Ubuntu forums crashing chrome

[r.stiltskin]

I've been using google-chrome beta (v 25.0.1364.97 to be exact) for a few days without any problems until today when I used it to log into this forum. As soon as I finish logging in and it begins to redirect away from the login page, all Chrome windows immediately crash. None of that silly "snap" nonsense or any other indication of error. Just gone.

Not just once -- I've logged in about 6 times now & this happens immediately every time.

This isn't happening on any other forum that I've logged into, or any other web pages. Only here. So what's up with that?

I'm running Xubuntu 12.04 32-bit with nouveau driver

[nothingspecial]

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[CharlesA]

You could try creating a new profile for Chrome and/or trying to start it without any addons/extensions to see if the problem still occurs.

[r.stiltskin]

No extensions makes no difference. And I deleted all ubuntu* cookies but it still crashes instantly.

Not sure what you're suggesting regarding a profile.

The only thing I can add is that now cprogramming.com forum is also crashing chrome. Both use vbulletin. Maybe an update to vbulletin was just installed and is causing this.

[CharlesA]

The only thing I can add is that now cprogramming.com forum is also crashing chrome. Both use vbulletin. Maybe an update to vbulletin was just installed and is causing this.

Doubt it, this forum hasn't been updated and works fine in Chrome for other members.

Try starting Chrome in safe mode, if it has one.

[coffeecat]

The only thing I can add is that now cprogramming.com forum is also crashing chrome. Both use vbulletin. Maybe an update to vbulletin was just installed and is causing this.

We have not had an update to vBulletin for nearly a year, but we are scheduled to upgrade to VB 4.2 in a few days time. The cprogramming forum is running 4.2.

I doubt VB is the problem here, but if you want to try some other VB forums to see if they cause the same issue, linuxforums.org, kubuntuforums.net, forums.opensuse.org and fedoraforum.org/forum/ all use vBulletin.

[r.stiltskin]

I've tried a bunch of forums using vbulletin, various versions including 4.2.0, 3.8.x and 3.7.x. So far the only ones I found crashing chrome are this one and cprogramming.com.

I just realized that chrome-beta was updated this morning, so it must be something about that update. But still, it's just these two forums.

edit: I posted this issue on google chrome forum. Guess it's their problem.

[mörgæs]

I posted this issue on google chrome forum. Guess it's their problem.

Yes, indeed. Even if a web site is serving really ugly code it should not crash a browser. Please report the bug for the developers to fix.

[r.stiltskin]

It's reported. Hope they fix it sometime soon.

I notice that this problem only involves the 32 bit versions of chrome/chromium. This hasn't happened on either of my 64 bit machines.

[vasa1]

I can access this forum with (stable, not beta) Chrome 25.0.1364.97 (Official Build 183676) 32-bit. Can you try with a new user profile (chrome://settings)?