Error launching browser from eclipse plug-in

[Selenium_newbie]

I'm trying to run a selenium RC Java class from an eclipse plug-in.
I'm getting the following error while trying to do so.

Failed to start new browser session, shutdown browser and clear all
session data

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: URI scheme is not "file"
at java.io.File.<init>(Unknown Source)
at
org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.ResourceExtractor.extractResourcePath
(ResourceExtractor.java:46)

I've tried clearing the browser session data and even tried uninstall
and reinstall of Firefox. Once in a while it works and mostly it
doesn't and only ends up with the above error.

Can someone please suggest a solution to this problem.

Thanks.

[Mark Collin]

Are you using a shortcut to the firefox executable, or linking
directly to it?

------------------------------
Mark Collin
Managing Director
Ardesco Solutions Ltd

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[Selenium_newbie]

I'm directly linking to firefox by setting the browser as *chrome in
setUp() method in the JUnit class.

Please find below the sequence of things I'm trying to do.

1) Record a test case from the Selenium IDE and export that as JUnit
Selenium RC class.
2) Trying to invoke/execute the JUnit class from the eclipse-plugin.

It is while doing the second step, I'm getting the mentioned error.

Thanks

On Oct 13, 2:21 pm, Mark Collin <m...@ardescosolutions.com> wrote:
> Are you using a shortcut to the firefox executable, or linking  
> directly to it?
>
> ------------------------------
> Mark Collin
> Managing Director
> Ardesco Solutions Ltd
>

> On 13 Oct 2009, at 08:10, Selenium_newbie <silas.jonat...@gmail.com>  

> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > I'm trying to run a selenium RC Java class from an eclipse plug-in.
> > I'm getting the following error while trying to do so.
>
> > Failed to start new browser session, shutdown browser and clear all
> > session data
>
> > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: URI scheme is not "file"
> >    at java.io.File.<init>(Unknown Source)
> >    at

> > org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.ResourceExtractor.extractResour­cePath

> > (ResourceExtractor.java:46)
>
> > I've tried clearing the browser session data and even tried uninstall
> > and reinstall of Firefox. Once in a while it works and mostly it
> > doesn't and only ends up with the above error.
>
> > Can someone please suggest a solution to this problem.
>
> > Thanks.
>
> --

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[Robin Jarry]

Hello there

I'm getting the same error than selenium_newbie

here's the full stacktrace :

12:08:56.466 ERROR - Failed to start new browser session, shutdown

browser and clear all session data
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: URI scheme is not "file"
at java.io.File.<init>(Unknown Source)
at

org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.ResourceExtractor.extractResourcePath
(ResourceExtractor.java:46)
at
org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.FirefoxChromeLauncher.extractProfileFromJar
(FirefoxChromeLauncher.java:144)
at
org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.FirefoxChromeLauncher.makeCustomProfile
(FirefoxChromeLauncher.java:181)
at
org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.FirefoxChromeLauncher.launch
(FirefoxChromeLauncher.java:82)
at
org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.FirefoxChromeLauncher.launchRemoteSession
(FirefoxChromeLauncher.java:350)
at
org.openqa.selenium.server.BrowserSessionFactory.createNewRemoteSession
(BrowserSessionFactory.java:357)
at
org.openqa.selenium.server.BrowserSessionFactory.getNewBrowserSession
(BrowserSessionFactory.java:122)
at
org.openqa.selenium.server.BrowserSessionFactory.getNewBrowserSession
(BrowserSessionFactory.java:84)
at
org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.getNewBrowserSession
(SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java:699)
at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.doCommand
(SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java:393)
at
org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.handleCommandRequest
(SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java:364)
at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.handle
(SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java:125)
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:820)
at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handleNext(HttpConnection.java:
986)
at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:837)
at org.mortbay.http.SocketListener.handleConnection
(SocketListener.java:245)
at org.mortbay.util.ThreadedServer.handle(ThreadedServer.java:357)
at org.mortbay.util.ThreadPool$PoolThread.run(ThreadPool.java:534)
12:08:56.528 INFO - Got result: Failed to start new browser session:
Error while launching browser on session null

The annoying thing is that when I launch the test case directly with
"the launch as JUnit test" in Eclipse, I get no error. Same when I
launch it whithin a main method in the test class.
The problem appears to happen when I call the setUp method from
outside the test class.

Any idea?

Thanks in advance,
Robin

[Santiago Suarez Ordoñez]

Try closing all the browsers before starting the test.

