If an instance of virt-manager is open when running UI tests, they will reuse it and will fail on the first action or check with completely non-descriptive message. We can catch errors when initially acquiring the window and provide a better error message. Signed-off-by: Povilas Kanapickas <povilas@xxxxxxxx> --- tests/uitests/utils.py | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tests/uitests/utils.py b/tests/uitests/utils.py index b9c3c62c..c701d330 100644 --- a/tests/uitests/utils.py +++ b/tests/uitests/utils.py @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class UITestCase(unittest.TestCase): """ def setUp(self): self.app = VMMDogtailApp(tests.utils.URIs.test_full) + def tearDown(self): self.app.stop() @@ -364,8 +365,15 @@ class VMMDogtailApp(object): cmd += extra_opts self._proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr) - self._root = dogtail.tree.root.application("virt-manager") - self._topwin = self._root.find(None, "(frame|dialog|alert)") + + try: + self._root = dogtail.tree.root.application("virt-manager") + self._topwin = self._root.find(None, "(frame|dialog|alert)") + except RuntimeError: + msg = "Could not access the top virt-manager window. Maybe " \ + "another instance of virt-manager is active? Please close it " \ + "before running tests" + raise RuntimeError(msg) def stop(self): """ -- 2.17.1 _______________________________________________ virt-tools-list mailing list virt-tools-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list