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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Linux driver installation on chromebook gives architecture error
So basically I bought an Artist 12 2nd gen tablet and I only have a chrome laptop so currently I need to install the Linux driver to use it and properly draw.
It constantly says "Error while ...
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Google page translate in Chrome does not work in Kubuntu
I am in Kubuntu 22.04 and I have Chrome Version 122.0.6261.128 (Official Build) (64-bit) and the google page translation stopped working today.
I am getting the popup This page couldn't be translated
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Chrome reinstallation does not allow me to update Chrome
I am running Ubuntu 22.04. My Google Chrome has not been updating for a while and has been asking for a reinstall.
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling to update, but it doesn't work- the same Chrome ...
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Cannot upload files that are in my local Google Drive to any website
In the pop-up window that appears to upload a file to any website, I cannot upload files that are in my google drive, I select them and they simply do not upload, any other file on my system can be ...
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Chrome suddenly won't load in Ubuntu 23.10
When I logged in today Chrome will not load. Clicking on the icon does nothing. I rebooted. I used sudo apt reinstall google-chrome-stable. Nothing. I re-downloaded the .deb package from Google and ...
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Monitoring user activity restricted to GUI apps
I wish to monitor what all apps were opened on the PC at any time. I mostly use it for operating GUI apps like chrome, vlc media player, etc. Specifically, I would like to know which app I opened at ...
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Chrome Browser consuming CPU in Lununtu
I have been running Lubuntu on one computer for a few years. Performance has really degraded over the last few months and when I run the qps monitor, I see chrome consuming most of the CPU. When idle ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 - Browsers (Firefox & Chrome) Won't Use / Prioritize IPv4 Despite gai.conf Precedence - How can I prefer IPv4?
In /etc/gai.conf, I have the following:
label ::1/128 0
label ::/0 1
label 2002::/16 2
label ::/96 3
label ::ffff:0:0/96 4
precedence ::1/128 50
precedence ::/0 ...
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See amazon prime video in 1080p
Unfortunately, as I understand, due to codec permissions change, already for a while it is not possible to watch amazon prime video on linux in 1080p quality.
This is using all existing browsers. I am ...
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WiFi Connection interrupted spontaneously on Ubuntu 22.04
I'm experimenting with an interesting problem that started about a month or two ago. My Linux machine can read Wi-Fi signals and I can connect to my home Wi-Fi network. However, after anywhere between ...
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Chrome-based browsers show wrongly some letters with diacritics on parts of some websites (Wikipedia, Wiktionary)
This doesn't happen in Firefox or other non-Chrome-based browsers, but it happens in Opera, Thorium or Vivaldi.
The name "Țepeș", for example, looks like this:
when it should look like this:...
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How does one download additional gnome-shell-search-providers? Is there one for google-chrome?
I've seen a screenshot with a lot more than what I have as packaged with 22.04. Given no interest in writing any myself I assumed that there must be some sort of repository for them but there's no ...
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Files showing in file explorer but not in the open file window
Really annoying behavior, I had files which did not appear in the "open file" box.
I struggled a bit until I discovered the behavior ...
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In my laptop chrome ois not launching
I have ubuntu 22.04 lts in my machine. Suddenly my chrome is not launching. I tried reinstalling it but it didn't worked.
I am getting following log in my terminal
$ google-chrome
[12718:12718:0216/...
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Migrate from chromium to chrome, preserving settings and profiles (given multiple profiles) in a time efficient way
How do I migrate from chromium to chrome preserving all the setting? I have multiple profiles in chromium, each with different startup-pages, bookmarks, credentials, etc, which should be migrated to ...
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Synchronize chromium browser on Ubuntu 22.04 with chrome on Android
I have Chromium installed on my Ubuntu 22.04 machine. Is it possible to synchronize Chromium with Chrome on Android? I do not see an option in the settings of chromium to synchronize to any other ...
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How to make flag --enable-features=VaapiVideoEncoder persistent in google-chrome?
System info:
Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy
Google-chrome installed from .deb
Version 121.0.6167.160 (Official Build) (64-bit)
chrome://gpu
Graphics Feature Status
Canvas: ...
