Questions tagged [chromium]
Chromium is the open source (BSD-licenced) web browser that Google Chrome is based on. Use this tag for questions about installing, configuring or using the free software Chromium browser, not the proprietary Chrome browser published by Google.
1,588
questions
1
vote
5
answers
4k
views
Firefox does not connect outside proxy while other browsers do
Little background: I am behind a proxy, where we use "automatic proxy config URL" on http://webproxy.mycompany.com:8080
During typing of this question I also tried Chromium browser which seems to be ...
- 459
1
vote
2
answers
1k
views
Chromium freezes after resuming from standby (Kubuntu 14.04)
Every time my laptop resumes from standby the Chromium browser becomes frozen. Graphically, it means that it leaves an unresponsive black square on the desktop. Sometimes, but not always it would ...
- 511
1
vote
1
answer
796
views
Chrome browser font problem after update in Xubuntu 14.04
I installed Xubuntu 14.04 and when I downloaded and installed Google Chrome after updating the database Chrome displays fonts like this:
user305151
1
vote
2
answers
3k
views
Moonlight not working on chromium
Today i tried to install moonlight plugin for chromium (novell-moonlight-3.99.0.3-x86_64.crx).
It says it's installed but when i try to open sites requiring silverlight it shows the "Get silverlight" ...
- 111
1
vote
1
answer
540
views
browser compositor issues - chromium versus chrome
Chrome browser beta release 34 includes the google 'Aura' compositor that caused lots of issues on my env using 12.04 with GPU = intel HD4000.
So, i went back to the 'Chrome-browser' general release ...
- 161
1
vote
2
answers
276
views
Chromium can't clear browsing data
When I attempt to "Clear browsing data" in chromium I see the following in a terminal.
[...] RemoveFilesRecursively: unlink dir: Directory not empty
RemoveFilesRecursively: unlink dir: Directory ...
- 121
1
vote
1
answer
718
views
Chromium stopped downloading files
Chromium stopped downloading files on one PC. It doesn't work whether it's pdf file from a website or photos from another. When I download from Firefox, it works. So I know that something broke on ...
- 13
1
vote
1
answer
553
views
How to Provide Unity Desktop Integration Features to Site on Chromium
I have installed firefox and chromium browser, both are working well, but i am constantly using chromium, still it's not supported to Unity Desktop Integration, default firefox having unity ...
- 1,020
1
vote
2
answers
213
views
How to get rid of this nonsense pop-up appearing in Ubuntu while using Chromium browser?
I am using Ubuntu in a public location where dozens of users come and visit a site and then go, so for each customer it opens google.com and when they are done, it restarts Chromium by killing it ...
user25165
1
vote
1
answer
2k
views
Out of the box Ubuntu 13.04 with Chromium does not automatically use web apps
I really like the web apps feature in Ubuntu, but when I installed Ubuntu 13.04 and cChromium the automatic integration didn't work. I have no idea how to kick-start the integration.
Anyone an idea?
- 11
1
vote
1
answer
8k
views
Install Chromium Adobe plugins error
While trying to perform simple tasks in Chromium I am experiencing issues with the Adobe Plugin. I cannot view any video because of this. I do not want to use any other browser. When i click "install ...
- 57
1
vote
2
answers
9k
views
How to install Chrome or Chromium 32 bit on Ubuntu 64 bit
I am unable to find any advice how to install either Chrome or Chromium 32 bit on Ubuntu 64 bit 12.10. I installed ia32-libs, downloaded Chrome install package google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb ...
- 131
1
vote
1
answer
1k
views
How do I install Oracle Java on 12.04 such that it works in Google Chrome/Chromium?
I've looked at the other questions asked on this subject and I got OpenJDK and its plugin for web browsers but it isn't working for me. Please help me here, would be much appreciated if someone could ...
- 7,919
1
vote
2
answers
2k
views
How to overcome "check your Internet connection" installing Chromium or Google Chrome? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix a “Failed to download package files” error?
How to fix 'Check your Internet connection' error in software center?
I want to install Google ...
1
vote
2
answers
148
views
How to make browsers re-adjust web pages because of the sidebar?
It does get annoying sometimes. Chromium has to make a bottom scroll bar for pages because the web pages are configured for the whole screen, and all because of the side application launcher bar. ...
- 183
1
vote
2
answers
811
views
google chrome window resizes when click 12.04 kde
All windows work fine but maximized G. Chrome window starts moving whenever I click under title bar without moving the cursor, but I don't want to move the windows, just to focus.
Under the title bar ...
