Questions tagged [google-chrome]
Google Chrome is a non-free proprietary web browser based on Chromium with extra features added such as a built-in Adobe Flash reader and PDF viewer along with support for DRM. Use this tag for questions about installing and using the Google Chrome browser on Ubuntu systems.
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Gmail doesn't display properly
I am using Ubuntu Mate 16.04LTS, and so far I've been using the Firefox browser. I wanted to switch to Google Chrome, but it doesn't display Gmail properly. I tried Chromium, and it has the same ...
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Samba share points not visible in google Chrome "save as" utility in 14.04
I generally mount 2 NAS with nautilus as samba shares. I mount them manually with nautilus.
For some unknown reason I cannot see those shares anymore when I want to "save as" a file on one of those ...
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Chrome: images with distorted lines
I have ubuntu 16.04 and google-chrome-stable installed. I had the blinking issue which I solved thanks to this post: Annoying flickering in 16.04 LTS - Chrome . Still, sometimes (usually when a page ...
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Prevent Google Chrome from opening PDF files?
I'm using Google Chrome (not Chromium) on Ubuntu 14.04.
While I could configure Chromium to not open PDF files, and just prompt to save them instead, I couldn't do it with Google Chrome.
No matter ...
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Missing icons in top panel after 17.04 upgrade
The Google Chrome and another app icons disappeared from the top panel after I upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 to 17.04. Tried reinstalling them but to no avail. They are still working, just that the ...
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flash videos won't play in any browser
I used to play streams from crictime and they used to play without any problem in both firefox and chrome, but they won't anymore. Youtube videos play without any problem. I have already seen Problem ...
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How can I get rid of the Aw snap error in Chrome?
Suddenly I keep getting the Aw snap! error in Chrome and I can't get rid of it, I've tried to rm -rf .config/google-chrome/ but that didn't help... any suggestions?
I'm using
$ google-chrome --version ...
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Xubuntu and mouse scrolling direction [duplicate]
I'm using xubuntu (not unity) and mouse scrolling works totally wrong. I see first comments on this dated 2011. Now it is 2017 and everything is the same mess.
So. I'm using xubuntu. And I like ...
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Shortcuts taking too long to respond
After a normal Ubuntu system update/upgrade some issues started to happen. The most annoying is that some shortcuts are taking too long to respond, like 30 seconds to 1 minute.
Here are some examples:...
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Helvetica font screw Google Chrome on Ubuntu
I have installed "Helvetica" in Ubuntu, but it have a bug with Google Chrome. Well, I removed it from ~/.fonts/ folder, but the problem persist.
The problem is that Chrome (and also any Electron app, ...
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Difference between xul-ext-ublock-origin package and ublock origin Chrome extension?
What is the difference (in functionality and use) between the Ubuntu package xul-ext-ublock-origin, and the Chrome extension ublock origin?
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Live Streaming CNN
Does anybody have a solution to live streaming TV for example CNN Go?
I've installed hal-flash, Adobe flash and installed media codecs. I'm trying to live stream CCN with Chrome browser and Firefox ...
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Ubuntu 17.04 Chromium Browser quietly provides full access to Google account [duplicate]
I am using Ubuntu 17.04 and Chromium browser. I just noticed that in my Google account permission page, I had given full access to Ubuntu. I never did that. So I revoked it. When I did that, I noticed ...
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Google search result font is now showing only boxes instead if words in certain parts
The past two days whenever I do a google search this is the result, certain parts of the result are just boxes.This is not only the problem in firefox the same is the status in google chrome.I think ...
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Can't remove Chromium from Software Store
I installed Chromium from Software app, but I decided to with chrome-stable. Clicking remove in software app says 'Removing...' then it cancels it and doesn't remove it.
Via terminal this doesn't ...
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Random Ad-pops in Chrome and Firefox even with popup-blockers
Some malware has crept into my ubuntu 16.04 LTS system (latest updated) which modifies source of web page, inserts this code in section, in both Firefox and Chrome (both latest). This changes ...
