As the title states, I'm finding that whenever I issue xwininfo -tree on a container running Ubuntu in lambda, there are never child screens, though when I run the same container locally it works fine (listing all the windows used by said application). The issue must lie somewhere from application start and it registering with the X server. Does anyone have any insights here as to what could be going on, or how I can get this to work?
To attach some code to this problem, the gist is essentially:
# Start Xvfb
Xvfb $DISPLAY -screen 0 1920x1080x24 -nolisten tcp -nolisten unix &
# Open Visual Studio Code (just as an example application)
code .
# List all windows
xwininfo -root -tree
As mentioned, locally xwininfo produces something like this:
Root window id: 0x50d (the root window) (has no name)
Parent window id: 0x0 (none)
6 children:
0x600006 "Code": ("code" "Code") 800x600+560+240 +560+240
0x600002 "Get Started - src - Visual Studio Code": ("code" "Code") 1024x768+448+156 +448+156
0x600003 (has no name): () 1x1+0+0 +0+0
0x800003 "code": ("code" "Code") 200x200+0+0 +0+0
1 child:
0x800004 (has no name): () 1x1+-1+-1 +-1+-1
0x800001 "code": ("code" "Code") 10x10+10+10 +10+10
0x600000 "Chromium clipboard": () 10x10+-100+-100 +-100+-100
but in lambda, the output only shows the root window, with no children:
Root window id: 0x50d (the root window) (has no name)
Parent window id: 0x0 (none)
0 children.
What could be going on here? Why are my application windows not appearing in the output of xwininfo -tree?
This is a sort of half answer in that I'm unable to definitely solve the root cause of the original question, but it's an answer that explains tells why Visual Studio Code fails to launch (and does not appear in xwininfo). If you pass the --verbose flag to Visual Studio code when it launches, in a Lambda environment, you'll get output like this:
prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS) failed
prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS) failed
Unable to create argv.json configuration file in /home/sbx_user1051/.vscode/argv.json, falling back to defaults (Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, mkdir \'/home/sbx_user1051/.vscode\')
[94:1213/213845.593392:ERROR:bus.cc(398)] Failed to connect to the bus: Could not parse server address: Unknown address type (examples of valid types are "tcp" and on UNIX "unix")
[94:1213/213845.593463:ERROR:bus.cc(398)] Failed to connect to the bus: Could not parse server address: Unknown address type (examples of valid types are "tcp" and on UNIX "unix")
[94:1213/213845.626853:ERROR:bus.cc(398)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
[94:1213/213845.626936:ERROR:bus.cc(398)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
[94:1213/213845.671433:WARNING:bluez_dbus_manager.cc(248)] Floss manager not present, cannot set Floss enable/disable.
[94:1213/213845.671514:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(974)] GPU process launch failed: error_code=1002
[94:1213/213845.671522:WARNING:gpu_process_host.cc(1282)] The GPU process has crashed 1 time(s)
[94:1213/213845.672685:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(974)] GPU process launch failed: error_code=1002
[94:1213/213845.672708:WARNING:gpu_process_host.cc(1282)] The GPU process has crashed 2 time(s)
[94:1213/213845.688115:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(974)] GPU process launch failed: error_code=1002
[94:1213/213845.688143:WARNING:gpu_process_host.cc(1282)] The GPU process has crashed 3 time(s)
[94:1213/213845.689768:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(974)] GPU process launch failed: error_code=1002
[94:1213/213845.689790:WARNING:gpu_process_host.cc(1282)] The GPU process has crashed 4 time(s)
[94:1213/213845.690646:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(974)] GPU process launch failed: error_code=1002
[94:1213/213845.690662:WARNING:gpu_process_host.cc(1282)] The GPU process has crashed 5 time(s)
[94:1213/213846.470027:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(974)] GPU process launch failed: error_code=1002
[94:1213/213846.470054:WARNING:gpu_process_host.cc(1282)] The GPU process has crashed 6 time(s)
[94:1213/213846.471084:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(974)] GPU process launch failed: error_code=1002
[94:1213/213846.471101:WARNING:gpu_process_host.cc(1282)] The GPU process has crashed 7 time(s)
[94:1213/213846.471742:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(974)] GPU process launch failed: error_code=1002
[94:1213/213846.471761:WARNING:gpu_process_host.cc(1282)] The GPU process has crashed 8 time(s)
[94:1213/213846.472344:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(974)] GPU process launch failed: error_code=1002
[94:1213/213846.472357:WARNING:gpu_process_host.cc(1282)] The GPU process has crashed 9 time(s)
[94:1213/213846.472371:FATAL:gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc(450)] GPU process isn\'t usable. Goodbye.
The problem is that even though Visual Studio Code is built on Electron / Chromium, it doesn't seem to support a --headless option yet (as apposed to something like Chrome, which is possible to launch in a Lambda function with some careful tinkering). So, due to the restrictions of the Lambda environment, for now, it seems that it's not possible to Launch Visual Studio code in a lambda environment. (I know there is the web version, but I don't want this). Would have been nice as a single instance per call would have been perfect for what I was trying to accomplish. I'm going to move on to some other backend infrastructure to do what I want...