Google Chrome Headless fails to run under WSL

[rfgamaral]

I'm aware of a couple of issues related to similar problems but none of them have the same errors so I opted for opening a new issue as I'm not sure they are the same problem or different.

• Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.472]

• What you're doing and what's happening:

Ricardo@LP5J44QH2:~$ google-chrome --headless --disable-gpu --dump-dom https://www.chromestatus.com/
[0102/175654.650788:ERROR:gpu_process_transport_factory.cc(967)] Lost UI shared context.
Failed to generate minidump.Illegal instruction (core dumped)
Ricardo@LP5J44QH2:~$ [0100/000000.704099:ERROR:zygote_linux.cc(621)] Zygote could not fork: process_type renderer numfds 6 child_pid -1
[0100/000000.704825:ERROR:zygote_linux.cc(653)] write: Broken pipe (32)
^C
Ricardo@LP5J44QH2:~$ google-chrome --no-gpu --no-sandbox --disable-setuid-sandbox --headless --dump-dom http://www.chromestatus.com
[0102/175703.125280:ERROR:gpu_process_transport_factory.cc(967)] Lost UI shared context.
Failed to generate minidump.Illegal instruction (core dumped)
Ricardo@LP5J44QH2:~$ [0100/000000.203913:FATAL:zygote_linux.cc(87)] : No such process (3)
^C
Ricardo@LP5J44QH2:~$ google-chrome --no-gpu --no-sandbox --disable-setuid-sandbox --headless --dump-dom --single-process http://www.chromestatus.com
[0102/175712.758975:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(591)] Failed to put Xlib into threaded mode.
[0102/175712.778547:ERROR:gpu_process_transport_factory.cc(967)] Lost UI shared context.
Failed to generate minidump.Illegal instruction (core dumped)
Ricardo@LP5J44QH2:~$ [0100/000000.827415:ERROR:zygote_linux.cc(621)] Zygote could not fork: process_type renderer numfds 6 child_pid -1
[0100/000000.828156:ERROR:zygote_linux.cc(653)] write: Broken pipe (32)
^C

Similarly, this is what I get when trying to run Karma with Chrome Headless:

02 01 2019 18:02:06.653:INFO [karma]: Karma v2.0.0 server started at http://0.0.0.0:9876/
02 01 2019 18:02:06.654:INFO [launcher]: Launching browser ChromeHeadless with unlimited concurrency
02 01 2019 18:02:07.165:INFO [launcher]: Starting browser ChromeHeadless
02 01 2019 18:02:07.167:DEBUG [temp-dir]: Creating temp dir at /tmp/karma-5187846
02 01 2019 18:02:07.172:DEBUG [launcher]: google-chrome --user-data-dir=/tmp/karma-5187846 --no-default-browser-check --no-first-run --disable-default-apps --disable-popup-blocking --disable-translate --disable-background-timer-throttling --disable-renderer-backgrounding --disable-device-discovery-notifications http://localhost:9876/?id=5187846 --headless --disable-gpu --remote-debugging-port=9222
02 01 2019 18:02:11.338:DEBUG [launcher]: Process ChromeHeadless exited with code 0
02 01 2019 18:02:11.339:ERROR [launcher]: Cannot start ChromeHeadless
        [0102/180210.440718:ERROR:gpu_process_transport_factory.cc(967)] Lost UI shared context.

DevTools listening on ws://127.0.0.1:9222/devtools/browser/ba948659-afbe-483b-8915-b751e5e44905
Failed to generate minidump.[0100/000000.563390:ERROR:zygote_linux.cc(621)] Zygote could not fork: process_type renderer numfds 6 child_pid -1
[0100/000000.568799:ERROR:zygote_linux.cc(653)] write: Broken pipe (32)

02 01 2019 18:02:11.340:ERROR [launcher]: ChromeHeadless stdout:
02 01 2019 18:02:11.340:ERROR [launcher]: ChromeHeadless stderr: [0102/180210.440718:ERROR:gpu_process_transport_factory.cc(967)] Lost UI shared context.

DevTools listening on ws://127.0.0.1:9222/devtools/browser/ba948659-afbe-483b-8915-b751e5e44905
Failed to generate minidump.[0100/000000.563390:ERROR:zygote_linux.cc(621)] Zygote could not fork: process_type renderer numfds 6 child_pid -1
[0100/000000.568799:ERROR:zygote_linux.cc(653)] write: Broken pipe (32)

02 01 2019 18:02:11.342:DEBUG [temp-dir]: Cleaning temp dir /tmp/karma-5187846

• What's wrong / what should be happening instead:

Google Chrome should launch in headless mode.

• How have I installed Google Chrome?

curl -sS https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
sudo echo 'deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install google-chrome-stable

[Javiery3889]

I had the same issue, but running the command with sudo and --no-sandbox works.

$ google-chrome --enable-logging --headless -disable-gpu --screenshot http://example.com
Failed to move to new namespace: PID namespaces supported, Network namespace supported, but failed: errno = Permission denied
Failed to generate minidump.Illegal instruction (core dumped)

$ sudo google-chrome --enable-logging --headless -disable-gpu --no-sandbox --screenshot http://example.com
[0115/091032.742655:ERROR:gpu_process_transport_factory.cc(967)] Lost UI shared context.
[0115/091035.590133:INFO:headless_shell.cc(546)] Written to file screenshot.png.

[thamerla]

#3778

[benken-parasoft]

I had the same issue, but running the command with sudo and --no-sandbox works

Also see comments about this in issue #3282