hmm - thanks George. I'm not sure if it's the same problem, but if it is the same, is there any way around it? I tried increasing the number of tries in the set_defaults method in firefox.rb (to 25, 100, 1000 and 5000) with no luck.
Thanks, Em On Apr 23, 12:52 pm, George <george.sand...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Emily, > > I've talked to Bret personally about this same issue...it appears that > it is some kind of timing issue when Firefox opens its first browser. > I would get this message once, but all subsequent attempts to open FF > via Watir does not display the error from that point on. > > -George > > On Apr 22, 7:17 pm, emz452 <emz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > I have recently started working from home and have just finished > > setting up my rails development environment. I'm running into a > > problem with Watir when running some of my tests. > > > This was all running smoothly on my PC at work, so it must be some > > setting or configuration problem on my home pc. > > > I've seen this posted a couple of times in the forum, however I have > > tried all the recommended solutions and still can't seem to resolve > > it. > > > The full error is: > > Unable to connect to machine : 127.0.0.1 on port 9997. Make sure that > > JSSh is properly installed and Firefox is running with '-jssh' option > > (Watir::Exception::UnableToStartJSShException) > > /home/emily/Documents/metis/vendor/plugins/watir-on-rails/lib/ > > watir_on_rails.rb:35:in `open_browser' > > ./features/support/watir.rb:331:in `initialize' > > ./features/support/watir.rb:11:in `new' > > ./features/support/watir.rb:11:in `initialize' > > > A firefox browser does open up, but nothing further happens. > > > My setup: > > I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) (dual boot with a windows pc) > > I have the gem firewatir 1.6.2 installed. > > I'm using Firefox 3 and have the JSSh 0.9 extension installed and > > enabled. (I made sure to select the Linux, Firefox 3 version from > > here:http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/FireWatir+Installation#FireWatirIn... > > > My firefox settings are - > > - New pages should be opened in a new window > > - Popups are not blocked > > > I have tried uninstalling/re-installing the JSSh extension, disabling > > and re-enabling it and restarted firefox each time. > > > If I launch firefox with -jssh and try to telnet: > > em...@emily-desktop:~$ firefox -jssh > > em...@emily-desktop:~$ telnet localhost 9997 > > Trying 127.0.0.1... > > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused > > em...@emily-desktop:~$ > > > When I run the unit tests it fails: > > em...@emily-desktop:/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/firewatir-1.6.2/ > > unittests$ sudo ruby mozilla_all_tests.rb > > [sudo] password for emily: > > /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/firewatir-1.6.2/unittests/setup.rb:13:in > > `require': no such file to load -- watir (LoadError) > > from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/firewatir-1.6.2/unittests/setup.rb: > > 13 > > from mozilla_all_tests.rb:3:in `require' > > from mozilla_all_tests.rb:3 > > However I read that this happens with 1.6.2, so I'm not sure if this > > means anything. (I think I need to copy development files across?) > > > If anyone has any suggestions of possible settings/config changes I > > could check, it would be greatly appreciated! I'm new to watir - so > > there may be something very obvious I've missed! > > > Many thanks, > > Emily --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
