Karma, PhantomJS Issue
I have a issue when I am trying to run my mocha specs with karma
on PhantomJS, but I have the following error message:
INFO [PhantomJS 1.9.8 (Windows 8)]: Connected on socket BvkQixJ_lvRj-1_ddCFD with id 25485425
PhantomJS 1.9.8 (Windows 8): Executed 0 of 0 SUCCESS (0 secs / 0 secs)
[1A[2KPhantomJS 1.9.8 (Windows 8): Executed 0 of 0 ERROR (0.015 secs / 0 secs)
=============================== Coverage summary ===============================
Statements : 39.81% ( 246/618 )
Branches : 2.17% ( 2/92 )
Functions : 19.05% ( 36/189 )
Lines : 40.8% ( 246/603 )
==============================================================================
Karma completed!
[16:41:59] 'test-for-build' errored after 5.18 s
[16:41:59] Error: karma: tests failed with code 1
at formatError (C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\gulp\bin\gulp.js:169:10)
at Gulp.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\gulp\bin\gulp.js:195:15)
at Gulp.emit (events.js:117:20)
at Gulp.Orchestrator._emitTaskDone (C:\projects\invio-banks\src\InvioBankPortal.Web\Client\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\orchestrator\index.js:264:8)
at C:\projects\invio-banks\src\InvioBankPortal.Web\Client\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\orchestrator\index.js:275:23
at finish (C:\projects\invio-banks\src\InvioBankPortal.Web\Client\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\orchestrator\lib\runTask.js:21:8)
at cb (C:\projects\invio-banks\src\InvioBankPortal.Web\Client\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\orchestrator\lib\runTask.js:29:3)
at karmaCompleted ([object Object]:261:13)
at removeAllListeners (C:\projects\invio-banks\src\InvioBankPortal.Web\Client\node_modules\karma\lib\server.js:220:7)
at Server.<anonymous> (C:\projects\invio-banks\src\InvioBankPortal.Web\Client\node_modules\karma\lib\server.js:231:9)
at Server.g (events.js:180:16)
at Server.emit (events.js:117:20)
at net.js:1277:10
at process._tickCallback (node.js:448:13)
[16:41:59] 'serve-release' errored after 8.93 s
[16:41:59] Error: [object Object]
at formatError (C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\gulp\bin\gulp.js:169:10)
at Gulp.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\gulp\bin\gulp.js:195:15)
at Gulp.emit (events.js:117:20)
at Gulp.Orchestrator._emitTaskDone (C:\projects\invio-banks\src\InvioBankPortal.Web\Client\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\orchestrator\index.js:264:8)
at C:\projects\invio-banks\src\InvioBankPortal.Web\Client\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\orchestrator\index.js:275:23
at finish (C:\projects\invio-banks\src\InvioBankPortal.Web\Client\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\orchestrator\lib\runTask.js:21:8)
at cb (C:\projects\invio-banks\src\InvioBankPortal.Web\Client\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\orchestrator\lib\runTask.js:29:3)
at finish (C:\projects\invio-banks\src\InvioBankPortal.Web\Client\node_modules\run-sequence\index.js:53:5)
at Gulp.onError (C:\projects\invio-banks\src\InvioBankPortal.Web\Client\node_modules\run-sequence\index.js:60:4)
at Gulp.emit (events.js:117:20)
at Gulp.Orchestrator._emitTaskDone (C:\projects\invio-banks\src\InvioBankPortal.Web\Client\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\orchestrator\index.js:264:8)
at C:\projects\invio-banks\src\InvioBankPortal.Web\Client\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\orchestrator\index.js:275:23
at finish (C:\projects\invio-banks\src\InvioBankPortal.Web\Client\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\orchestrator\lib\runTask.js:21:8)
at cb (C:\projects\invio-banks\src\InvioBankPortal.Web\Client\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\orchestrator\lib\runTask.js:29:3)
at karmaCompleted ([object Object]:261:13)
at removeAllListeners (C:\projects\invio-banks\src\InvioBankPortal.Web\Client\node_modules\karma\lib\server.js:220:7)
at Server.<anonymous> (C:\projects\invio-banks\src\InvioBankPortal.Web\Client\node_modules\karma\lib\server.js:231:9)
at Server.g (events.js:180:16)
at Server.emit (events.js:117:20)
at net.js:1277:10
at process._tickCallback (node.js:448:13)
On my appveyor.yml I am installing globally the
following:
- npm -g install npm@2
- npm install -g node-inspector bower gulp typescript tsd phantomjs tslint karma karma-cli
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Support Staff 1 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 15 May, 2015 05:17 PM
Well, there are mentions of this error on the internet:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26614738/issue-running-karma-tas...
https://github.com/johnpapa/generator-hottowel/issues/57
Also, you may try running against Chrome which works in AV environment:
https://ci.appveyor.com/project/FeodorFitsner/angular-seed
Ilya Finkelshteyn closed this discussion on 25 Aug, 2018 01:56 AM.