Does not seem to work with latest `chromium-browser` package on Raspbian 11

[markphelps]

ejs version: 2.1.1 rpi-7in5-v2 version: 2.0.3

After upgrading chromium-browser on Raspbian 11 ejs no longer seems to be able to launch chromium.

It just hangs at this stage and never renders anything:

With Chromium 98

pi@pizero:~ $ chromium-browser --version
Chromium 98.0.4758.106 Built on Raspbian , running on Raspbian 11

pi@pizero:~ $ ejs refresh --debug --screenshotDelay=1000 rpi-7in5-v2 https://xyz.dev/
Connecting to rpi-7in5-v2 screen
/***********************************/
Current environment: Raspbian
Write and read /dev/spidev0.0
/***********************************/

After downgrading to the previous package version on Raspbian 11 it works again.

With Chromium 95

pi@pizero:~ $ chromium-browser --version
Chromium 95.0.4638.78 Built on Raspbian , running on Raspbian 11

pi@pizero:/tmp $ ejs refresh --debug --screenshotDelay=1000 rpi-7in5-v2 https://xyz.dev/
Connecting to rpi-7in5-v2 screen
/***********************************/
Current environment: Raspbian
Write and read /dev/spidev0.0
/***********************************/
Connected
[DEBUG] Waiting an additional 1000ms before taking screenshot
[DEBUG] Screenshot delay complete
Waking up display
Displaying https://xyz.dev/

[KodeMunkie]

Any eyes and progress on this please?

[VictorioBerra]

Just a guess here, is it because this project depends on pupeteer-core and its way out of date? https://pptr.dev/chromium-support

https://github.com/samsonmking/epaper.js/blob/main/packages/core/package.json#L31

[samsonmking]

@markphelps @KodeMunkie @VictorioBerra apologies for the long delay :slightly_frowning_face:. As you're probably aware, this project uses puppeteer to render the images of the webpage. Each version of puppeteer supports a specific Chromium version. I've updated puppeteer to support the latest version of Chromium available on Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye: 104.0.5112.105. Please let me know if you have any more issues!