Aw Snap problem with chromium-browser v41

[Tong Sun]

This is related to #1409214, but not only limited to YouTube.

I don't blindly upgrade my packages automatically, but upgrade manually only when necessary. Right after I upgraded my chromium-browser, from v40.0.2214.111-0ubuntu0.14.10.1.1111 to v41.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.10.1.1118, I'm experiencing this Aw Snap problem, even on gmail itself. Before that, in v40 everything had been fine.

The symptom is that gmail mail-index listing will show up fine, then the calendar starts to load with "loading...". Right after that -- "Aw Snap". Repeatable every time. I attempted every possible fix that error page links to, but in vain.

chromium-browser mlist shows lots of such problems recently:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topicsearchin/chrome/Aw$2C$20Snap%7Csort:relevance

Some says their gmail problem was fixed by disabling google chat, but besides gmail problem, I can't even visit theweathernetwork any more. E.g., http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/canada/ontario/, got "Aw Snap" before page even shows up.

This happens right after I did the upgrade (without reboot). Failing these two sites that I visit every day every minutes, I have to install the latest dev build from https://launchpad.net/~saiarcot895/+archive/ubuntu/chromium-dev/+packages

And right after that (again without reboot), I can visit gmail and theweathernetwork again. So I believe the problem is the chromium-browser v41.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.10.1.1118.

Details:

Before the upgrade:

$ apt-cache policy chromium-browser
chromium-browser:
  Installed: 40.0.2214.111-0ubuntu0.14.10.1.1111
  Candidate: 41.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.10.1.1118
  Version table:
     41.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.10.1.1118 0
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-security/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-updates/universe amd64 Packages
 *** 40.0.2214.111-0ubuntu0.14.10.1.1111 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     37.0.2062.94-0ubuntu1~pkg1065 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/universe amd64 Packages

After the upgrade:

$ apt-cache policy chromium-browser
chromium-browser:
  Installed: 41.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.10.1.1118
  Candidate: 41.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.10.1.1118
  Version table:
 *** 41.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.10.1.1118 0
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-security/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-updates/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     37.0.2062.94-0ubuntu1~pkg1065 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/universe amd64 Packages

Currently installed:

 chromium-browser_44.0.2391.0-0ubuntu1~ppa1~utopic1
 chromium-chromedriver_44.0.2391.0-0ubuntu1~ppa1~utopic1
 chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_44.0.2391.0-0ubuntu1~ppa1~utopic1

My system:

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.10
Release: 14.10
Codename: utopic

$ uname -rsvp
Linux 3.16.0-25-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 4 12:06:54 UTC 2014 x86_64
---
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: chromium-browser 44.0.2391.0-0ubuntu1~ppa1~utopic1 [origin: unknown]
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-25.33-generic 3.16.7
Tags: third-party-packages utopic
ThirdParty: True
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-25-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

_MarkForUpload: True
modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium.browser: [deleted]

[Chad Miller (cmiller)]

Hi. Please run

$ apport-collect 1454035

and

$ dmesg |grep chromium >~/Desktop/1454035dmesg #and attach

[Tong Sun (suntong001)]

OK. will do tonight.
Is this a routine request, or is the info still valuable, given the fact that I've already upgraded chromium-browser?

[Tong Sun (suntong001)]

apport information

[Tong Sun (suntong001)]

apport information

[Tong Sun (suntong001)]

apport information

[Tong Sun (suntong001)]

apport information

[Tong Sun (suntong001)]

% dmesg |grep chromium
[ 19.465672] audit: type=1400 audit(1430780679.912:10): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="chromium" pid=1046 comm="apparmor_parser"

[Tong Sun (suntong001)]

only one line output from `dmesg |grep chromium`

[Tong Sun (suntong001)]

`dmesg |grep chrom` yields the same result as well.

[Chad Miller (cmiller)]

Please try the version in

https://launchpad.net/~canonical-chromium-builds/+archive/ubuntu/stage

[Chad Miller (cmiller)]

Also, paste

grep -i ^flags /proc/cpuinfo

[Tong Sun (suntong001)]

% grep -i ^flags /proc/cpuinfo
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good nopl extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch lbrv
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good nopl extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch lbrv

> Please try the version in https://launchpad.net/~canonical-chromium-builds/+archive/ubuntu/stage

YEP! gmail and theweathernetwork work again, after I uninstalled my chromium-browser v44, and installed your latest chromium-browser v42. Specifically, what work for me, are:

 chromium-browser_42.0.2311.135-1ubuntu2.1162
 chromium-chromedriver_42.0.2311.135-1ubuntu2.1162
 chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_42.0.2311.135-1ubuntu2.1162

Thanks a lot!