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The title bar buttons for "chrome" are different than usual applications(according to theme)
The problem is that the the title bar buttons are different as shown in this image:
For other applications it's normal, it's according to the theme.
it's weird and annoying can some one fix this?
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Install 64-bit Chrome on 32-bit computer [duplicate]
Can I install 64-bit Google Chrome on 32-bit Ubuntu 16.04? My computer has 504mb RAM. The software installer is not able to install Google Chrome 64-bit version.
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Can we have multiple instances of an app installed?
Can we have two (or multiple) copies of an app installed with complete different data/ settings /preferences in each one of them?
Android has an app called Parallel Space which can imitate what I ...
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Text preview boxes are jumbled in Chrome
When I hover over text or links in Google Chrome the text boxes are jumbled. I don't quite know how to describe it, it just looks weird and that's why I figured I'd show you some pictures:
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Chrome freezes every minute on Ubuntu installed on USB stick
I have installed Ubuntu on a USB 3.0 stick. Everything seems to work fine and quite fluently except for the my chrome browser so far. It keeps on freezing every minute for about 10 seconds. It seems ...
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System freezes including keyboard/mouse
I'm a brand new linux/ubuntu user, and i'm having some issues with freezes.
The first time it happened it did so without any warning, and i had to do a hard reboot.
The second time, it started with ...
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Google Chrome opening leaves window shadow at first
When I'm opening the Chromium, it leaves a shadow before opening and after 2 seconds the chromium window showing. Shadow size is always the size of the unmaximized chromium window (even if chromium ...
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Sharing sensitive Chrome Browser info between Windows and Ubuntu
The Scenario: Several sites that I log onto frequently require me to register my computer using Google Chrome as a "safe" Home computer such as my bank and my work website. I.E. {Trust this PC as my ...
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how can I run imacros from the command line?
I have a script that I am writing, and it uses an imacros macro.
in Windows, one would use something like: "google-chrome-stable imacros://run/?m=/Path/to/Macro/macro.iim"
On the Ubuntu command ...
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"Show in folder" error in Chrome
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 and Chrome version 58. Everytime I download a file in a specific folder, say "/home/yannick/Desktop" and I click on "Show in folder", the correct folder opens but I'll get an ...
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How to install google chrome browser on Ubuntu [duplicate]
To be honest, I'm new to Ubuntu and 've heard that this OS more advanced rather than Windows. But why the installation of the simple browser became so complicated is out of my mind. So I downloaded ...
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Chrome or chromium window doesn't appear after opening
I'm new to ubuntu and I'm getting very frustrated so far. I'm trying to get chrome to work properly, as I have a chromecast I would like to use, as well as all the extensions I have on chrome.
I've ...
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Cannot load M3U8: No levels to play
i'm not able to watch some streaming channels anymore.
Here's the link
I only get this message:
Cannot load M3U8: No levels to play, both on Chrome (54.0.2840.100 64-bit) and Firefox (53.0 64-bit), ...
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Chrome and Chromium are taking a long time to load
I am on Ubuntu 16.04.2 and today Google Chrome and Chromium started taking a long time to load. Once opened, they freeze frequently.
I loaded Chrome from the command line and got this message:
$ ...
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Unable start google-chrome appilcation (ubuntu_gtk_set_use_overlay_scrollbar)
I am using Ubuntu 17.04 and have some problem with my google-chrome, chromium and other apps. The problem like in this screen shot:
sahl@hawk:~$ google-chrome
/opt/google/chrome/chrome: symbol lookup ...
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Error occured by chrome
When I open installed google chrome
google-chrome-stable
Then it shows :
[0503/011955.057655:ERROR:nss_util.cc(94)] Failed to create /home/abhi/.pki/nssdb directory.
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Ubuntu 16.04.01 MATE - Chrome 'Aw snap" crashes
On a fairly fresh install of Ubuntu, Chrome 57.