Santiago Suarez Ordoñez
Clients Success Engineer
Sauce Labs Inc
http://saucelabs.com

[Selenium_newbie]

Hi,

Yes, I've tried closing all the browsers and even tried uninstall and
install, but the problem still persists.

Any help will be of great value.

Thanks.

On Nov 10, 8:46 am, Santiago Suarez Ordoñez <santi...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Try closing all the browsers before starting the test.
>
> Santiago Suarez Ordoñez
> Clients Success Engineer

> Sauce Labs Inchttp://saucelabs.com

>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Robin Jarry <diabete...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello there
>
> > I'm getting the same error than selenium_newbie
>
> > here's the full stacktrace :
>
> > 12:08:56.466 ERROR - Failed to start new browser session, shutdown
> > browser and clear all session data
> > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: URI scheme is not "file"
> >        at java.io.File.<init>(Unknown Source)
> >        at
>

> > org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.ResourceExtractor.extractResour­cePath
> > (ResourceExtractor.java:46)
> >        at
>
> > org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.FirefoxChromeLauncher.extractPr­ofileFromJar
> > (FirefoxChromeLauncher.java:144)
> >        at
>
> > org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.FirefoxChromeLauncher.makeCusto­mProfile

> > (FirefoxChromeLauncher.java:181)
> >        at
> > org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.FirefoxChromeLauncher.launch
> > (FirefoxChromeLauncher.java:82)
> >        at
>

> > org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.FirefoxChromeLauncher.launchRem­oteSession

> > (FirefoxChromeLauncher.java:350)
> >        at
> > org.openqa.selenium.server.BrowserSessionFactory.createNewRemoteSession
> > (BrowserSessionFactory.java:357)
> >        at
> > org.openqa.selenium.server.BrowserSessionFactory.getNewBrowserSession
> > (BrowserSessionFactory.java:122)
> >        at
> > org.openqa.selenium.server.BrowserSessionFactory.getNewBrowserSession
> > (BrowserSessionFactory.java:84)
> >        at
>

> > org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.getNewBrowserSessi­on

> > (SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java:699)
> >        at
> > org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.doCommand
> > (SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java:393)
> >        at
>

> > org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.handleCommandReque­st

> > (SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java:364)
> >        at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.handle
> > (SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java:125)
> >        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:820)
> >        at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handleNext(HttpConnection.java:
> > 986)
> >        at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:837)
> >        at org.mortbay.http.SocketListener.handleConnection
> > (SocketListener.java:245)
> >        at org.mortbay.util.ThreadedServer.handle(ThreadedServer.java:357)
> >        at org.mortbay.util.ThreadPool$PoolThread.run(ThreadPool.java:534)
> > 12:08:56.528 INFO - Got result: Failed to start new browser session:
> > Error while launching browser on session null
>
> > The annoying thing is that when I launch the test case directly with
> > "the launch as JUnit test" in Eclipse, I get no error. Same when I
> > launch it whithin a main method in the test class.
> > The problem appears to happen when I call the setUp method from
> > outside the test class.
>
> > Any idea?
>
> > Thanks in advance,

> > Robin- Hide quoted text -

[ma...@ardescosolutions.com]

Try using profile manager to open up your selenium profile manually and then close it down again.

I'm guessing the browser may have crashed while running your selenium profile and left something behind that is causing the error.  A manual open and close should hopefully fix it (I'm assuming you are keeping your selenium profile when doing a reinstall hence the issue still occurs after reinstall.

i think the command was firefox.exe --profilemanager (assuming a windows box, replace the .exe. with bin for linux)

Regards

Mark

[jazoff]

Hey Guys,

I experienced this problem with selenium 1.0 and firefox 3.5 on ubuntu
9.1. To fix it, I hunted down the symbolic link for firefox in /usr/
bin and found that it pointed to an initialization script of some
sort. I knew that unless this script passed over arguments from the
selenium server upon initialization it would break the code (which is
what I thik is happening). So, I went into my selenium code and passed
the direct path to the firefox binary to the DefaultSelenium
constructor (i.e "*firefox /usr/lib/firefox-3.5.5/firefox") and it
worked! Long story short, the browser string "*firefox" will most
likely try to call the "firefox" command from /usr/bin. If this is not
a binary (as selenium expects) you will get an uncaught error.

Jon

[QA_manager]

Good catch - please write a defect here: http://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/list
so it doesn't get lost. I would point out that
http://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/detail?id=4 is very similar
in concept (although on Windows) and one solution could fix both bugs.