Error “selenium server did not return proper status” when starts PhantomJS

keplerbr has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm using two computers to test a exactly the same Perl code. On a computer works perfectly, but on the other computer I get the following error when starting the code: Selenium server did not return proper status at (eval 239) line 61

Simplifying the code, the error happens in this simple script:

#!usr/bin/env perl

use common::sense;
use WWW::Mechanize::PhantomJS;

my $phantom = WWW::Mechanize::PhantomJS->new();

__END__
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Both are using version 0.10 of PhantomJS. The computer that work is Windows 8.1, and the computer that does not work is Windows 7.

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Re: Error “selenium server did not return proper status” when starts PhantomJS by aitap (Curate) on Oct 19, 2014 at 06:49 UTC
As far as I understand, "Selenium server did not return proper status" happens in the Selenium::Remote::RemoteConnection class. Here is how we can try to get more information on this problem: `perldoc -l Selenium::Remote::RemoteConnection` to display the file name of the module `perl -d yourprogram.pl` `f path/to/Selenium/Remote/RemoteConnection.pm` Use `l` command to view the source and `b` command to place a breakpoint before `croak "Selenium server did not return proper status";` `c` to run the program; after it stops on the brakepoint, use `x` to examine values of variables and expressions. Does Selenium client really connect where it is supposed to (localhost:8190)? What is returned in `$status` object? I had a problem with Selenium client incorrectly guessing that I have a webdriver running and trying to connect to my I2P instance.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Error “selenium server did not return proper status” when starts PhantomJS by keplerbr (Initiate) on Oct 19, 2014 at 15:56 UTC
Apparently, I had problems with the command "f". C:\Users\macabeus>cd C:\Users\macabeus\Desktop\bvubot C:\Users\macabeus\Desktop\bvubot>perldoc -l Selenium::Remote::RemoteCo +nnection C:\Strawberry\perl\site\lib\Selenium\Remote\RemoteConnection.pm C:\Users\macabeus\Desktop\bvubot>perl -d test.pl Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.44 Editor support available. Enter h or 'h h' for help, or 'perldoc perldebug' for more help. main::(test.pl:6): my $phantom = WWW::Mechanize::PhantomJS->new(l +og => 'DEB UG'); DB<1> f C:\Strawberry\perl\site\lib\Selenium\Remote\RemoteConnection +.pm No file matching 'C:\Strawberry\perl\site\lib\Selenium\Remote\RemoteCo +nnection.p m' is loaded. DB<2> f path/to/Selenium/Remote/RemoteConnection.pm No file matching 'path/to/Selenium/Remote/RemoteConnection.pm' is load +ed. DB<3> l 6==> my $phantom = WWW::Mechanize::PhantomJS->new(log => 'DEBUG'); 7 8: 1; DB<3> b DB<3> b 7 Line 7 not breakable. DB<4> b 8 DB<5> c [DEBUG - 2014-10-19T15:37:47.819Z] Config - config.init - {"ip":"127.0 +.0.1","por t":"8910","hub":null,"logFile":null,"logLevel":"DEBUG","logColor":fals +e} [INFO - 2014-10-19T15:37:47.897Z] GhostDriver - Main - running on por +t 8910 Selenium server did not return proper status at (eval 54)[C:/Strawberr +y/perl/ven dor/lib/Sub/Quote.pm:5] line 61. at C:/Strawberry/perl/site/lib/WWW/Mechanize/PhantomJS.pm line 214. WWW::Mechanize::PhantomJS::new("WWW::Mechanize::PhantomJS", "l +og", "DEBU G") called at test.pl line 6 Debugged program terminated. Use q to quit or R to restart, use o inhibit_exit to avoid stopping after program termination, h q, h R or h o to get additional info. DB<5> x 0 0 DB<5> q C:\Users\macabeus\Desktop\bvubot> [download] I'm unsure how I can test the connection, because the program results in problems during the construction of the object of PhantomJS	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Error “selenium server did not return proper status” when starts PhantomJS by aitap (Curate) on Oct 19, 2014 at 18:46 UTC
No file matching 'C:\Strawberry\perl\site\lib\Selenium\Remote\RemoteConnection.pm' is loaded. Does `f C:/Strawberry/perl/site/lib/Selenium/Remote/RemoteConnection.pm` not work, either? The idea was to examine the variables `$self` and `$status` near the place of the error (`sub BUILD` in RemoteConnection.pm, lines 44-49 in my installation).	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Error “selenium server did not return proper status” when starts PhantomJS by natalie_g (Initiate) on Nov 21, 2015 at 00:21 UTC
Re^5: Error “selenium server did not return proper status” when starts PhantomJS by Anonymous Monk on Jan 03, 2017 at 16:48 UTC