Could not start Selenium session: Failed to start new browser session: Error while launching browser | Rajeev | 8/4/11 8:25 AM | Hi ,
I am getting this error while executing my test case : Please, can anyone help mw fixing the below error . Thanks in advance. java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not start Selenium session: Failed to start new browser session: Error while launching browser at com.thoughtworks.selenium.DefaultSelenium.start(DefaultSelenium.java: 90) at com.core.raj.CSel.setUp(CSel.java:15) at junit.framework.TestCase.runBare(TestCase.java:132) at com.thoughtworks.selenium.SeleneseTestCase.runBare(SeleneseTestCase.java: 228) at junit.framework.TestResult$1.protect(TestResult.java:110) at junit.framework.TestResult.runProtected(TestResult.java:128) at junit.framework.TestResult.run(TestResult.java:113) at junit.framework.TestCase.run(TestCase.java:124) at junit.framework.TestSuite.runTest(TestSuite.java:243) at junit.framework.TestSuite.run(TestSuite.java:238) at org.junit.internal.runners.JUnit38ClassRunner.run(JUnit38ClassRunner.java: 83) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.run(JUnit4TestReference.java: 45) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run(TestExecution.java: 38) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java: 460) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java: 673) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java: 386) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java: 196) Caused by: com.thoughtworks.selenium.SeleniumException: Failed to start new browser session: Error while launching browser at com.thoughtworks.selenium.HttpCommandProcessor.throwAssertionFailureExceptionOrError(HttpCommandProcessor.java: 101) at com.thoughtworks.selenium.HttpCommandProcessor.doCommand(HttpCommandProcessor.java: 95) at com.thoughtworks.selenium.HttpCommandProcessor.getString(HttpCommandProcessor.java: 266) at com.thoughtworks.selenium.HttpCommandProcessor.start(HttpCommandProcessor.java: 227) at com.thoughtworks.selenium.DefaultSelenium.start(DefaultSelenium.java: 82) ... 16 more |
RE: [selenium-users] Could not start Selenium session: Failed to start new browser session: Error while launching browser | Mark Collin | 8/4/11 9:09 AM | Have you got a selenium.start() in your script? --
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Re: [selenium-users] Could not start Selenium session: Failed to start new browser session: Error while launching browser | Krishnan Mahadevan | 8/4/11 9:16 AM | What browser are you dealing with here ? If its firefox perhaps you might want to check if there is a firefox stuck in memory (use task manager to explore and kill it if its running already) and then retry.
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Re: [selenium-users] Could not start Selenium session: Failed to start new browser session: Error while launching browser | vamsi tatikonda | 8/4/11 10:07 AM | Just go to the Task Manager and kill your browser instances and run your test again..It should work. Thanks, Vamsi
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Re: Could not start Selenium session: Failed to start new browser session: Error while launching browser | Reaz Patwary | 8/4/11 10:13 AM | I had similar issue. It was happening because of firefox issue and
firefox was updated and your selenium server is not ready for the updated version of firefox. Either download a new copy of stand alone selenium server or path your old server then run the test. It should work. Here is the link to path selenium server for updated version of firefox. http://groups.google.com/group/qahelp4all/browse_thread/thread/f38146a7b4b6dbff?hl=en Thanks RP |