Instapy: problem with chrome driver , ubuntu 512mb RAM

[sugionodjojo]

hello,

have this issue

root@ubuntu-512mb-nyc2-01:/InstaPy# python quickstart.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "quickstart.py", line 8, in
InstaPy(username=os.getenv('xxxxxx'), password=os.getenv('xxxxxx'))\
File "/InstaPy/instapy/instapy.py", line 34, in __init__
self.browser = webdriver.Chrome('./assets/chromedriver', chrome_options=chrome_options)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/chrome/webdriver.py", line 69, in __init__
desired_capabilities=desired_capabilities)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 90, in __init__
self.start_session(desired_capabilities, browser_profile)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 177, in start_session
response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, capabilities)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 236, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 192, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.29.461571 (8a88bbe0775e2a23afda0ceaf2ef7ee74e822cc5),platform=Linux 4.4.0-66-generic x86_64)

[eduardocalazansjr]

Read the entire documentation

Make sure to use the 1GB RAM version (or better)

[jasezzx]

Hi,
I still got same errors after upgrading to 1GB RAM version. please help. Thanks!

root@ubuntu-512mb-sfo2-01:~/InstaPy# free
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 1016180 46764 575400 3128 394016 789852
Swap: 0 0 0
root@ubuntu-512mb-sfo2-01:~/InstaPy#
root@ubuntu-512mb-sfo2-01:~/InstaPy# python quickstart.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "quickstart.py", line 15, in
InstaPy(username='test', password='test')\
File "/root/InstaPy/instapy/instapy.py", line 34, in __init__
self.browser = webdriver.Chrome('./assets/chromedriver', chrome_options=chrome_options)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/chrome/webdriver.py", line 69, in __init__
desired_capabilities=desired_capabilities)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 90, in __init__
self.start_session(desired_capabilities, browser_profile)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 177, in start_session
response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, capabilities)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 236, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 192, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.29.461571 (8a88bbe0775e2a23afda0ceaf2ef7ee74e822cc5),platform=Linux 4.4.0-72-generic x86_64)

[sugionodjojo]

first , it is not 1gb, it is 512 mb,

and you might want to chmod +x and chmod 755 , chromedriver in assets

read more on https://github.com/timgrossmann/InstaPy/issues/48

[jasezzx]

Thanks for your quick response. I have already done what you mentioned.
and my droplet is 1GB, you could see the attached screenshot and also total mem info below is 1016180. I guess just the name hasn't been updated. thanks

root@ubuntu-512mb-sfo2-01:~/InstaPy/assets# ls -l
total 7332
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7500280 Apr 3 18:21 chromedriver
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 489 Apr 18 07:00 unicodes.md
root@ubuntu-512mb-sfo2-01:~/InstaPy/assets# free
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 1016180 49424 569676 4408 397080 785880
Swap: 0 0 0
root@ubuntu-512mb-sfo2-01:~/InstaPy/assets#

[sugionodjojo]

have you uncomment #27 and #28 on instapy.py file? related to pyvirtualdisplay
/InstaPy/assets/instapy/instapy.py

[jasezzx]

Yes, seems the default setting in instapy.py file is uncommented like below.

class InstaPy:
"""Class to be instantiated to use the script"""
def __init__(self, username=None, password=None):
#self.display = Display(visible=0, size=(800, 600))
#self.display.start()
chrome_options = Options()

[sugionodjojo]

delete the #, so that script can work (uncomment)

[jasezzx]

So sorry. What a stupid mistake. Thank you so much: D