Issue 318646 in chromium: Chrome won't start after update to latest stable version

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Labels: Cr-Internals-Installer Pri-2 Via-Wizard Type-Bug OS-Linux

New issue 318646 by mzso...@gmail.com: Chrome won't start after update to
latest stable version
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=318646

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like
Gecko) Ubuntu Chromium/30.0.1599.114 Chrome/30.0.1599.114 Safari/537.36

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. apt-get install google-chrome-stable
2. google-chrome

What is the expected behavior?
Start the browser

What went wrong?
Browser would not start and gives error:
[1113/110043:ERROR:nacl_helper_linux.cc(233)] NaCl helper process running
without a sandbox!
Most likely you need to configure your SUID sandbox correctly

Did this work before? Yes on version 30.0

Chrome version: 31.0.1650.48-1 Channel: stable
OS Version: kubuntu 13.10
Flash Version: Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45

System is 32 bit, flash has been disabled.
With --no-sandbox the browser starts, but all pages are blank, even
settings and any page.

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Comment #2 on issue 318646 by vratisla...@gmail.com: Chrome won't start

after update to latest stable version
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=318646

Operating system: Kubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-56-generic (i686)
Chrome version: 31.0.1650.57-1 Channel: stable
Flash version: 11.1.102.63

Same problem with start Google Chrome:
After click on icon on the desktop browser doesn't start.
Typing google-chrome in the command line return error:
[1116/004653:ERROR:nacl_helper_linux.cc(233)] NaCl helper process running

without a sandbox! Most likely you need to configure your SUID sandbox
correctly

Before update Google-Chrome worked well!

Also option --no-sandbox give me same reason:
Browser starts, but all pages are blank and any operation gives error:
[3932:3952:1116/005726:ERROR:child_process_launcher.cc(327)] Failed to
launch child process

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Comment #5 on issue 318646 by james.do...@gmail.com: Chrome won't start

after update to latest stable version
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=318646

Exactly the same problem here on Linux Mint 15. Could the native client
integration please be removed from stable Linux builds until it works on
AMD chipsets?

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Comment #6 on issue 318646 by james.do...@gmail.com: Chrome won't start

after update to latest stable version
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=318646

Okay, I think I'm getting somewhere on this one. The culprit seems to be
Pepper Flash.

I can reproduce exactly the same errors in chromium-browser by following
these instructions to install Pepper Flash:
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/install-pepper-flash-player-for.html

Remove (or comment out) the relevant line from
/etc/chromium-browser/default and the problem goes away and the browser
loads normally. Now if we knew where the Google Chrome default settings
file went on Linux (somewhere under /opt/ ?), we could try commenting the
equivalent out there to verify that it is indeed Pepper Flash that is
behind this nasty.

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Comment #8 on issue 318646 by despic...@gmail.com: Chrome won't start after

update to latest stable version
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=318646

Chromium 31 - 33.0.1733.0 (239394) for linux (amd64): FAIL
OS Version: ubuntu 13.10
--ppapi-flash-version=11.9.900.170

Only works with a key --disable-setuid-sandbox
Flash off does not affect the error (emergency stop)...
[32246:32246:1208/133347:FATAL:browser_main_loop.cc(168)] Running without
the SUID sandbox!

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Comment #9 on issue 318646 by hartmut....@gmail.com: Chrome won't start

after update to latest stable version
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=318646

Still happens with all three recent flavours in the repository. And this is
not dependent on an Athlon XP CPU:
--
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 11
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Mobile CPU 1200MHz
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--disable-setuid-sandbox does not resolve the problem, as the browser
starts with this but is not usable.

Linux 3.12-1-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.12.6-2 (2013-12-29) i686 GNU/Linux

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Comment #10 on issue 318646 by vratisla...@gmail.com: Chrome won't start

after update to latest stable version
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=318646

I tried to update Chrome to version 32.0.1700.102-1 but unfortunately
problem still persist. So I get back to version 27.0.1453.110.

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Comment #11 on issue 318646 by paul.dal...@gmail.com: Chrome won't start

after update to latest stable version
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=318646

Exactly the same problem on dual Pentium III MoBo, NVidia 2mx/400 & 1GB
RAM, with OpenSuse 12.2 KDE 32 bit and Chrome releases 33.0.1750.115-1
(stable) and 34.0.1838.2-1 (unstable).
Pity.
Worse still, I haven't got any older versions to fall back to (so using
Firefox as a stop-gap).

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Comment #12 on issue 318646 by krio...@gmail.com: Chrome won't start after

update to latest stable version
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=318646

Had the same error. Works after dropping profile directory.

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Comment #15 on issue 318646 by oconp...@gmail.com: Chrome won't start after

update to latest stable version

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=318646

I have been battling similar issues with both Ubuntu 14.04 and Mint 17
running Chrome versions 37.xxx (stable) - 39.xxx (unstable), on AMD XP
1800+ and AMD XP 3000+ machines. After having to resolve several
dependencies, I am able to get clean installs, but upon starting the
browser I get "This computer can no longer run Google Chrome because its
hardware is no longer supported."

This is a total bummer especially being that I built both systems hoping to
take advantage of the native HTML5 in Chrome 38+ :(

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Comment #16 on issue 318646 by gaur...@chromium.org: Chrome won't start

after update to latest stable version
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=318646

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Comment #17 on issue 318646 by ranjit...@chromium.org: Chrome won't start

after update to latest stable version
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=318646

Unable to reproduce on Ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04 64 Bit OS. Was successfully
able to install chrome and launch it. Please find the system details below:

Ubuntu 12.04:
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Processor - Intel core i7-3770 CPU @3.40 GHz x 8
Graphics - Intel Ivybridge Desktop

Ubuntu 14.04:
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Processor - Intel(R) Core(tm) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz × 4
Graphics - Quadro 400/PCIe/SSE2

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Comment #19 on issue 318646 by tiernans...@gmail.com: Chrome won't start

after update to latest stable version

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=318646

#17 ranjit..
This issue appears to affect machines with AMD processors.
google-chrome-stable 38.0.2125.104-1(Today) gives the same message and will
not launch.

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Comment #20 on issue 318646 by ludd...@gmail.com: Chrome won't start after

update to latest stable version
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=318646

After a 12.04 update some months ago, neither Chrome nor Chromium will
launch. With Chrome I get a message that my hardware(it's an old Packard
Bell desktop)doesn't support it. I suppose the same is for Chromium, only
it just doesn't launch. So, is it possible to find a previous version of
one or the other? I've looked at the google site and didn't find one.