Chrome error on headless server

Couldn't find this problem in any of the other threads. I get the following error when trying to login (xfinity) on a headless server running centos:

chrome failed to start: [0726/140058.425335:WARNING:resource_bundle.cc(357)] locale_file_path.empty() for locale [0726/140058.425576:FATAL:zygote_host_impl_linux.cc(116)] No usable sandbox!

Can you copy/paste the OS/CPU section at the top of the DVR web UI?

You should be able to fix this by installing Chrome or Chromium on your server. For example see https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/install-google-chrome-on-centos-7/

Thanks that did the trick. Definitely should have realized that would be a problem!

Linux Centos
7.6.1810 (kernel: 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7.x86_64)

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also running into this issue adding Philo as a source through TVEverywhere. Same error for all browsers on my PC which is ssh'ed into my headless server.

Followed the instructions to add chrome via .deb package - same error.

OS
Dell Inc. OptiPlex 9020
Linux Ubuntu
20.04 (kernel: 5.4.0-31-generic)

CPU
4 cores / Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4570 CPU @ 3.20GHz
load averages: 0.32 1.80 2.06

RAM
15.55 GB
89.0% free

Checked the logs. This portion was missing from the debug error.

2020/05/27 09:18:17.889767 [TVE] Auth failed for Philo: chrome failed to start:

I wonder if it's because I'm still within the 7 day trial period.

Not sure why that portion is missing from the debug message.

Solved.

I'm dumb. I downloaded the deb package but didn't install it, along with dependencies. I was able to auth with Philo and download channels. Next step to see if I can add all channels into a single guide.

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On Ubuntu you can simply run:

apt-get install chromium-browser

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