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Google Chrome edit bookmark dialog hangs the browser on Ubuntu 20.04
Opening of Google Chrome (stable) Edit bookmark dialog HANGS the browser - the browser starts to use 100% of CPU and its window slightly moves left/right. The process must be killed - it does not help ...
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How to install Google Chrome on Ubuntu server 22.04
I have a problem installing Google Chrome on Ubuntu 22.04 (VPS) with an AMD processor. I also tried just in case on Ubuntu 22.04 with an Intel processor). I have rigorously followed the procedure of ...
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Control Chrome audio from keyboard
I installed Ubuntu 22.04.1 on my iMac. I can control PC audio from the keyboard, but not Chrome audio. To raise or lower the audio of Chrome I have to go to settings->audio and adjust it from there:...
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How to chromecast from a streaming web page without having it display on the Ubuntu device too?
In the Chrome browser, if I'm on a streaming site, a right-click offers me the option of casting to my TV.
The TV has a Google dongle attached and everything works fine, displaying the video both on ...
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Kubuntu 23.10 Viber.AppImage not opening URLs
I am using Viber (AppImage, not the .deb) but whenever anyone sends me a URL in chat if i try to open it by clicking it just doesnt open (i have to copy the URL manually and paste it in the browser)
I ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS Back Screen Freeze
I have Ubuntu 22.04 dual booted with Windows 10 in my laptop.
Specifications:
Lenovo ThinkPad E495
Windowing system: Wayland
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3500u
Graphics card: AMD® Radeon vega 8 ...
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Selected tab is barely distinguishable from other tabs
I have to reinstall Ubuntu 22.04.3 and after that my Chrome browser looks like this:
As you see, the selected tab is barely distinguishable from other tabs. That causes this, and how to fix that?
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perfrormance dip when playing youtube on surface go 2
I've installed Ubuntu 23.10 GNOME on my Surface Go 2 because Windows 11 is way too slow.
I only use it to watch youtube and occasionally stream simple games from my main desktop with parsec.
it worked ...
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Import bookmarks into Firefox from Windows/Chrome?
I've been using Chrome on Windows for years now, but that system won't boot anymore. I have a large collection of bookmarks that I'd like to transfer to Firefox on my new Ubuntu installation. The ...
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Why does google chrome show the FILE CHOOSER on the CONSOLE even when DISPLAY X11 FORWARDING is on?
I have ssh'ed from machine1 to another machine (machine2)
machine1:$ ssh -X user@machine2
machine2: gedit
and I run gedit and I open the file chooser.
Both gedit and the file chooser respect the ...
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Google Maps Very Slow in Chrome but not Firefox
For a month or more Google maps has been very slow and unusable in Chrome. This is true even when maps load when seeking directions when searching in Chrome. Maps is OK in Firefox. When a web page ...
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Can't use chrome,brave,edge
I am getting error while I am searching anything
Error "Something went wrong while displaying this web page
Error code: SIGBUS(7)"
I saw some answers but I can't even access the settings tab ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS Failed to fetch systemd-hwe-hwdb all 249.11.3
I got an error when trying to install Chrome on Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS.
Error:
The following NEW packages will be installed:
fonts-liberation google-chrome-stable libgbm1 libu2f-udev libwayland-server0
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Playback problem on Firefox or Chrome at Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
I'm encountering a playback issue on my Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and would appreciate some guidance.
When attempting to watch online videos on both Chrome and Firefox from various websites, I encounter a ...
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How to check available versions in google debian repository
I want to install a particular version of Chrome from the official Google's repository. This is how I install Chrome now:
RUN apt-get update \
&& apt-get install -y wget gnupg \
&&...
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Chrome browser losing certificate on startup linux
Every time I restart Linux, I lose the certificate of the project that I installed through the Chrome browser. What should I do to save this permanently, without losing it?
The certificate was ...
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Free memory consumed by browser and applications on ubuntu 22.04
I have 32 GB ram, that in days get eaten up by using web-browser firefox and other common programming applications. Even my swap get up to 17.9/37.3 GB written. OS Ubuntu 22.04. I have not been able ...