Chrome is being a real pain. Constantly getting the 'Aw snap' error on multiple tabs, ironically even the actual google support page on that issue (...
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Chromium Signal App crashing in Xubuntu
When I try to launch Signal through the launcher on Linux with the following
/usr/bin/chromium-browser --profile-directory=Default --app-id=bikioccmkafdpakkkcpdbppfkghcmihk
It crashes, nothing ...
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Chromium Browser XFCE panel indicator
Google Chrome, when installed, presents an icon in the XFCE4 panel display under XUbuntu. Chromium does not. Is there anyway to install the panel indicator icon in XFCE for Chromium.
For Google ...
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Run chrome webpage as desktop application
I am looking to run a couple web pages as desktop applications in Gnome shell. These are the requirements:
It must run with Google Chrome.
It must be available as a separate app icon when pressing ...
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How to get native notifications on chrome?
I'm a newbie to ubuntu and I trying to get native notifications on chrome and I have tried Libnotify but not working.
Anyone, please help me.
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Amazon Prime Video incompatability with 17.04 [duplicate]
I tried to watch a movie on Amazon Prime. I got the following error message.
Your web browser is missing a digital rights component. In your web
browser's address bar, type about:addons, press ...
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Chromium widevine doesnt work on Ubuntu 17.04
I am on a fresh install of Ubuntu 17.04 and I can't get any encrypted content to play. Both Netflix and the test at http://www.widevine.com/demo/index.html don't work. Also chrome://components shows ...
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Google Chrome Crashes in Ubuntu 16.04 (Mate and LTS both)
Google Chrome Crashes after a clean installation of ubuntu 16.04 and ubuntu mate 16.04 I have to restart the machine then it works for some time and then again the same it hangs only google chrome ...
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Plex icon for Google Chrome in Launcher
Ubuntu 16.04x64
Chrome Version 57.0.2987.133 (64-bit)
Plex Version 3.2.1
Google Chrome works as expected until I open the Plex Launcher app.
Once I have opened the Plex Launcher (which opens the ...
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Ubuntu 17.04: Can't get Google Chrome to sign in to sync data [closed]
Fresh install of Ubuntu 17.04 yesterday.
Installed Chrome. Signed in to Google account. Sync won't sync. After a while I get the following error.
Failed to start up the sync backend.
Please make ...
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How to post on instagram from Ubuntu
I followed these steps:
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
Next, install the chromeos-apk tool:
sudo npm install chromeos-apk -g
Make a directory in your ...
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Dependency is not satisfiable: libfontconfig1 (>= 2.9.0) [closed]
I am getting the following error code while trying to install the Chrome browser on a Linux/Gateway machine running Ubuntu 12.04:
Dependency is not satisfiable: libfontconfig1 (>= 2.9.0)
I'm ...
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How to restrict users from enabling add on in chrome browser
Please let me is there any possibility to restrict system users from installing addon in chrome browser
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Freeze after out of fullscreen mode (YouTube, Netflix, and others)
I have a bug: When I watch a video on YouTube, Netflix or other site in FullScreen mode, and then when I exit from this fullscreen, and go back normal. My screen freezes on my computer on the right ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Freeze after out of fullscreen mode (YouTube, each others)
I have a bug:
When I watch some video on YouTube or each other site in FullScreen mode - and then when I exit from this fullscreen - I have freeze of my computer. Sound is still working (video is ...
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New Ubuntu 17.04 problem: "Your connection was interrupted"
I'm getting this whenever I go to a new Web page starting a new tab in Chrome
"your connection was interrupted; a network change was detected"
then it proceeds to the page, although often enough it ...
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Google Chrome won't install on 17.04 [closed]
I had to remove Chrome to have enough space to upgrade from 16.10 to 17.04. I downloaded the latest version from Google. But when it opens in the Ubuntu Software Manager, and I click on "Install", ...
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Where i can download 32 bit Google Chrome for Ubuntu [duplicate]
I would like to install Chrome on Ubuntu 14.04 32bit, but it's no longer supported.