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Chromium crash in Trusty

Asked by Peter Saxon

Using Linux - Ubuntu 14.04 trusty, (64-bit)
Chromium crashed - attempt to open results in appears in Browser & immediately closes. The auto crash message popped up - agreed to it's suggestion to report as a bug.
Uninstalled Chromium, rebooted & reinstalled.
Same Result, except the following info appeared in the pop-up window:
"It seems you have modified the contents of /etc/chromium-browser/default
Would you like to add the contents of it to your bug report? "
Answered yes
Contents of my files:
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/etc/chromium-browser/default
# Default settings for chromium-browser. This file is sourced by /bin/sh from
# /usr/bin/chromium-browser

# Options to pass to chromium-browser
CHROMIUM_FLAGS=""

# part for pepperflashplugin-nonfree : begin

flashso="/usr/lib/pepperflashplugin-nonfree/libpepflashplayer.so"

if [ -f $flashso ]
then
flashversion=`strings $flashso|grep ^LNX|sed -e "s/^LNX //"|sed -e "s/,/./g"`
CHROMIUM_FLAGS="$CHROMIUM_FLAGS --ppapi-flash-path=$flashso --ppapi-flash-version=$flashversion"
fi

# part for pepperflashplugin-nonfree : end
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Suggestions would be most welcome!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Uninstalling an application then reinstalling it does nothing. You took files off your computer, then put the exact same files in the exact same place....what does this do?

Have you tried renaming the configuration folder and cache folder then running the browser? You will then get a vanilla profile.

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Peter Saxon (bumpysax-w) said : 		#2

Sorry, am an 80 years young kubuntu addict, but not familiar with such settings. My current folders specific to Chromium that I am aware of are:
Home/.cache/chromium/Default/Cache
Home/.config/chromium
Please advise if these are the locations you refer to, & what specifically has to be renamed.
Thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Yes, if you run:

mv ~/.cache/chromium ~/.cache/chromium_old
mv ~/.config/chromium ~/.config/chromium_old

Then start the browser, does it run ok?

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Peter Saxon (bumpysax-w) said : 		#4

Excellent - now have Chromium!
Thanks to you - bigtime!