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How to Use workspace in incognito mode in Ubuntu 23.10?
I want to Create a separate workspace for incognito work. This completely isolates it from my main workspace, making it invisible and inaccessible unless i switch to that specific workspace. It's ...
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Kubuntu 22.04 freezes with second monitor
Setup
Hey, I have Kubuntu 22.04 on my laptop (i7-11800H, Nvidia 3050Ti) for more than a year. I use two screens (laptop + external monitor).
Problems
Since around a month ago, following problems occur ...
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Google chrome v119.0.6045.199 on Ubuntu 22.04 takes long to boot
Google chrome v119.0.6045.199 on Ubuntu 22.04 takes long to start.
I have completely uninstalled chrome and reinstalled it, but I am having the same issue.
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Transfer Google Chrome profiles from Ubuntu to windows
I have to use both Ubuntu and Windows. Consequently I also need to use Google Chrome on both. I have tried to transfer my chrome profiles FROM Ubuntu 20.04 to Windows 10 unsuccessfully despite ...
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Ubuntu Mate 22.04 slows as hell after launching Google Chrome
I have been using Ubuntu Mate 20.04 LTS on my Lenovo Ideapad L340 17API (Ryzen 7 3700U based, with integrated VEGA Radeon graphics) since I bought it in summer of 2020 (maintaining the system up-to-...
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Ubuntu 22.04: ALL browsers crash after update
I have installed Ubuntu 22.04 on my laptop since 1 year. It works with me like a charm. Suddenly, after I have updated the system one month ago, ALL browsers (chromium, google chrome stable, Firefox, ...
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Unable to resolve host address 'dl.google.com'
I am using Ubuntu 20.04. I am unable to open the Firefox and Chrome browsers in the Ubuntu. I used wget command to install the browsers. However, wget command also did not work.
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Notifications not showing in fullscreen mode Ubuntu 22.04
So, I don't receive notifications from the Telegram application when I watching a YouTube video in fullscreen mode. I tried to find something about that in google, but I didn't found anything, only ...
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Unified application switcher (browser tabs <--> native window)
I don't like that alt+tab only switches between native windows, and not between browser tabs.
I want to switch between applications with alt+tab, no matter if they are run in a browser tab or in a ...
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If I add chrome/firefox extension under my user, will it affect other users?
I want to severely restrict my internet access. For my personal computer (which uses windows 10), I am happy with the solution provided by ColdTurkey. However, through x2go I can also log into my ...
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How can I allow Google Chrome to update itself on Ubuntu? [duplicate]
From Windows, I am used to Google Chrome automatically updating itself. However, this seems not to work on Ubuntu. Every morning I am greeted with a "Can't update Chrome" error in the ...
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In Gnome, how to change the "Default Applications" / "Mail" to chrome-beta?
The most recent stable version of Chrome (or at least 118 when I was testing) has been freezing in my laptop, so I installed Chrome-beta which is working much better.
Now the issue is that in Ubuntu ...
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"Persistent 'Set as Default' Warning Issue in Ubuntu 23.10 Browsers"
fellow Ubuntu 23.10 user. I currently have two web browsers installed on my laptop:
Brave Browser (installed via snaps).
Google Chrome (installed from a deb package).
Issue:
Upon opening either ...
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Youtube started lagging out of nowhere
I installed Ubuntu 22.04 a few months ago and youtube was playing well at 1440p. Then it slowly started lagging for no reason. At 1080p i don't have any problems. I'm using chrome browser. I've tried ...
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Chrome freezes on startup and when opening the Downloads tab
Chrome is always unresponsive on startup for about 3 seconds. Similarly it often becomes unresponsive and freezes when going to Downloads (Here the tab doesn't open correctly initially having the ...
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Funny rendering on Chrome on Ubuntu [duplicate]
I'm using:
Google Chrome: version 118.0.5993.88 (official build) (64-bit)
Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS
I've updated and upgraded everything and have some strange renders on the pages, like the attached images.
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