Arch Linux

Chowchilla

Member

Registered: 2011-11-13

Posts: 46

[SOLVED] Chromium error on launch after upgrade

Upgraded chromium to 21.0.1180.57 today, after which an error appears on launch:

"Your profile could not be opened correctly.

Some features may be unavailable.  Please check that the profile exists and you have permission to read and write its contents."

Found solutions which suggest removing the profile folder, making sure to back it up first. Chromium should then launch error free having created a new profile, following which the backup can be copied over the freshly created one to restore settings. This did not work, as the error is still present even after removing the profile folder and before restoring the backup.

I then tried:

pacman -Rs chromium
rm -rf ~/.config/chromium/
pacman -S chromium

The odd thing is that despite the error(s) (there are actually two overlapping windows that appear on launch, containing the exact same message) my profile seems to have loaded fine. All preferences/settings work fine as does my sole extension (ABP for chrome).

Anyone have any ideas? Is this unique to me? If not is it simply a bug with the latest chromium?

Last edited by Chowchilla (2012-08-04 03:44:25)

x33a

Forum Fellow

Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 4,587

Re: [SOLVED] Chromium error on launch after upgrade

I just upgraded to see if the problem occurs, but it did not occur in my case. Have you upgraded the system properly?

Chowchilla

Member

Registered: 2011-11-13

Posts: 46

Re: [SOLVED] Chromium error on launch after upgrade

Yes, everything up to date.

x33a

Forum Fellow

Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 4,587

Re: [SOLVED] Chromium error on launch after upgrade

take a look at few of these:

https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=c … &tbs=qdr:m

Chowchilla

Member

Registered: 2011-11-13

Posts: 46

Re: [SOLVED] Chromium error on launch after upgrade

Yeah I looked at some of those, however the only solution which seems to be suggested (if any) is to delete the user profile and start over. Given that I've already tried that, along with removing and reinstalling chromium, it can't be that.

Anyway, I'll post on the chromium issues page, perhaps that will help.

jouki_nebov

Member

From: Novocherkaskk, Russia

Registered: 2012-08-03

Posts: 1

Re: [SOLVED] Chromium error on launch after upgrade

I has the same problem because my /var directory was overflow. After I cleared it problem solved.

Chowchilla

Member

Registered: 2011-11-13

Posts: 46

Re: [SOLVED] Chromium error on launch after upgrade

I has the same problem because my /var directory was overflow. After I cleared it problem solved.

That was it! All it needed was a:

pacman -Sc

and problem solved.

Guess I should keep an eye on my / size, pacman cache can increase quickly.