Running `ps aux | grep chrom` in another tab shows `Z+ 15:51 0:00 [chromium-browse] <defunct>`, and eventually the script times out with `selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally`.
Setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH first fixes it: `export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/chromium-browser`.
I upgraded this morning, and my Selenium tests broke.
I was able to reproduce this problem with the Python getting started script from https:/ /sites. google. com/a/chromium. org/chromedrive r/getting- started (altered to set the path to `/usr/lib/ chromium- browser/ chromedriver` ):
```
virtualenv -p python3 venv
. venv/bin/activate
pip install selenium
python script.py
```
Running `ps aux | grep chrom` in another tab shows `Z+ 15:51 0:00 [chromium-browse] <defunct>`, and eventually the script times out with `selenium. common. exceptions. WebDriverExcept ion: Message: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally`.
Setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH first fixes it: `export LD_LIBRARY_ PATH=/usr/ lib/chromium- browser` .