- 515
1
vote
2
answers
931
views
Issues configuring oracle java 6 plugin in chromium
I've been pulling my hair out trying to get Oracle Java running in Chromium. My Java version is shown below:
java version "1.6.0_32"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_32-b05)
Java HotSpot(...
- 121
1
vote
1
answer
2k
views
Problem with Chromium and Google Chrome
Each time I got to specific sites on the internet which I use regularly with both Google Chrome and Chromium (I recently change from Chrome because of one question that I read here) The page loads for ...
- 1,367
1
vote
3
answers
786
views
HTML5 version of Angry Birds not rendering properly in any browser
See the attached screenshot. When I run Angry Birds in any of my browsers, pieces of the game are missing. This desktop is 32bit Xubuntu with the PAE kernel, if that affects anything. I've tried ...
- 453
1
vote
1
answer
115
views
Where do I submit a .desktop file updated with the Unity Launcher API?
Specifically, I decided to update the desktop file for Google Chrome to add a static quicklist (like is already present in Windows 7). Where do I have to submit it for inclusion in Ubuntu?
- 461
1
vote
1
answer
1k
views
Chromium stopped working
When I open Chromium the tabs do not load (even the New Tabs). First, I tried to remove (actually, rename) ~/.config/chromium to chromium_old and nothing got better. Then I purged and removed all ...
- 2,193
1
vote
1
answer
490
views
Hardware video acceleration in chromium does not work
Installed chromium:
snap install chromium --channel=latest/candidate/hwacc
All Intel:
CPU: 12th Gen Intel i5-12400 (12) @ 4.400GHz
GPU: Intel Alder Lake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 730]
But hardware video ...
- 11
1
vote
1
answer
207
views
Text wont unselect on web page in Microsoft Edge on Ubuntu 22.04
I often like to read certain text on the web by selecting it as I read or just to select and copy, but I have recently been noticing after I do this that anywhere else I click on the page does not ...
- 11
1
vote
1
answer
276
views
Droicam working on Firefox but not on Chromium browser
Following this guide, I have installed droidcam and connected my phone camera to my PC on Ubuntu 22.02. I use https://webcamtests.com/ to test my camera and it is working on Firefox. However, using ...
- 165
1
vote
1
answer
6k
views
How to remove Chromium from snap?
I'm looking to remove chromium as so:
root@mordor:~#
root@mordor:~# snap info chromium
name: chromium
summary: Chromium web browser, open-source version of Chrome
publisher: Canonical✓
store-...
- 1,158
1
vote
1
answer
1k
views
how to set lxqt dark theme preference for chromium
Links I've already visited and tried:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1120735/lubuntu-18-10-black-theme-black-background-and-white-bright-text-in-every-apps#:~:text=Window%20manager,-Lubuntu%2018.10%...
- 121
1
vote
1
answer
462
views
How can you make the system print dialogue default in chromium?
When using the native print dialog in chromium (installed via snap) in Ubuntu 21.04, I get problems: it takes a long time to render, makes me unable to choose a page range (until the rendering is ...
1
vote
1
answer
918
views
Cannot start multiple chrome windows from terminal in Ubuntu 21.04
I have the following script:
google-chrome "https://www.google.com"
google-chrome --app=https://listen.tidal.com
google-chrome --app=https://www.notion.so
google-chrome --app=https://outlook....
1
vote
1
answer
58
views
open link from mail in browser, without switching to the browser
In Thunderbird, I used to click on links, which resulted in an new tab, opened in the browser, without switching/activating the browser, so I could open 4, 5 mail notifications in a row, having 4, 5 ...
- 6,694
1
vote
2
answers
562
views
Chromium installed via Snap regularly only display "sigtrap" for new tabs
On my new Ubuntu 20.10. i wanted to try out Chromium via a snap package installation, in the past i always used the native binaries via the ubuntu repository. So i installed Chromium v90.0.4430.93 via ...
- 189
1
vote
1
answer
349
views
Error unistalling Snap version of Chromium
I am running Kubuntu 20.10 on a Samsung Chromebook.
Since I was having problems saving files with the Snap version of Chromium, I installed the Deb version and that works fine for me.
I tried to ...
- 143
1
vote
1
answer
359
views
Trying to remove chromium getting and getting read only file system error
I am running Ubuntu LTS 20.04.2
I installed chromium and chrome, I now want to delete chrome. I see chromium in ~/snap/chromium so I delete it using rm -rf ~/snap/chromium, but I still see chromium in ...
- 13
1
vote
1
answer
759
views
How to run an apk in the chromium browser using a plugin?
Using a plugin for an android emulator, how do I run an apk which has been downloaded?
It's easy enough to click "run online" for, example, twitter -- but not all the apps have this option.
