Bug 1399370 - Chromium - Black screen, locking up gdm.
Summary: Chromium - Black screen, locking up gdm.
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Status: CLOSED DEFERRED
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: chromium
Version: 25
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tom "spot" Callaway
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-11-28 21:43 UTC by Nicholas
Modified: 2017-08-31 17:12 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2017-08-31 17:12:10 UTC
Type: Bug


Attachments (Terms of Use)
Screen shot launching Chromium (140.20 KB, image/png)
2016-11-28 21:43 UTC, Nicholas
no flags Details
Strace on /bin/chromium-browser (1.87 MB, text/plain)
2016-11-28 21:45 UTC, Nicholas
no flags Details

Description Nicholas 2016-11-28 21:43:40 UTC
Created attachment 1225481 [details]
Screen shot launching Chromium

Description of problem:

Black screen, locking up gdm.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Installed Packages
Name        : chromium
Arch        : x86_64
Epoch       : 0
Version     : 54.0.2840.90
Release     : 3.fc25
Size        : 143 M
Repo        : @System
From repo   : updates
Summary     : A WebKit (Blink) powered web browser
URL         : http://www.chromium.org/Home
License     : BSD and LGPLv2+ and ASL 2.0 and IJG and MIT and GPLv2+ and ISC and OpenSSL and (MPLv1.1 or GPLv2 or LGPLv2)
Description : Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).

How reproducible:

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a VirtualBox VM
2. Install Fedora 25 (Workstation Edition)
3. Installed groups: Cloud Management Tools, Development Tools
4. Update system: 4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64
5. RESTART
6. Install VBOXADDITIONS_5.1.10_112026
7. RESTART
7. Install Chromium 53 or 54
8. Open chromium

Actual results:

Chromium black screen, locking up gdm.

Expected results:

A usable browser.

Additional info:

  System Version:	OS X 10.11.6 (15G1108)
  Kernel Version:	Darwin 15.6.0
  VirtualBox Instance:  Fedora 25 (Workstation Edition)
  Memory: 5120MB
  CPUs: 2

VBOXADDITIONS_5.1.10_112026
Fedora 25: 4.8.8-300.fc25.x86_64
GDM 3.22.1

Comment 1 Nicholas 2016-11-28 21:45:28 UTC
Created attachment 1225482 [details]
Strace on /bin/chromium-browser

Comment 2 Tom "spot" Callaway 2017-08-31 17:12:10 UTC
I'm closing this because we're now on Chromium 60, and lots and lots has changed with regards to how it handles graphics. (Also, because VBOX has changed too)

If this bug still exists on the current versions, feel free to reopen.


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