I'm on a windows server with a simmilar issue. I have run RC tests just fine but when I added grid and run the demo in parallel get failures. The browsers do open and I see the Flickr sites. The Testing-Results.xml is below.
What am I missing?
TESTING-RESULTS.XML:
<testng-results>\\ <reporter-output>\\ </reporter-output>\\ <suite name="Selenium Grid Demo In Parallel">\\ <groups>\\ <group name="demo">\\ <method signature="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser.domme(java.lang.String, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)" name="domme" class="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser"/>\\ <method signature="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser.montbazillac(java.lang.String, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)" name="montbazillac" class="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser"/>\\ <method signature="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser.lascaux(java.lang.String, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)" name="lascaux" class="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser"/>\\ <method signature="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser.sarlat(java.lang.String, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)" name="sarlat" class="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser"/>\\ </group>\\ <group name="default">\\ <method signature="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser.domme(java.lang.String, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)" name="domme" class="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser"/>\\ <method signature="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser.montbazillac(java.lang.String, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)" name="montbazillac" class="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser"/>\\ <method signature="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser.lascaux(java.lang.String, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)" name="lascaux" class="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser"/>\\ <method signature="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser.sarlat(java.lang.String, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)" name="sarlat" class="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser"/>\\ </group>\\ <group name="firefox">\\ <method signature="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser.domme(java.lang.String, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)" name="domme" class="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser"/>\\ <method signature="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser.montbazillac(java.lang.String, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)" name="montbazillac" class="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser"/>\\ <method signature="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser.lascaux(java.lang.String, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)" name="lascaux" class="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser"/>\\ <method signature="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser.sarlat(java.lang.String, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)" name="sarlat" class="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser"/>\\ </group>\\ </groups>\\ <test name="Command line test">\\ <class name="com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser">\\ <test-method status="FAIL" signature="montbazillac(java.lang.String, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)" name="montbazillac" duration-ms="15187" started-at="2009-05-08T09:50:33Z" description="Show off Montbazillac on Flickr." finished-at="2009-05-08T09:50:49Z">\\ <params>\\ <param index="0">\\ <value>\\ <![CDATA[localhost]]>\\ </value>\\ </param>\\ <param index="1">\\ <value>\\ <![CDATA[4444]]>\\ </value>\\ </param>\\ <param index="2">\\ <value>\\ <![CDATA[*firefox]]>\\ </value>\\ </param>\\ <param index="3">\\ <value>\\ <![CDATA[
http://flickr.com]]>\\ </value>\\ </param>\\ </params>\\ <exception class="java.lang.AssertionError">\\ <message>\\ <![CDATA[
http://www.flickr.com/]]>\\ </message>\\ <full-stacktrace>\\ <![CDATA[java.lang.AssertionError: [
http://www.flickr.com/]\\ at org.testng.AssertJUnit.fail(AssertJUnit.java:55)\\ at org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertTrue(AssertJUnit.java:22)\\ at com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.FlickrTestBase.runFlickrScenario(FlickrTestBase.java:16)\\ at com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser.montbazillac(WebTestForASingleBrowser.java:63)\\ at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)\\ at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)\\ at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)\\ at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)\\ at org.testng.internal.MethodHelper.invokeMethod(MethodHelper.java:580)\\ at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:478)\\ at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethod(Invoker.java:607)\\ at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethods(Invoker.java:874)\\ at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:125)\\ at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:109)\\ at org.testng.internal.thread.ThreadUtil$CountDownLatchedRunnable.run(ThreadUtil.java:132)\\ at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)\\ at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)\\ at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)\\ ]]>\\ </full-stacktrace>\\ </exception>\\ </test-method>\\ <test-method status="FAIL" signature="sarlat(java.lang.String, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)" name="sarlat" duration-ms="16109" started-at="2009-05-08T09:50:33Z" description="Show off Sarlat on Flickr." finished-at="2009-05-08T09:50:50Z">\\ <params>\\ <param index="0">\\ <value>\\ <![CDATA[localhost]]>\\ </value>\\ </param>\\ <param index="1">\\ <value>\\ <![CDATA[4444]]>\\ </value>\\ </param>\\ <param index="2">\\ <value>\\ <![CDATA[*firefox]]>\\ </value>\\ </param>\\ <param index="3">\\ <value>\\ <![CDATA[
