title: Unable to run Selenium + Python Script on linux mint with Chrome and firefox
body: <p>I am not able to run/execute <strong>python(3.5)</strong>+<strong>selenium(3.4.0)</strong> script on <strong>Linux Mint 18.1 Serena</strong> using on <strong>Chrome</strong> and  <strong>Firefox</strong>.</p>
  
  <p>Details:</p>
  
  <p>When I try to run below script for Chrome or Firefox browser I am facing issues, It runs perfectly fine on windows machine but giving some weird issues on Linux Mint.</p>
  
  <p>Chrome:- </p>
  
  <pre><code>import time
  from selenium import webdriver
  driver = webdriver.Chrome()
  driver.get('http://www.google.com/xhtml');
  driver.close()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Result:-</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "sample1.py", line 6, in &lt;module&gt;
  driver.get('http://www.google.com/xhtml');
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/selenium-3.4.0-py3.5.egg /selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 261, in get
  self.execute(Command.GET, {'url': url})
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/selenium-3.4.0-py3.5.egg/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 247, in execute
  response = self.command_executor.execute(driver_command, params)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/selenium-3.4.0-py3.5.egg/selenium/webdriver/remote/remote_connection.py", line 464, in execute
  return self._request(command_info[0], url, body=data)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/selenium-3.4.0-py3.5.egg/selenium/webdriver/remote/remote_connection.py", line 488, in _request
  resp = self._conn.getresponse()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/http/client.py", line 1197, in getresponse
  response.begin()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/http/client.py", line 297, in begin
  version, status, reason = self._read_status()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/http/client.py", line 266, in _read_status
  raise RemoteDisconnected("Remote end closed connection without"
  http.client.RemoteDisconnected: Remote end closed connection without response
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>FireFox :-</p>
  
  <pre><code>import time
  from selenium import webdriver
  driver = webdriver.Firefox()
  driver.get('http://www.google.com/xhtml');
  driver.close()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Result:-</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "sample1.py", line 4, in &lt;module&gt;
  driver = webdriver.Firefox()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/selenium-3.4.0-py3.5.egg/selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.py", line 142, in __init__
  self.service.start()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/selenium-3.4.0-py3.5.egg/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 74, in start
  stdout=self.log_file, stderr=self.log_file)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 947, in __init__
  restore_signals, start_new_session)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 1551, in _execute_child
  raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg)
  OSError: [Errno 8] Exec format error
  </code></pre>