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IE11 starts with about:blank - Kevin Tierney - 08-03-2016 07:02 AM
When IE11 starts on the test agent just fine (wptdriver ver 291) but it doesn't use the URL to be tested. It always starts with about:blank. The command that appears in the wptdriver display is:
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" about:blank
And the server then reports the test timed out waiting for the browser to start. The tests run fine for Chrome and Firefox. Thanks.
RE: IE11 starts with about:blank - pmeenan - 08-03-2016 07:25 AM
My guess is that it is a 64-bit version of Windows and the path is pointing to the 64-bit IE. It needs to point to the 32-bit one in Program Files x86
RE: IE11 starts with about:blank - Kevin Tierney - 08-05-2016 11:30 PM
I'm now getting the same timeout behavior from Firefox as from IE11. Chrome works fine. The wptdriver window on the test agent shows that the URL being used is about:blank.html, or using the webpagetest API, http://127.0.0.1:8888/blank.html. I don't think wptdriver.exe is picking up the URL under test for some reason. Perhaps my wptdriver.ini and/or location.ini files (below) are in error. Thanks for your help.
location.ini:
-----------
[locations]
1=Test_loc
2=Public_Dulles
default=Test_loc
;
; These are the top-level locations that are listed in the location dropdown
; Each one points to one or more browser configurations
;
[Test_loc]
1=webpagetestserver
label=Akamai Tester
group=Desktop
[Public_Dulles]
1=WPT_Dulles_IE9
2=WPT_Dulles_IE10
label="WebPagetest.org - Dulles, VA"
group=Public
;
; Tese are the browser-specific configurations that match the configurations
; defined in the top-level locations. Each one of these MUST match the location
; name configured on the test agent (urlblast.ini or wptdriver.ini)
;
[webpagetestserver]
browser=Chrome,Firefox,IE11
latency=0
label="Akamai Tester"
connectivity=LAN
[IE11]
browser=IE 11
latency=0
label="Akamai Tester - IE 11"
;
; For a wptdriver configuration (chrome, firefox), the browser labels here
; MUST match the labels used in wptdriver.ini
;
[Chrome]
browser=Chrome
label="Akamai Tester - Chrome"
[Firefox]
browser=Firefox
label="Akamai Tester - Firefox"
;
; This is an example of a "remote" configuration where tests can be proxied to a remote
; webpagetest instance. The test will be run by the remote server but the results
; will be downloaded to the local server and deleted from the remote agent
;
; Each location that you want to use from the remote server needs to be configured
; individually on the local configuration (location names do not need to match)
;
; To use the public webpagetest.org instance you will need an API key
;
[WPT_Dulles_IE9]
browser=IE 9
label="WebPagetest.org Dulles, VA - IE9"
relayServer="http://www.webpagetest.org/"
relayKey=<key>
relayLocation=Dulles_IE9
; KTT - Added to test
[WPT_Dulles_IE10]
browser=IE 10
label="WebPagetest.org Dulles, VA - IE10"
relayServer="http://www.webpagetest.org/"
relayKey=<key>
relayLocation=Dulles_IE10
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wptdriver.ini:
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[WebPagetest]
url=<server_address>
location=webpagetestserver
Time Limit=120
;Automatically install and update support software (Flash, Silverlight, etc)
software=http://www.webpagetest.org/installers/software.dat
[Chrome]
exe="C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
;options='--load-extension="%WPTDIR%\extension" --user-data-dir="%PROFILE%" --ignore-certificate-errors'
installer=http://www.webpagetest.org/installers/browsers/chrome.dat
[Firefox]
exe="C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
options='-profile "%PROFILE%" -no-remote'
installer=http://www.webpagetest.org/installers/browsers/firefox.dat
template=firefox
[Safari]
exe="C:\Program Files\Safari\Safari.exe"
[IE11]
exe="C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
RE: IE11 starts with about:blank - pmeenan - 08-06-2016 12:07 AM
What version of wptdriver and what version of Firefox? Firefox 48 just rolled out and requires extensions to be signed so you need to be running wptdriver 297 or later: https://www.webpagetest.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=14436
RE: IE11 starts with about:blank - Kevin Tierney - 08-08-2016 11:16 PM
Just installed ver. 299 of wptdriver. Chrome and Firefox are now working fine. But testing on IE11, 32-bit, still times out on the about:blank page. Thanks for the update.
RE: IE11 starts with about:blank - pmeenan - 08-08-2016 11:18 PM
Try launching IE manually and go to tools->manage add-ons and make sure the WebPageTest plugin is enabled.