http://flickr.com]]>\\ </value>\\ </param>\\ </params>\\ <exception class="java.lang.AssertionError">\\ <message>\\ <![CDATA[
http://www.flickr.com/]]>\\ </message>\\ <full-stacktrace>\\ <![CDATA[java.lang.AssertionError: [
http://www.flickr.com/]\\ at org.testng.AssertJUnit.fail(AssertJUnit.java:55)\\ at org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertTrue(AssertJUnit.java:22)\\ at com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.FlickrTestBase.runFlickrScenario(FlickrTestBase.java:16)\\ at com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser.sarlat(WebTestForASingleBrowser.java:29)\\ at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)\\ at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)\\ at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)\\ at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)\\ at org.testng.internal.MethodHelper.invokeMethod(MethodHelper.java:580)\\ at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:478)\\ at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethod(Invoker.java:607)\\ at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethods(Invoker.java:874)\\ at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:125)\\ at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:109)\\ at org.testng.internal.thread.ThreadUtil$CountDownLatchedRunnable.run(ThreadUtil.java:132)\\ at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)\\ at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)\\ at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)\\ ]]>\\ </full-stacktrace>\\ </exception>\\ </test-method>\\ <test-method status="FAIL" signature="domme(java.lang.String, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)" name="domme" duration-ms="13469" started-at="2009-05-08T09:50:33Z" description="Show off Domme on Flickr." finished-at="2009-05-08T09:50:47Z">\\ <params>\\ <param index="0">\\ <value>\\ <![CDATA[localhost]]>\\ </value>\\ </param>\\ <param index="1">\\ <value>\\ <![CDATA[4444]]>\\ </value>\\ </param>\\ <param index="2">\\ <value>\\ <![CDATA[*firefox]]>\\ </value>\\ </param>\\ <param index="3">\\ <value>\\ <![CDATA[
http://flickr.com]]>\\ </value>\\ </param>\\ </params>\\ <exception class="java.lang.AssertionError">\\ <message>\\ <![CDATA[
http://www.flickr.com/]]>\\ </message>\\ <full-stacktrace>\\ <![CDATA[java.lang.AssertionError: [
http://www.flickr.com/]\\ at org.testng.AssertJUnit.fail(AssertJUnit.java:55)\\ at org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertTrue(AssertJUnit.java:22)\\ at com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.FlickrTestBase.runFlickrScenario(FlickrTestBase.java:16)\\ at com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser.domme(WebTestForASingleBrowser.java:52)\\ at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)\\ at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)\\ at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)\\ at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)\\ at org.testng.internal.MethodHelper.invokeMethod(MethodHelper.java:580)\\ at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:478)\\ at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethod(Invoker.java:607)\\ at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethods(Invoker.java:874)\\ at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:125)\\ at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:109)\\ at org.testng.internal.thread.ThreadUtil$CountDownLatchedRunnable.run(ThreadUtil.java:132)\\ at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)\\ at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)\\ at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)\\ ]]>\\ </full-stacktrace>\\ </exception>\\ </test-method>\\ <test-method status="FAIL" signature="lascaux(java.lang.String, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)" name="lascaux" duration-ms="13437" started-at="2009-05-08T09:50:33Z" description="Show off Lascaux on Flickr." finished-at="2009-05-08T09:50:47Z">\\ <params>\\ <param index="0">\\ <value>\\ <![CDATA[localhost]]>\\ </value>\\ </param>\\ <param index="1">\\ <value>\\ <![CDATA[4444]]>\\ </value>\\ </param>\\ <param index="2">\\ <value>\\ <![CDATA[*firefox]]>\\ </value>\\ </param>\\ <param index="3">\\ <value>\\ <![CDATA[
http://flickr.com]]>\\ </value>\\ </param>\\ </params>\\ <exception class="java.lang.AssertionError">\\ <message>\\ <![CDATA[
http://www.flickr.com/]]>\\ </message>\\ <full-stacktrace>\\ <![CDATA[java.lang.AssertionError: [
http://www.flickr.com/]\\ at org.testng.AssertJUnit.fail(AssertJUnit.java:55)\\ at org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertTrue(AssertJUnit.java:22)\\ at com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.FlickrTestBase.runFlickrScenario(FlickrTestBase.java:16)\\ at com.thoughtworks.selenium.grid.demo.WebTestForASingleBrowser.lascaux(WebTestForASingleBrowser.java:41)\\ at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)\\ at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)\\ at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)\\ at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)\\ at org.testng.internal.MethodHelper.invokeMethod(MethodHelper.java:580)\\ at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:478)\\ at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethod(Invoker.java:607)\\ at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethods(Invoker.java:874)\\ at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:125)\\ at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:109)\\ at org.testng.internal.thread.ThreadUtil$CountDownLatchedRunnable.run(ThreadUtil.java:132)\\ at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)\\ at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)\\ at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)\\ ]]>\\ </full-stacktrace>\\ </exception>\\ </test-method>\\ </class>\\ </test>\\ </suite>\\ </testng-results>