Bug 1390740

Summary: Chromium shows "Aw Snap" even for internal pages
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Laurentiu Pancescu <lpancescu>
Component: chromiumAssignee: Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa>
Status: CLOSED EOL QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 25CC: rbu, tcallawa, yaneti
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Hardware: i686   
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Description Laurentiu Pancescu 2016-11-01 19:12:54 UTC
Created attachment 1216222 [details]
Messages printed by chromium-browser in a terminal

Description of problem:
Chromium displays just "Aw Snap" pages instead of actual web pages. Not even its internal pages for Settings or Extensions are working.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
chromium-54.0.2840.71-1.fc25.i686

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Chromium from graphical menu or terminal

Actual results:
Chromium displays a warning for each extension (HTTPS Everywhere, uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger) stating that it crashed. Trying to load any web page will just show an "Aw Snap" page, including internal pages like chrome://extensions and chrome://settings.

Expected results:
Chromium keeps working in F25 like it used to do in F24.

Additional info:
I started Chromium in a terminal via "chromium-browser 2>&1 | tee chromium.log" and attached the resulting log file.  After starting, I clicked "Settings" in Chromium's menu, and then "Reload" in the "Aw Snap" page it displayed, then on "Send feedback", and then closed Chromium from its menu.  Is there any debug package I could install to produce a more complete stack trace?

Comment 1 Laurentiu Pancescu 2016-11-01 20:31:09 UTC
Created attachment 1216241 [details]
Messages printed by chromium-browser in a terminal (with debuginfo)

I installed the debug information (dnf debuginfo-install chromium) and recaptured the log.  Chromium actually started without any problems the first time after installing the debug packages, but a second attempt produced the same result as decribed in the bug report.  I'm not sure if the debug packages improved the stack trace, I still see <unknown> pretty much everywhere.

Comment 2 Tom "spot" Callaway 2016-11-01 20:32:29 UTC
I'm building a new package in rawhide right now, I think it might address this issue too. Chromium takes a _long_ time to build.

Comment 3 Tom "spot" Callaway 2016-11-01 20:33:26 UTC
Also, if you're on i686, I had to do some pretty absurd stuff just to get it to build for that target. I humbly suggest you consider upgrading to x86_64.

Comment 4 Laurentiu Pancescu 2016-11-01 21:04:20 UTC
I run x86_64 on my main Fedora system, but I need it for serious work, so I'm only using official releases.  I installed F25 Beta on a secondary system, only used for browsing in front of the TV (old netbook, Atom N270, only supporting i686 - the CPU has no 64-bit support).  I guess i686 is on its way out...

Should I try to run Chromium from F25 x86_64 live media?  I could also install F25 Beta in VirtualBox.

Comment 5 Laurentiu Pancescu 2016-11-30 18:52:43 UTC
chromium-54.0.2840.90-3.fc25.i686 works without any issue for me - thanks!

Comment 6 Robert Buchholz 2016-12-07 09:30:46 UTC
Created attachment 1228948 [details]
chromium-x86_64.log

I am seeing crashing tabs (even on the start/bookmark screen) with a SEGV_MAPERR as well. This is on chromium.x86_64-53.0.2785.143-1.fc24

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