phantomJS -not able to find elements

[juhi123]

I tried all the things, gone through so many group discussions. Somewhere mentioned don't use find(by.linkText), I removed all , I am searching the elemet either by ID or by xpath but not working.

Error log is:
[ERROR - 2014-09-10T14:35:31.758Z] WebElementLocator - handleLocateCommand - Element(s) NOT Found: GAVE UP. Search Stop Time: 1410359731708
FAILED: test
org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: {"errorMessage":"Unable to find element with xpath './/[@id='tab-rtmedia-bbpress']'","request":{"headers":{"Accept":"application/json, image/png","Connection":"Keep-Alive","Content-Length":"59","Content-Type":"application/json; charset=utf-8","Host":"localhost:25638"},"httpVersion":"1.1","method":"POST","post":"{"using":"xpath","value":".//[@id='tab-rtmedia-bbpress']"}","url":"/element","urlParsed":{"anchor":"","query":"","file":"element","directory":"/","path":"/element","relative":"/element","port":"","host":"","password":"","user":"","userInfo":"","authority":"","protocol":"","source":"/element","queryKey":{},"chunks":["element"]},"urlOriginal":"/session/991e39d0-38f7-11e4-bc18-493d4e2f927e/element"}}
Command duration or timeout: 41.27 seconds
For documentation on this error, please visit: http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/no_such_element.html
Build info: version: '2.42.2', revision: '6a6995d31c7c56c340d6f45a76976d43506cd6cc', time: '2014-06-03 10:52:47'
System info: host: 'rtcamp-pc', ip: '192.168.0.59', os.name: 'Windows 8.1', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.3', java.version: '1.8.0_05'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.phantomjs.PhantomJSDriver
Capabilities [{applicationCacheEnabled=false, rotatable=false, handlesAlerts=false, databaseEnabled=false, version=1.9.7, platform=XP, browserConnectionEnabled=false, proxy={proxyType=direct}, nativeEvents=true, acceptSslCerts=false, driverVersion=1.1.0, locationContextEnabled=false, webStorageEnabled=false, browserName=phantomjs, takesScreenshot=true, driverName=ghostdriver, javascriptEnabled=true, cssSelectorsEnabled=true}]
Session ID: 991e39d0-38f7-11e4-bc18-493d4e2f927e
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:193)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:145)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:554)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:307)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElementByXPath(RemoteWebDriver.java:404)
at org.openqa.selenium.By$ByXPath.findElement(By.java:357)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:299)
at testscripts.bbPressSettingsTest.bbPressSettings(bbPressSettingsTest.java:81)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.testng.internal.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:84)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:714)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethod(Invoker.java:901)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethods(Invoker.java:1231)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:127)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:111)
at org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(TestRunner.java:767)
at org.testng.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:617)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(SuiteRunner.java:334)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runSequentially(SuiteRunner.java:329)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.privateRun(SuiteRunner.java:291)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.run(SuiteRunner.java:240)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.runSuite(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:52)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.run(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:86)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesSequentially(TestNG.java:1224)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:1149)
at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1057)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.run(RemoteTestNG.java:111)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.initAndRun(RemoteTestNG.java:204)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.main(RemoteTestNG.java:175)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.remote.ScreenshotException: Screen shot has been taken
Build info: version: '2.42.2', revision: '6a6995d31c7c56c340d6f45a76976d43506cd6cc', time: '2014-06-03 10:52:47'
System info: host: 'rtcamp-pc', ip: '192.168.0.59', os.name: 'Windows 8.1', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.3', java.version: '1.8.0_05'
Driver info: driver.version: RemoteWebDriver
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:125)
... 30 more
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler$UnknownServerException: {"errorMessage":"Unable to find element with xpath './/[@id='tab-rtmedia-bbpress']'","request":{"headers":{"Accept":"application/json, image/png","Connection":"Keep-Alive","Content-Length":"59","Content-Type":"application/json; charset=utf-8","Host":"localhost:25638"},"httpVersion":"1.1","method":"POST","post":"{"using":"xpath","value":".//_[@id='tab-rtmedia-bbpress']"}","url":"/element","urlParsed":{"anchor":"","query":"","file":"element","directory":"/","path":"/element","relative":"/element","port":"","host":"","password":"","user":"","userInfo":"","authority":"","protocol":"","source":"/element","queryKey":{},"chunks":["element"]},"urlOriginal":"/session/991e39d0-38f7-11e4-bc18-493d4e2f927e/element"}}
Build info: version: '2.42.2', revision: '6a6995d31c7c56c340d6f45a76976d43506cd6cc', time: '2014-06-03 10:52:47'
System info: host: 'rtcamp-pc', ip: '192.168.0.59', os.name: 'Windows 8.1', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.3', java.version: '1.8.0_05'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown

Default test
Tests run: 1, Failures: 1, Skips: 0

Default suite

Total tests run: 1, Failures: 1, Skips: 0

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[Saranyanataraj]

Hi juhi,
Were u able to solve this issue ? if yes pls let me know.

[Swapan1230]

I have same problem. If you know how to solve this issue, please post it.