Headful mode doesn't launch (Unable to open X display.)
See original GitHub issue"version": "2.1.1"
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 9.11 (stretch)
Release: 9.11
Codename: stretch
$ node -v
v12.14.1
Steps to reproduce
$ mkdir test && cd test && npm install puppeteer
> puppeteer@2.1.1 install /home/dun/_workspace/test/node_modules/puppeteer
> node install.js
Downloading Chromium r722234 - 121.1 Mb [====================] 100% 0.0s
Chromium downloaded to /home/dun/_workspace/test/node_modules/puppeteer/.local-chromium/linux-722234
npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/dun/_workspace/test/package.json'
npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/dun/_workspace/test/package.json'
npm WARN test No description
npm WARN test No repository field.
npm WARN test No README data
npm WARN test No license field.
+ puppeteer@2.1.1
added 43 packages from 24 contributors and audited 51 packages in 13.217s
1 package is looking for funding
run `npm fund` for details
found 0 vulnerabilities
$ touch test.js && echo "const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
>
> (async () => {
> const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
> headless: false,
> args: ['--no-sandbox']
> });
> })();" >> test.js
$ node test.js
(node:24628) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: Failed to launch the browser process!
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 100: unknown element "blank"
[24639:24639:0219/092954.631392:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(1512)] Unable to open X display.
[0219/092954.642321:ERROR:nacl_helper_linux.cc(308)] NaCl helper process running without a sandbox!
Most likely you need to configure your SUID sandbox correctly
TROUBLESHOOTING: https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/blob/master/docs/troubleshooting.md
at onClose (/home/dun/_workspace/test/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/Launcher.js:750:14)
at Interface.<anonymous> (/home/dun/_workspace/test/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/Launcher.js:739:50)
at Interface.emit (events.js:228:7)
at Interface.close (readline.js:402:8)
at Socket.onend (readline.js:180:10)
at Socket.emit (events.js:228:7)
at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1185:12)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:81:21)
(node:24628) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). (rejection id: 1)
(node:24628) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.
What is the expected result? Puppeteer should launch in headful mode.
What happens instead? Puppeteer throws error and exits.
I ran $ sudo apt install gconf-service libasound2 libatk1.0-0 libc6 libcairo2 libcups2 libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 libfontconfig1 l ibgcc1 libgconf-2-4 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libglib2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libnspr4 libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libstdc++6 li bx11-6 libx11-xcb1 libxcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxi6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libx ss1 libxtst6 ca-certificates fonts-liberation libappindicator1 libnss3 lsb-release xdg-utils
and restarded my server but it didn’t help.
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@dundunn Set headless to true 😃
That would be counterproductive if I wanted to start puppeteer in headful mode wouldn’t it?