(Resolved) Chrome 18.0.1025.168

[Myself]

Chrome 18.0.1025.168.

New problem with latest version of Chrome on LMDE and Ubuntu 12.04 which means that often within minutes of opening Chrome it starts to 'stick' and then lock-up. Uses CPUs 100% and devours 244MB of RAM. Task Manager shows 3 processes as being responsible. Have reported this to Google over past few days but I still do not see an update fix.

[craigevil]

No issues with it here.

$ apt-cache policy google-chrome-stable
google-chrome-stable:
Installed: 18.0.1025.168-r134367
Candidate: 18.0.1025.168-r134367
Version table:
*** 18.0.1025.168-r134367 0
500 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Google Chrome 18.0.1025.168 (Official Build 134367)
OS Linux
WebKit 535.19 (@114948)
JavaScript V8 3.8.9.19
Flash 11.2 r202
User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.19 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/18.0.1025.168 Safari/535.19
Command Line /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --flag-switches-begin --enable-autologin --enable-http-pipelining --preload-instant-search --flag-switches-end
Executable Path /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome
Profile Path /home/craig/.config/google-chrome/Default

[Myself]

You are using 32bit version. I am using 64bit version.

google-chrome-stable:
Installed: 18.0.1025.168-r134367
Candidate: 18.0.1025.168-r134367
Version table:
*** 18.0.1025.168-r134367 0
500 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Package: google-chrome-stable
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: web
Installed-Size: 102504
Maintainer: Chrome Linux Team <chromium-dev@chromium.org>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 18.0.1025.168-r134367
Replaces: google-chrome
Provides: google-chrome, www-browser
Depends: libasound2 (>> 1.0.22), libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.11), libcairo2 (>= 1.6.0), libcups2 (>= 1.4.0), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.2.14), libexpat1 (>= 1.95., libfontconfig1 (>= 2.8.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.3.9), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libgconf2-4 (>= 2.27.0), libgcrypt11 (>= 1.4.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.20.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.18.0), libnspr4-0d (>= 4.7.3-0ubuntu1~) | libnspr4 (>= 4.8.7-0ubuntu1), libnss3-1d (>= 3.12.3), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0), libudev0 (>= 147), libx11-6 (>= 0), libxext6 (>= 0), libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1), libxrender1, libxss1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg), ca-certificates, libcurl3, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.30.0), lsb-base (>= 3.2), xdg-utils (>= 1.0.2), wget
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.14.0)
Conflicts: google-chrome
Description: The web browser from Google
Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

[Myself]

I wasn't on feedproxy.google.com when the last Chrome lock-up happened. I was on duckduckgo.com but on looking in Task Manager I found that Chrome was linked to feedproxy.google.com and using the CPUs 100%.

Nasty programming behaviour by Google!?

http://www.wolf-howl.com/google/feedpro ... ecom-heck/

[xircon]

I had this problem, had to stop using google chrome for a while, currently running 20.0.1123.4 dev, which seems to be OK

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=190&t=94968

[Myself]

20.0.1123.4 dev has a problem with playing Flash videos. 1080 is almost impossible to run and 720p stutter along. Works fine in version 19 beta but warning of old Flash version and works in Chromium 17.xxxx.dev.

[craigevil]

If you have flashplugin-nonfree or flashplayer-mozilla installed, go into about:plugins and disable the built-in flash in Chrome.

Although from what I understand the 64bit versions doesn't have flash built in.

if the 64bit versions are broke you can always try using the 32bit versions.

install ia32-libs and ia32-libs-gtk, then download and install the 32bit version of Chrome or Chromium.

[Myself]

Thanks for info.
Chromium 17.xx..x.dev is working okay so I cannot be bothered with Chrome (though I am using it at the moment) I have many other more important things to do with my life.
Hopefully Google will go back to pre-problems code before releasing another version.

[Myself]

Chrome 18.0.1025.168 is now stable in Ubuntu 12.04 after latest Ubuntu updates.
Does take CPU to 100% running flash though.
All latest versions of Chrome from 18.0.1025.168 to 20,xxxx.dev are unstable in LMDE.

[Myself]

Google.com Whois

I tried setting Chromium as Default but it refuses and so Chrome kept popping-up.
I looked in Task Manager and saw a process linked to feedproxy.google.com and it was using 57% of the CPU.
I have seen this before but didn't check it out fully. This time I have and it's linked to markmonitor.com.
I thought to myself I know that name... ...it's the other half of Facebook.
But look at who is listed as the administrator... ...Google Inc!!!

Registrar
Markmonitor.com whois.markmonitor.com http://www.markmonitor.com
Whois Server
whois.markmonitor.com
Referral URL
http://www.markmonitor.com
Status
clientDeleteProhibited
clientTransferProhibited
clientUpdateProhibited
serverDeleteProhibited
serverTransferProhibited
serverUpdateProhibited
Contact Email

Creation Date
09/15/1997
Updated Date
07/20/2011
Expiration Date
09/14/2020
Registrant
Dns Admin
Google Inc.
Please contact 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
US
Telephone: +1.6502530000
Fax: +1.6502530000
Email:
Administrative Contact
DNS Admin
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
US
Telephone: +1.6506234000
Fax: +1.6506234000
Email:
Technical Contact
DNS Admin
Google Inc.
2400 E. Bayshore Pkwy
Mountain View, CA 94043
US
Telephone: +1.6503300100
Fax: +1.6503300100
Email:
Nameservers
ns2.google.com
ns4.google.com
ns1.google.com
ns3.google.com

[Myself]

Latest update, Version 20.0.1132.3 dev, resolves the issues