Node.js Selenium IPv6 Issue (SocketException Protocol family unavailable)

Question

This error only happens when I spawn the ios-driver jar as a Node.js child.

The error is java.net.SocketException: Protocol family unavailable

seleni

Answer 1

I managed to solve this by making the spawned child ignore stdin:

var selenium = spawn('java', ['-jar', './ios-server-standalone-0.6.6-SNAPSHOT.jar', '-port', '4444'], {stdio: ['ignore', null, null]});

I'm not sure why this workaround works.

Answer 2

I don't have much idea about it, what so far I've found is that this can be binding issue with java. More details is on following link:(It is not the updated information, it may lead to answer)

http://diario.beerensalat.info/2008/10/12/java_and_ipv6_on_bsd.html

If that is not the case, as this post suggests to change it to higher port should work. "Protocol family unavailable" error while using VisualVM