ipython notebook requires javascript

Question

When I start the ipython server notebook using following command:

$ ipython notebook --profile=myserver

I get following screen which I don't recall seeing it before. It seems like a interactive screen where I move the curse and hit enter but I am not sure what I should be doing because I haven't seen this before and did an extensive google search and unable to find any detail information on what I need to select.

    IPython Dashboard
   IPython Notebook requires JavaScript.                                                                                                               
   Please enable it to proceed.                                                                                                                        

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I don't think I want to do import option...

Answer 1

As explained here: http://www.hydro.washington.edu/~jhamman/hydro-logic/blog/2013/10/04/pybook-remote/ launch with the --no-browser parameter like:

ipython notebook --no-browser

Answer 2

This is what happens if e.g. your config file (ipython_notebook_config.py) is missing following entry:

c = get_config()
c.NotebookApp.open_browser = False
other options...

NotebookApp.open_browser defaults to True, which is why it tries to open a browser. Since I guess you are doing this in a terminal that has a text browser, it will not start javascript. Make sure that open_browser is set to False. Since it was working in the past, perhaps then somehow your config file got overridden?

If it is not the case, more details would be welcomed - your config file for instance.

Answer 3

I got the same message "IPython Notebook requires JavaScript ..." after performing the recommended modifications (Running a notebook server) in the ipython_notebook_config.py file. The problem was that I modified the ipython_notebook_config.py file in the default profile (/.ipython/profile_default/), instead of the one in the nbserver profile (/.ipython/profile_nbserver/). As a result, ipython notebook --profile=nbserver was not loading the right configuration...