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Selenium/chrome driver keeps crashing "Chrome failed to start: exited normally" and "DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist"

I am trying to run my script for selenium/chromedrive but keep getting the error below.
Selenium ver 4.72
Chrome Browser version:Version 108.0.5359.125 (Official Build) (64-bit)
ChromeDriver version: ChromeDriver 108.0.5359.71
Message: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited normally.
(unknown error: DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist)
(The process started from chrome location C:/Program Files/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe is no longer running, so ChromeDriver is assuming that Chrome has crashed.)
Script:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
options = Options()
options.binary_location = "C:/Program Files/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe"
options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
s = Service(executable_path=r'C:/Bin/chromedriver.exe')
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=s, options=options)
driver.get("https://www.walmart.com")
Thanks you for any help
I have also tried Selenium manager but no good. I'm at my wits end
I think it might be because my chrome is installed in Application folder instead of user/appdata? Not too sure. What is the default location for Chrome? I've tried uninstialling chrome/and appdata and reinistalling but it puts me back at that folder.

There appears to be a bug with the latest chromedriver according to this thread: https://groups.google.com/g/chromedriver-users/c/wYA8JQB7l0A
Try running in headless mode and it will spin up properly.

Same here - Bug still there in chrome/chromedriver V110.XXXX # 14 Feb2 023
Disable the option --headless, that seems to work.

Deadlock with the launch of chromedriver on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (python)

I've trying to use seelnium chromedriver on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (everything going well on work machine) for telegram bot.
Here is my imports and configs:
import selenium.webdriver.chrome.options
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from xvfbwrapper import Xvfb
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager
import config
path = config.PATH #reading from different file (config) where PATH=r'/usr/bin/chromedriver'
Options = selenium.webdriver.chrome.options.Options()
Options.add_argument("--no--sandbox")
Options.add_argument('--headless')
Options.add_argument('log-level=3')
Options.add_argument("--remote-debugging-port=9222")
Here is info from server console:
whereis chromedriver > chromedriver: /usr/bin/chromedriver
chromedriver --version > ChromeDriver 104.0.5112.79 (3cf3e8c8a07d104b9e1260c910efb8f383285dc5-refs/branch-heads/5112#{#1307})
google-chrome --version > Google Chrome 104.0.5112.101
Here is part of code regarding selenium work:
#dp.message_handler(commands=['useragent'])
async def command_useragent(message: types.Message):
if message.from_user.id in admin:
Options.add_argument(f'user-agent={random.choice(config.user_agents_list)}')
vdisplay = Xvfb(width=1280, height=740, colordepth=16)
vdisplay.start()
time.sleep(10)
browser = webdriver.Chrome(service=Service(rf'{config.PATH}'), options=Options)
browser.get('https://google.com')
vdisplay.stop()
else:
pass
somewhy following string of code doesnt work:
browser = webdriver.Chrome(service=Service(rf'{config.PATH}'),options=Options)
I've tried to delete, change executable path, use or not use options "--no--sandbox", '--headless', "--remote-debugging-port=9222", use or not use pyvirtualdisplay and xvfbwrapper. I've absolutely confused how it should work.
here is part of error message regarding this code:
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error:
Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally. (chrome not reachable)
(The process started from chrome location
/snap/chromium/2076/usr/lib/chromium-browser/chrome is no longer
running, so ChromeDriver is assuming that Chrome has crashed.)
Would anyone know how to fix this? Sorry if this is stupid question - I'm new in it. Thank you for advices.

Selenium doesn't load existing profile

I've been trying to update my code, but it seems that I can't make selenium load a profile.
from selenium.webdriver import Firefox
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.service import Service
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options
profile_path = 'C:/WebDriver/seleniumProfile'
options=Options()
options.set_preference('profile', profile_path)
service = Service('C:/WebDriver/geckodriver.exe')
driver = Firefox(service=service, options=options)
driver.get("https://www.google.com")
The profile has some pre-configured addons and settings.
The code doesn't return an error, but firefox loads a completely clean profile. Tried creating a new virtual environment and tried loading different profiles, but no luck.

