Python selenium error when trying to launch firefox

Question

I am getting an error when trying to open Firefox using Selenium in ipython notebook. I\'ve looked around and have found similar errors but nothing that exactly matches the

Answer 1

Requirements:

• Ubuntu 16.04 (i386)
• Firefox 65.0.1.
• python 3.8.5
• geckodriver-v0.27.0-linux32.tar.gz

This is what I do:

• pip3 install selenium

• Download geckodriver v0.27.0

• Extract geckodriver

• mv geckodriver /usr/local/bin/

• export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin/geckodriver

• check Xauthority with command --> locate Xauthority

• cd /home/your-user/Xauthority

• chown root: .Xauthority

• create python code:

  from selenium import webdriver

  browser = webdriver.Firefox() browser.get('http://localhost')

• Run python script.