...
- 1,158
1
vote
1
answer
581
views
Does Chromium web browser store passwords more securely than Firefox?
As far as I know Chromium uses some keyring, so if you for example make Ubuntu not ask password on login, Chromium will ask you for password when it is launched. Is it different when comparing to ...
- 5,610
1
vote
2
answers
1k
views
Chromium is not open Zoom by xdg-open
I installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Chromium 81.0.4044.138 and Zoom 5.0.403652.0509. When try to open link to Zoom conference appears window "Open xdg-open?". Unfortunately nothing happened.
I used tip from ...
1
vote
2
answers
597
views
How to install specific chromium version in ubuntu 16.04
I want to install Chromium 72.0.3626.121. What is the procedure?
1
vote
1
answer
2k
views
Chromium and VAAPI problem (ubuntu 19.10)
on Ubuntu 19.10 I tried to use chromium from snap store and both ppa (dev, and beta) in order to use it with libva on Intel graphics. I used to use Fedora's chromium package with libva and mostly I ...
- 231
1
vote
2
answers
2k
views
Alt + tab not working ubuntu 19.04 citrix workspace
I've been searching multiple threads, but can't seem to figure out how to get alt + tab to work on Ubuntu 19.04 with the Citrix Workspace app/extension within Chromium (tried Chrome, too). There's ...
- 201
1
vote
1
answer
548
views
Ubuntu Core on Raspberry Pi: Hide cursor on boot
I'm making a web kiosk using Ubuntu core on a Raspberry Pi, but I want to permanently hide the cursor. I tried using unclutter but was unable to install it with snap. For displaying the web page I ...
- 19
1
vote
1
answer
993
views
Where can I configure Chromium's default command line arguments?
Where can I store default command line arguments to chromium?
Like if I want to set the password-store, incognito, or the proxy options?
- 7,524
1
vote
1
answer
2k
views
Apparmor profile for Chromium browser to read from VirtualBox shared folder
Were there any changes in apparmore profile for Chriomium browser since 16.04 LTS?
Ubuntu 17.x was skipped. We ran 16.04, now B.Beaver. With transition to Beaver Chriomium stopped to be able to ...
- 309
1
vote
1
answer
334
views
Colors incorrect in Chromium
In the attached screenshot, there is an image of the same webpage in Chromium 68.0.3440.75 and Firefox 61.0.1. As you can see, the colors and fonts are unreadable in Chrome's rendering of the same ...
- 292
1
vote
1
answer
905
views
Strange pixelated Chromium in 18.04
After I installed Ubuntu 18.04, I started having this weird problem with Chromium browser (see screenshots). It does not appear all the time however. It happens often when I maximize Chromium from ...
- 2,285
1
vote
1
answer
524
views
Linux on my chromebook just broke - why?
I have a chromebook that I dual-boot linux on via crouton. I was flipping back and forth between chromium and linux using the keyboard shortcut, and it just randomly stopped working. I tried rebooting ...
- 193
1
vote
1
answer
5k
views
Firefox not creating sslkeylog file after setting SSLKEYLOGFILE variable
I ran this in the terminal: export SSLKEYLOGFILE=/home/user/sslkeylog
After opening regular Firefox, the developer version of Firefox and Chromium, "sslkeylog" was never created, even after visiting ...
- 29
1
vote
3
answers
904
views
google search results page hijacked by search.interactivesplash.com
I noticed after unsubscribing from a junk mail, not sure this was a good idea, when I did a Google search using Chromium Web browser, the results page showed up, but very quickly before I could click ...
1
vote
1
answer
1k
views
Chromium needs to be opened from terminal to load user profile
A few days ago, I opened Chromium with a temporary profile.
Since then whenever I open chromium by clicking its icon or from the dash, I get a temporary user profile Chromium window.
However, If I ...
- 541
1
vote
1
answer
1k
views
Screen tearing in Chromium browser
There is some type of image corruption or screen tearing in chromium-browser: 59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.1291. It's hard to describe, but it affects the entire browser and not just YouTube videos. I'...
user552431
1
vote
1
answer
7k
views
Installed Chrome, Keyring Popup [duplicate]
Auto signin worked fine on boot until I installed Chromium. Now the computer signs in on boot, but when i start Chrome, there is a popup asking me enter my keyring ... it gets tedious. Auto signin is ...
1
vote
1
answer
94
views
Kubuntu Certain Programs Become Unoperable After Update?
After performing an sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade on Kubuntu 17.04, all of my browsers won't open when they are clicked. Upon further inspection in terminal, they all seem to have ...
- 1,493