Hatvani

Re: Selenium RC and Firefox 3

I tried implement couple of solutions already provided in the existing posts like adding firefox 3 in the path variable and then start it as *custom firefox3 but was not successful.

Therefore I started a new post, may be there is something that I am missing, but not sure from the error.

It would be appreciated if someone can point me to the right direction.

Krystian

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3. Aug 13, 2008 3:16 AM

in response to: Haroon

Re: Selenium RC and Firefox 3

I had exactly same error and no solution helped me. I started new post with question, when Slenium i going to be compatible with IE and Firefox3. That's pretty anoying.

Haroon

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4. Aug 13, 2008 3:53 AM

in response to: Krystian

Re: Selenium RC and Firefox 3

I did not try to implement a solution to this problem but I can suggest couple of workarounds. You can try these.

1. Get the latest snapshot of the Selenium RC from the site and try with FF3.

2. Add FF3 to your path and start the selenium server with *custom.

I have not tried these options but people on the forum advise to do that for FF3. I hope this helps.

Thanks

Haroon Rasheed

Michael Latta

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5. Aug 20, 2008 9:16 PM

in response to: Haroon

Re: Selenium RC and Firefox 3

Adding FF3 to the path and using *custom firefox and manually coniguring the proxy settings does work. Except that you only get one shot. After it completes a test, it tries to again create a new firefox for the next test which fails because the previous instance of firefox is already running (at least on a Mac you can not do this). This of course also renders FF3 unusable for normal browsing as the Selenium proxy server must be running to see anything. I am still trying to determin which version of Selenium is bundled with the Selenium-1.1.14 gem for ruby.

Michael

Michael Latta

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6. Aug 20, 2008 9:35 PM

in response to: Michael Latta

Re: Selenium RC and Firefox 3

Using 1.0 beta 1 does not appear to make a difference (it might be what was in the gem). Trying the nightles next.

Michael

Michael Latta

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7. Aug 20, 2008 9:54 PM

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Re: Selenium RC and Firefox 3

Using tonight's nightlies resolved the problem partly. I can run multiple tests in sequence and they each open firefox and run the test without intervention. But, each test gets its own copy of firefox which means after 10 tests I have 10 sets of open windows and 10 firefox applications running. Each application needs to be exited individually as well. Making progress I guess, but not quite there yet.

Michael

Jason Huggins

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8. Aug 20, 2008 11:40 PM

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Re: Selenium RC and Firefox 3

I had a heck of a time figuring out the correct text to add to my path so that Selenium RC can even find the correct Firefox 3 binary.

At least for Ubuntu + Firefox 3, I can say with confidence:

Add this to your "~/.profile":

PATH="/usr/lib/firefox-3.0.1/:$PATH"

Note that the the firefox bit comes first... Don't do the following, because it will totally fail:

PATH="$PATH:/usr/lib/firefox-3.0.1/"

And this, too, will fail (because PATH should be directories, not files):

PATH="/usr/lib/firefox-3.0.1/firefox:$PATH"

I can't tell you how frustrating it was trying to debug this issue.

Thanks to Dan Fabulich for finally showing me the light... and the "path"!

Also, on a side note... people should really use "*chrome" as their default replacement for "*firefox" mode. "*chrome" has no problems with cross-site scripting issues and just feels more stable.

-Jason

Michael C Ford

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9. Aug 21, 2008 5:09 PM

in response to: Jason Huggins

Re: Selenium RC and Firefox 3

I am trying this but I have not success.

I modified

self.selenium = selenium("localhost", 4444, "*firefox", "http://192.168.100.12/")

self.selenium = selenium("localhost", 4444, "*chrome C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe", "http://192.168.100.12/")

still receive the same result, this works with

self.selenium = selenium("localhost", 4444, "*iexplorer", "http://192.168.100.12/")

this is in my windows environment

unix it seems to work ok.

I really need a method that the same scripts will run on linux or windows without modifications.

Michael Latta

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10. Aug 21, 2008 5:33 PM

in response to: Michael C Ford

Re: Selenium RC and Firefox 3

I am not on Windows so I am not sure about that. I had to use the nightly build from last night, the beta 1 build does not appear to work with FF3.

Michael

Michael Latta

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11. Aug 26, 2008 2:50 AM

in response to: Jason Huggins

Re: Selenium RC and Firefox 3

I thought I saw something that said that *chrome was deprecated and

not being supported.

Michael

Frederik De Milde

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12. Aug 26, 2008 10:22 AM

in response to: Haroon

Re: Selenium RC and Firefox 3

Hi,

On windows I succeeded to run Selenium RC and Firefox 3 using the following steps

run firefox in profilemanager mode ("path\to\firefox.exe" -profilemanager)
create new profile (e.g. selenese) with a specific path (e.g.a directory in your workspace)
open this new profile from within the profile manager and change the proxy settings within firefox (localhost:4444 or change accordingly in case your selenium RC server runs on a different port)
use the following browser string within Selenium RC: *custom path\to\firefox.exe -no-remote -profile path\to\profile\selenese

Hope this helps

regards

Frederik

French Official

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13. Aug 26, 2008 4:42 PM

in response to: Frederik De Milde

Re: Selenium RC and Firefox 3

This helps!

Thank you.

vela

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14. Sep 2, 2008 2:28 AM

in response to: French Official

Re: Selenium RC and Firefox 3

hi,

im using above method ,but i could run.

and i want know about 3 and 4th step.

i have created profile ,but where i can chage

proxy ..let me explain brifely .

any body help me

thanks

velavan

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