Chromedriver for linux32 does not exist - Python Selenium Chromedriver

I'm creating a cross platform python script that executes some commands with selenium.
I have two questions:
How come the following script works on windows but doesn't work on Raspberry pi OS 32bit? The only way this works is to remove the webdriver-manager, but this requires
manual installation of the webdriver.
I'm using a raspberry pi 3
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager
from webdriver_manager.utils import ChromeType
options = Options()
options.headless = True
options.add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches", ["enable-logging"])
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=Service(ChromeDriverManager(chrome_type=ChromeType.CHROMIUM).install()), options=options)
driver.get("http://www.google.com")
print(driver.title)
The output is:
pi#raspberrypi:~/Documents/Software $ /bin/python /home/pi/Documents/Software/test.py
====== WebDriver manager ======
Current chromium version is 95.0.4638
Get LATEST chromedriver version for 95.0.4638 chromium
There is no [linux32] chromedriver for browser in cache
Trying to download new driver from https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/95.0.4638.69/chromedriver_linux32.zip
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/pi/Documents/Software/test.py", line 10, in <module>
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=Service(ChromeDriverManager(chrome_type=ChromeType.CHROMIUM).install()), options=options)
File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/webdriver_manager/chrome.py", line 32, in install
driver_path = self._get_driver_path(self.driver)
File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/webdriver_manager/manager.py", line 30, in _get_driver_path
file = download_file(driver.get_url(), driver.ssl_verify)
File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/webdriver_manager/utils.py", line 98, in download_file
validate_response(response)
File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/webdriver_manager/utils.py", line 80, in validate_response
raise ValueError("There is no such driver by url {}".format(resp.url))
ValueError: There is no such driver by url https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/95.0.4638.69/chromedriver_linux32.zip
How can I create a python script that uses selenium webdriver in headless mode and works on every platform? I mean, if I use chromewebdriver in the script, the user who will use the script must have chrome installed, as well as if a firefox the user must have firefox installed. Is there any webdriver that works without external script installations?
Thanks
EDIT:
The problem is not with the webdriver manager but the fact that chromedrivers for chromium do not exist for linux32. In fact at the address: "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/95.0.4638.69/chromedriver_linux32.zip" there is no chromedriver, but replacing linux32 with linux64 a package is downloaded but not compatible with linux32.
The thing I don't understand is if the chromedrivers for linux32 don't exist then why installing them with: "sudo apt-get install chromium-chromedriver" and then removing the webdriver-manager calls from the code, does the python script work? Then there are chromedrivers for linux32, only they are not present in the main chromedriver site.
I am using a raspberry pi 3 with chromium 95.0.4638.69.

As there is no linux32 chromedriver developped by the official team (e.g. https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=99.0.4844.17/), you can't use webdriver_manager because it's looking at their repositories.
Yet a compatible chromedriver version is maintained by the Raspian team, so in order to make it works you need to :
Install chromedriver for raspberry. e.g. for Linux:
sudo apt-get install chromium-chromedriver
When you instantiate your driver, you need to tell him where to find this chromedriver. Plus, you should also state that you use Chromium instead of Chrome (if so):
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
options = Options()
# browser is Chromium instead of Chrome
options.BinaryLocation = "/usr/bin/chromium-browser"
# we use custom chromedriver for raspberry
driver_path = "/usr/bin/chromedriver"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, service=Service(driver_path))
Then you're good to go:
driver.get("https://stackoverflow.com/")
If you need a code that works for every platform, the best option I found so far is to distinguished raspberry pi from the other system:
import platform
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager
options = Options()
# a few usefull options
options.add_argument("--disable-infobars")
options.add_argument("start-maximized")
options.add_argument("--disable-extensions")
options.add_argument("--headless") # if you want it headless
if platform.system() == "Linux" and platform.machine() == "armv7l":
# if raspi
options.BinaryLocation = ("/usr/bin/chromium-browser")
service = Service("/usr/bin/chromedriver")
else: # if not raspi and considering you're using Chrome
service = Service(ChromeDriverManager().install())
driver = webdriver.Chrome(
service=service,
options=options
)
Considering your question about not having to install Chrome manually to make Selenium works, you could probably install Chrome through a script to be sure that the user has it.
It will also work for a Docker use, e.g. for a DockerFile with a Linux amd64 environment:
RUN wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
RUN dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb; apt-get -fy instal

How to open a Chrome application into Robot using selenium2Library

I'm trying to open our windows Chrome exe in Robot using selenium2Library. I've tried creating a webdriver using Create Webdriver with this code but it's not working.
${options}= Evaluate sys.modules['selenium.webdriver'].ChromeOptions() sys, selenium.webdriver.chrome.options
${options.add_extension}= Set_Variable path/to/extension
Create WebDriver Chrome chrome_options=${options}
In Python I do this... and it launches my app in selenium.
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
def chromedr():
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.binary_location = 'C:/Program Files (x86)/InTouch Health/Carestation/Carestation.exe'
driver = webdriver.Chrome('C:/Program Files (x86)/InTouch Health/Carestation/chromedriver.exe', chrome_options=chrome_options)
return driver
How can I do this in Robot/selenium2Library?
I was able to launch the Application using this code:
${options}= Evaluate sys.modules['selenium.webdriver'].ChromeOptions() sys, selenium.webdriver Create WebDriver Chrome my_alias chrome_options=${options} executable_path=C:/Program Files (x86)/Myapp.exe

To open chrome with robotframework selenium2library
1) install selenium2Library through pip
2) download and extract Chrome driver exe, add it to environment variables
3) you can invoke chrome like below
*** Settings ***
Library Selenium2Library
*** Variables ***
${SiteUrl} https://stackoverflow.com
${Browser} Chrome
*** Test Cases ***
Test
Open Browser and login
*** Keywords ***
Open Browser and login
open browser ${SiteUrl} ${Browser}