no chromium-browser ofter upgrade - firefox still works

[gahligahli]

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 64 bit
Acer Revo R3700
chromium-browser from daily builds ppa


Hello hello,

After doing todays ubuntu updates my chromium browser has broken, by way of failing to load. Firefox still works and is what I am using to post this.

I have read this thread:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1666129&highlight=chrome

As in the above thread, chromium-browser loads fine when run with sudo (naughty)

My error is as follows:


userone@revo:~$ chromium-browser
[2010:2021:682719490:FATAL:external_pref_extension_ loader.cc(63)] Check failed: PathService::Get(base_path_key_, &base_path_).
AbortedI looked for the /opt/google directory but I have none, possibly from using a different install method to above-mentioned thread?

Any solutions or even clues would be appreciated.


Thread Update:

I have made no changes, but chromium-browser now loads under my normal user privileges, but with the error of:

Your preferences can not be read.

Same features may be unavailable, and changes to preferences won't be saved


Hmmmm...

[Criz Collins]

exactly same issue here since my update 30 minutes ago.
But I still can not start chromium with the error mentioned in the first post.
Btw. Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick) here

Reverting back to the previous version worked for me:

# sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/chromium-*.642.*

[garvinrick4]

I am sure if it is in the daily's it will be fixed shortly.

[lionbeast]

i've got the same problem here. i'm still on lucid lynx and just did the update.

does anybody know how i could get my bookmarks without chromium launching?

[lionbeast]

i've got the same problem here. i'm still on lucid lynx and just did the update.

does anybody know how i could get my bookmarks without chromium launching?

[jackos]

Same problem after today's upgrade, same fix worked:

sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/chromium-*642.*
dpkg: warning: downgrading chromium-browser from 10.0.644.0~svn20110120r71911-0ubuntu1~ucd1~maverick to 10.0.642.0~svn20110118r71618-0ubuntu1~ucd1~maverick.
(Reading database ... 157961 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace chromium-browser 10.0.644.0~svn20110120r71911-0ubuntu1~ucd1~maverick (using .../chromium-browser_10.0.642.0~svn20110118r71618-0ubuntu1~ucd1~maverick_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement chromium-browser ...
dpkg: warning: downgrading chromium-browser-inspector from 10.0.644.0~svn20110120r71911-0ubuntu1~ucd1~maverick to 10.0.642.0~svn20110118r71618-0ubuntu1~ucd1~maverick.
Preparing to replace chromium-browser-inspector 10.0.644.0~svn20110120r71911-0ubuntu1~ucd1~maverick (using .../chromium-browser-inspector_10.0.642.0~svn20110118r71618-0ubuntu1~ucd1~maverick_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement chromium-browser-inspector ...
Setting up chromium-browser-inspector (10.0.642.0~svn20110118r71618-0ubuntu1~ucd1~maverick) ...
Setting up chromium-browser (10.0.642.0~svn20110118r71618-0ubuntu1~ucd1~maverick) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...

[gahligahli]

Thanks for the info Criz Collins!

The command successfully executed but alas still the same issue, doh.



And lionbeast, your bookmarks are here:

~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Bookmarks

:)

[gahligahli]

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[viggo]

Reverting back to the previous version worked for me:

# sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/chromium-*.642.*

Also, version 643 is working on lucid
# sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/chromium-*.643.*

[plasmidmap]

Sorry double post, see below.

[plasmidmap]

The downgrade fix did not work for me since I don't seem to have a cache for chromium however, this did work:

Temporary work-around:

0. Make a backup copy of /home/username/.config/chromium , just in case.
1. Run chromium as root. This will hijack your chromium preferences folder, setting root as owner of your preferences.
> sudo chromium-browser
2. Close chromium.
3. Take back ownership of your chromium preferences:
> sudo chown -R username /home/username/.config/chromium

chromium then loads as normal.

[plut0]

You can fix this by downloading the previous build from yesterday. Browse to:
http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu/pool/main/c/chromium-browser/

Download version 643, make sure you grab the appropriate release and arch for your system. Then you can install with dpkg.

[Mortuis]

I had the same problem, plasmidmap's solution in post #15 worked for me.

[Mortuis]

I had the same problem, plasmidmap's solution in post #15 worked for me.

[gahligahli]

Post #15 worked for me, back to happy with chrome.

Thanks plasmid!

[TOfregato]

Thanks plasmidmap! Worked like a charm ;)