xvfb-run issue - Cannot start browser

[tymej]

Hello,

I'm trying to run chromium with xvfb and it keep throwing error:

[2021-09-29 09:18:55] DEBUG process: initializing
[2021-09-29 09:18:55] DEBUG process: using directory: /tmp/chromium-php-FRpkRz
[2021-09-29 09:18:55] DEBUG process: starting process: '/bin/chromium.sh' '--remote-debugging-port=0' '--disable-background-networking' '--disable-background-timer-throttling' '--disable-client-side-phishing-detection' '--disable-default-apps' '--disable-extensions' '--disable-hang-monitor' '--disable-popup-blocking' '--disable-prompt-on-repost' '--disable-sync' '--disable-translate' '--metrics-recording-only' '--no-first-run' '--safebrowsing-disable-auto-update' '--enable-automation' '--password-store=basic' '--use-mock-keychain' '--blink-settings=imagesEnabled=false' '--window-size=1280,900' '--no-sandbox' '--user-data-dir=/tmp/chromium-php-FRpkRz'
[2021-09-29 09:18:55] DEBUG process: waiting for 30 seconds for startup

   RuntimeException 

  Cannot start browser

  at vendor/chrome-php/chrome/src/Browser/BrowserProcess.php:439
    435▕             };
    436▕ 
    437▕             return Utils::tryWithTimeout($timeout, $generator($process));
    438▕         } catch (OperationTimedOut $e) {
  ➜ 439▕             throw new \RuntimeException('Cannot start browser', 0, $e);
    440▕         }
    441▕     }
    442▕ 
    443▕     /**

      +4 vendor frames 
  5   app/BrowserFactory::createBrowser()

  6   app\ChromeBrowserBuilder::build()
[2021-09-29 09:19:25] DEBUG process: killing chrome
[2021-09-29 09:19:25] DEBUG process: stopping process
[2021-09-29 09:19:25] DEBUG process: process stopped with exit code 143
[2021-09-29 09:19:25] DEBUG process: cleaning temporary resources:/tmp/chromium-php-FRpkRz

The browser process looks like is not returning any output for php script.

Below command run says that the browser is listening.

/bin/chromium.sh --remote-debugging-port=0 --disable-background-networking --disable-background-timer-throttling --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --disable-default-apps --disable-extensions --disable-hang-monitor --disable-popup-blocking --disable-prompt-on-repost --disable-sync --disable-translate --metrics-recording-only --no-first-run --safebrowsing-disable-auto-update --enable-automation --password-store=basic --use-mock-keychain --blink-settings=imagesEnabled=false --window-size=1280,900 --no-sandbox --user-data-dir=/tmp/chromium-php-FRpkRz

(chrome:1401): Gtk-WARNING **: 09:26:22.646: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:1428:23: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name

(chrome:1401): Gtk-WARNING **: 09:26:22.659: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:3318:25: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name

(chrome:1401): Gtk-WARNING **: 09:26:22.661: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:3780:23: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name
[1401:4377:0929/092623.745088:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(642)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.DBus.ListActivatableNames: object_path= /org/freedesktop/DBus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: An AppArmor policy prevents this sender from sending this message to this recipient; type="method_call", sender=":1.46" (uid=1000 pid=1401 comm="/snap/chromium/1753/usr/lib/chromium-browser/chrom" label="snap.chromium.chromium (enforce)") interface="org.freedesktop.DBus" member="ListActivatableNames" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="org.freedesktop.DBus" (bus)
libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null)
[4393:4393:0929/092628.310722:ERROR:viz_main_impl.cc(162)] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization

DevTools listening on ws://127.0.0.1:37769/devtools/browser/3d9a40ad-4fac-4dd0-9570-126a52a64810
[4424:4424:0929/092628.437427:ERROR:gpu_init.cc(441)] Passthrough is not supported, GL is swiftshader

Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS, PHP 8.0.11 (cli)

/bin/chromium.sh script content

#!/bin/bash
xvfb-run -a --server-args="-screen 0, 1280x900x16" chromium-browser $@

chrome-php/chrome v1.1.0

Tested with browsers:

• chromium stable - 93.0.4577.82
• chromium edge - 96.0.4655.0
• google-chrome - 94.0.4606.61

Thanks for any advices.

[tymej]

Works fine on raw debian 10 instead of ubuntu.

[idem84]

Any news? Ubuntu 18, same here

Chrome process stopped before startup completed. Additional info: [8055:8055:0504/185004.260287:ERROR:ozone_platform_x11.cc(247)] Missing X server or $DISPLAY [8055:8055:0504/185004.260352:ERROR:env.cc(225)] The platform failed to initialize. Exiting.

[urinaldeuce]

This occurred for me when I was trying to run the php file as a crontab/job.
It appears to be an environment variable for the display.

To fix when using a chron job use: export DISPLAY=$HOST_IP:10.0 && execute php script

The issue happens with puppeteer: puppeteer/puppeteer#8148