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Why does Chromium crash within seconds of starting?

rated 0 times [ 5] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 10034 / 3 Years ago, thu, june 24, 2021, 1:12:50

When I start Chromium the program just disappears shortly after the tabs have loaded.

I have a fresh install of ubuntu 11.10 that I installed it using the wubi installer. Chromium worked fine when I first installed it. Things I can remember doing before it stopped:

I installed 200+ ubuntu updates

I synced chrome with my google account (bookmarks etc)

Installed and removed eclipse

I have tried un-installing and re-installing Chromium but the problem persists.

Where can I look to diagnose the cause of the crashing?

UPDATE - Here's what the console spits out:

matt@ubuntu:~$ chromium-browser 



(chromium-browser:2023): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",



(chromium-browser:2023): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",



(chromium-browser:2023): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",



(chromium-browser:2023): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

[2023:2023:1515592300:ERROR:browser_main.cc(96)] Gtk: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to allocate widget with width -2147483648 and height 1026

chromium-browser: /build/buildd/cairo-1.10.2/src/cairo-surface.c:1287: cairo_surface_set_device_offset: Assertion `status == CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS' failed.

Aborted

matt@ubuntu:~$

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answered 3 Years ago istmasted · Accepted Answer

Short answer

Start Chromium from a terminal with chromium-browser --password-store=basic

Log in to a web page (in my case, gmail)

Close Chromium

It should now start normally.

Reason

I found the bug is already reported here. My default starting page was the gmail login page (it's password pages that cause the crash).
I was able to start the program so that it stays open with the option '--password-store=basic'. Doing this seemed to fix some problem with my synced password keystore.