[browsershots-factories] Re: [Browsershots] #72: ShotFactory applications quits unexpectidly

[Johann C. Rocholl]

On 12/25/06, Karl wrote:
> From time to time my ShotFactory just stops in the middle of a request.
> When I start VNC to restart the factory it shows the latest page that was
> to be a shot (though the picture haven't been and sent to the server).
> There is no error message or crashlog or something so I'm not sure how to
> go on from here. It's running in a vnc client on a windows 2003 server and
> can run fine for days before it breaks or it just takes a few pics and
> then break.
>
> Ticket URL: <http://trac.browsershots.org/ticket/72>

Thanks for the error report. Can you try the following to debug the problem?

Run the ShotFactory from a command line window to prevent the output
window from closing immediately after the error. Then you will be able
to see the error messages. If you email them to me, I will try to fix
the problem.

If you use the binaries (shotfactory.exe)
* Click "Start", then "Run..."
* Type "cmd" and hit Return to start a command line window
* Type "cd shotfactory-r815" (or wherever you keep it) and hit Return
* Type "shotfactory" and hit Return to run the ShotFactory

If you use the Python source code (shotfactory.py)
* Click "Start", then "Run..."
* Type "cmd" and hit Return to start a command line window
* Type "cd shotfactory\scripts" (or wherever you keep it) and hit Return
* Type "python shotfactory" and hit Return to run the ShotFactory

Cheers,
Johann