chromium no longer working [SOLVED]

[mikeflan]

Where do you type in a directory?

You can type it here.
And if yours does not look like that, push this button on the right:
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[Pierre]

for my Google Chrome issue, the settings of:
- Memory Saver - now Off
- hardware acceleration - now Off

Chrome now does seem to be running better.

[GeoffTF]

With my Chromium problem, there was no chance of changing the setting. No text was displayed in the main part of the window, including in the menus, just bits of image.

[zealbert]

minticle: this is what I get when I type in the commands: No chromium mentioned.

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paul@paul-B460M-GAMING-HD:~$ pwd
/home/paul
paul@paul-B460M-GAMING-HD:~$ ls -a
.              .dmrc        .local                     .themes
..             Documents    .mozilla                   .thunderbird
.bash_history  Downloads    Music                      .var
.bash_logout   dwhelper     Pictures                   Videos
.bashrc        .gnome       .pki                       Warpinator
.cache         .gnupg       .profile                   .Xauthority
.cinnamon      .gtkrc-2.0   Public                     .xsession-errors
.config        .gtkrc-xfce  .sudo_as_admin_successful  .xsession-errors.old
Desktop        .linuxmint   Templates
paul@paul-B460M-GAMING-HD:~$ cd .config
paul@paul-B460M-GAMING-HD:~/.config$ mv chromium chromium-old
paul@paul-B460M-GAMING-HD:~/.config$ 

Mikeflan: I don't know which browser you typed that into, but all of my browsers give me an error message:

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Your file couldn’t be accessedIt may have been moved, edited, or deleted.
ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND

[minticle]

The chromium directory is inside .config. Once you type in "cd .config", that puts you inside the directory. Once inside the directory, if you type in "ls", you should now see chromium-old as one of the folders inside .config. Before you renamed it using "mv", it was called "chromium". There is probably another, new "chromium" directory there now.

You might want to read up on basic bash commands; it's hard to be a Linux user if you are not friends with the command line. "Bash" stands for "basic shell", and much of the help you'll receive on this forum--or, really, anywhere on the internet--presupposes that you are somewhat comfortable with bash basics.

[stevengarland]

THere was a discussion of this topic here

viewtopic.php?t=397380

[SMG]

it's hard to be a Linux user if you are not friends with the command line. "Bash" stands for "basic shell", and much of the help you'll receive on this forum--or, really, anywhere on the internet--presupposes that you are somewhat comfortable with bash basics.

Actually, there are a lot of people who never touch the command line and there is no presuming on this forum people are familiar with the terminal and bash basics.

[GeoffTF]

When you change settings for a program in Linux--for example, when you change your default search engine in Firefox to "Ask Jeeves" or whatever--it is enacted by modifying a file in your home directory. It's usually hidden: the filename starts with a dot. So by default you wouldn't see it as one of the folders in your graphic OS file manager.

So, to follow the instructions in this thread, you have to open Terminal. Click on "Applications>Terminal". At the $ prompt, type in:

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$ pwd 

This tells you which directory you're in. By default, Terminal puts you in your home directory. Say you called your computer "zealbert" when you set things up: pwd will give you '/home/zealbert' as your current location. So next, type

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$ ls -a 

This shows you all the files, including the hidden ones with dots in front of them. (Omit the -a and you will see only the non-hidden files.)

Navigate inside .config, which is one of the files in your home directory, by typing

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$ cd .config

There should be a chromium directory in there, not hidden. To change the directory name, type

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$ mv chromium chromium-old

By typing ls again, you will see that you've changed that directory's name. After you open Chromium (the program) again, a fresh directory will be generated, with new default settings. All your "Ask Jeeves" preferences will remain inside chromium-old, but Chromium won't be looking for them in the directory you created. That's how the fix works: it hides the original preferences from the program by forcing it to create a new default directory.

He should be able to do that in the file manager, without using the terminal. In the Nemo View menu there is a "Show hidden files" option.

[minticle]

And yet the very first response in this thread (not by me) instructs OP to do something in terminal.

[mikeflan]

I don't know which browser you typed that into, but all of my browsers give me an error message

I typed it into the Nemo program. But it turns out you can type it into some browsers also.
Type this into your browser:

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/home/paul/Documents

[zealbert]

I mentioned a couple of days ago that I installed the flatpak version, imported my bookmarks from Firefox, and it seems to be working fine now. Browser opens up quickly, no weird images. I'll just stick with this.
Thank you all for your help.

[zcot]

"Bash" stands for "basic shell",

the acronym is Bourne Again SHell.

[minticle]

Wow, you guys are such a friendly, helpful bunch!

[zcot]

Cool. WHOO HOO!

We rock!!