Instapy: Not able to run nogui=True

[alberto11651]

Hi, I need help, when trying to run nogui=True i get an error.

Im testing in localhost because I would like to run it in AWS but i couldnt because of this error.

How can I solve it?

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Portatil Casa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\easyprocess__init__.py", line 225, in start
env=self.env,
File "C:\Users\Portatil Casa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 707, in __init__
restore_signals, start_new_session)
File "C:\Users\Portatil Casa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 990, in _execute_child
startupinfo)
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] El sistema no puede encontrar el archivo especificado

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Portatil Casa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\easyprocess__init__.py", line 178, in check_installed
self.call()
File "C:\Users\Portatil Casa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\easyprocess__init__.py", line 194, in call
self.start().wait(timeout=timeout)
File "C:\Users\Portatil Casa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\easyprocess__init__.py", line 230, in start
raise EasyProcessError(self, 'start error')
easyprocess.EasyProcessError: start error

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Portatil Casa\Desktop\automatizacion\tomahawk\example.py", line 5, in
session = InstaPy(username=----------', password='--------, nogui=True)
File "C:\Users\Portatil Casa\Desktop\automatizacion\tomahawk\instapy\instapy.py", line 48, in __init__
self.display = Display(visible=0, size=(800, 600))
File "C:\Users\Portatil Casa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\pyvirtualdisplay\display.py", line 34, in __init__
self._obj = self.display_class(
File "C:\Users\Portatil Casa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\pyvirtualdisplay\display.py", line 52, in display_class
cls.check_installed()
File "C:\Users\Portatil Casa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\pyvirtualdisplay\xvfb.py", line 38, in check_installed
ubuntu_package=PACKAGE).check_installed()
File "C:\Users\Portatil Casa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\easyprocess__init__.py", line 180, in check_installed
raise EasyProcessCheckInstalledError(self)
easyprocess.EasyProcessCheckInstalledError: cmd=['Xvfb', '-help']
OSError=[WinError 2] El sistema no puede encontrar el archivo especificado
Program install error!

[Unreal89]

Check which version of python you have installed, I don't remember if the 2.x or the 3.x is somehow provoking this issue.

[alberto11651]

Same error with 2.7 and 3.x

[alberto11651]

Could someone, who got it working, tell me how does it run?

[staringispolite]

Getting this error too, on both Python 2 and 3.

I'll update if I get anywhere. This may be a clue: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32173839/easyprocess-easyprocesscheckinstallederror-cmd-xvfb-help-oserror-errno

[staringispolite]

So, the root exception in this stack trace is the shell not finding Xvfb (X virtual frame buffer) for headless operation, because OS X doesn't use X anymore. Do a
> Xvfb
to see if your system has Xvfb. If you get command not found then you may have the same problem I did.

installing XQuartz (which comes with Xvfb) worked for me on OS X 10.11.
If you already have Xvfb installed, it may just not be in your path

[converge]

hey @alberto11651 , did you solve this issue ?

[alberto11651]

Unfortunately I gave up :(

[converge]

@alberto11651 you just need to setup nogui=False

did it fix the issue ?

[staringispolite]

@converge No, check out the stack trace, he already used nogui=True, and it’s saying the code can’t find Xvfb. He had the same problem as I did.

@alberto11651 I included instructions for a fix above, if you want to try again

[converge]

hi @staringispolite , nogui=True means the system will try to use a framebuffer to do it, as Windows doesn't have it, it will throw this error. As I said before nogui=False means: don't use xvfb

[staringispolite]

Oh you’re right, Xvfb doesn’t have a build for Windows! Did you try
anything like Docker or a virtual machine to get a Linux or Mac environment?
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 6:36 PM João Paulo Vanzuita <
[email protected]> wrote:

hi @staringispolite https://github.com/staringispolite , nogui=True
means the system will try to use a framebuffer to do it, as Windows doesn't
have it, it will throw this error. As I said before nogui=False means:
don't use xvfb

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[converge]

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