[CentOS] Failed to start new browser session: Error while launching browser on session null

[Nicolas Thierry-Mieg]

Roland RoLaNd wrote:
> Hope this email finds you well.
>
> I need your advice with something if you can help out.
>
> I have an RC serer (selenium rc) which is running on a centos 5.2 and
> another on a 5.4 machine.
> if i run it through X server, in other words if i run the server while
> connected to VNC.
> it works fine.
> but if i run it through ssh, it will start normally though upon test
> execution it will fail with the following error:
>
>
> 11:05:01.571 INFO - Preparing Firefox profile...
> Error: no display specified
> 11:05:21.818 ERROR - Failed to start new browser session, shutdown
> browser and clear all session data
> java.lang.RuntimeException: Timed out waiting for profile to be created!
>
> 11:05:21.833 INFO - Got result: Failed to start new browser session:
> Error while launching browser on session null
>
>
> any idea how i can solve this?

try ssh -X or ssh -Y .
man ssh and man ssh_config (search for "forward")