[🐛 Bug]: xmessage in selenium test video

[johndaniel7]

What happened?

After starting the Selenium Grid with the setup provided, the tests execute successfully and a video is uploaded to Azure Blob Storage. However, the video is only 1 second long and does not actually show the test execution.
The error message "fbsetbg: Something went wrong while setting the wallpaper. Run 'Esetroot -c /usr/share/images/fluxbox/ubuntu-light.png' from an xterm to find out what suggests there’s a problem with the wallpaper setting process." This issue is likely preventing the video from being recorded properly. please check the attached video

c8e42fd40b6ee1a6ec88b5277bf0fcad.mp4

In summary:
Tests run but are not recorded.
The video is only 1 second long.
An error with setting the wallpaper is causing the problem.

Command used to start Selenium Grid with Docker (or Kubernetes)

#hub
services:
   selenium-hub:
    image: selenium/hub:4.23.0-20240727
    container_name: selenium-hub
    environment:
      - SE_ENABLE_TRACING=false
    ports:
      - "4442:4442"
      - "4443:4443"
      - "4444:4444"
#chrome 
services:

  chrome:
    image: selenium/node-chrome:4.23.1-20240813
    shm_size: 1gb
    environment:
      - SE_EVENT_BUS_HOST=selenium-hub
      - SE_EVENT_BUS_PUBLISH_PORT=4442
      - SE_EVENT_BUS_SUBSCRIBE_PORT=4443
      - SE_NODE_MAX_SESSIONS=1
      - SE_ENABLE_TRACING=false
    deploy:
      resources:
        limits:
          cpus: "1"
          memory: "1g"

  chrome_video:
    image: selenium/video:ffmpeg-7.0.1-20240813
    shm_size: 1gb
    depends_on:
      - chrome
    environment:
      - DISPLAY_CONTAINER_NAME=chrome
      - SE_NODE_GRID_URL=http://selenium-hub:4444
      - SE_VIDEO_FILE_NAME=auto
      - SE_VIDEO_UPLOAD_ENABLED=true
      - SE_VIDEO_INTERNAL_UPLOAD=true
      - SE_VNCENABLED=false
      - SE_VIDEO_END_SCREEN_ENABLED=false
      - SE_UPLOAD_DESTINATION_PREFIX=azureblob://${AZURE_CONTAINER_NAME}
      - RCLONE_CONFIG_AZUREBLOB_TYPE=azureblob
      - RCLONE_CONFIG_AZUREBLOB_ACCOUNT=${AZURE_ACCOUNT_NAME}
      - RCLONE_CONFIG_AZUREBLOB_KEY=${AZURE_ACCOUNT_KEY}
    deploy:
      resources:
        limits:
          cpus: "1"
          memory: "1g"

Relevant log output

the error message is posted above in the video . The error message "fbsetbg: Something went wrong while setting the wallpaper. Run 'Esetroot -c /usr/share/images/fluxbox/ubuntu-light.png' from an xterm to find out what suggests there’s a problem with the wallpaper setting process." This issue is likely preventing the video from being recorded properly

Operating System

ubuntu 20.04

Docker Selenium version (image tag)

selenium/video:ffmpeg-7.0.1-20240813

Selenium Grid chart version (chart version)

No response

[github-actions]

@johndaniel7, thank you for creating this issue. We will troubleshoot it as soon as we can.

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[VietND96]

      - SE_VNCENABLED=false
      - SE_VIDEO_END_SCREEN_ENABLED=false

These 2 env vars are customized in your deployment?

[johndaniel7]

yes, they are. sorry for late reply, was off work

[VietND96]

I update the command to set background. However, ensure that VNC is enabled