rewyllys
November 21st, 2014, 02:58 AM
As a user of Linux Mint 17, I've repeatedly encountered -- during the last 2 or 3 days -- a problem when opening Google Chrome. (It's my impression that the problem is associated with the latest update to Chrome, #39...) The problem is that upon opening, Google Chrome reports, "Your profile could not be opened correctly."
When I Googled the problem (in Firefox), the most potentially useful set of suggestions I found was this:
"1. Quit Google Chrome.2. Open a shell.
3. Change directory (cd) to ~/.config/google-chrome/Default
4. Delete the file named "Web Data": rm -rf Web\ Data;
5. Start Google Chrome and the error should be gone."
But I tried these steps, more than once, without success. In fact, after installing Chrome, I couldn't even succeed in opening it.
I finally used the Synaptic Package Manager to remove Chrome entirely. Then I used the SPM to install Chromium.
Chromium is working satisfactorily -- so far, at least <fingers crossed>.
When I Googled the problem (in Firefox), the most potentially useful set of suggestions I found was this:
"1. Quit Google Chrome.2. Open a shell.
3. Change directory (cd) to ~/.config/google-chrome/Default
4. Delete the file named "Web Data": rm -rf Web\ Data;
5. Start Google Chrome and the error should be gone."
But I tried these steps, more than once, without success. In fact, after installing Chrome, I couldn't even succeed in opening it.
I finally used the Synaptic Package Manager to remove Chrome entirely. Then I used the SPM to install Chromium.
Chromium is working satisfactorily -- so far, at least <fingers crossed>.