Web browser can't browse anything - "The rendering process has been closed for this tab"

Bug #1615486 reported by Daniel van Vugt
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Bug Description

Web browser can't browse anything - "The rendering process has been closed for this tab"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: webbrowser-app 0.23+16.10.20160803.1-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-9134.53-generic 4.4.15
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-9134-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Aug 22 14:08:14 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-11 (42 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Alpha amd64 (20160710)
SourcePackage: webbrowser-app
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :
tags: added: regression unity8-desktop
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

It's the same error message no matter what I do. Screenshot attached in comment #1.

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote :

Thanks for the report Daniel. Could you please attach the application’s log file?

Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

There are no log files with "browser" in there name. Where should I be looking?

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status: Incomplete → New
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

In /their/ names

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Found them eventually...

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Seems webbrowser-app has a few common crashes. It might be one of these:
https://errors.ubuntu.com/?package=webbrowser-app&period=month

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote :

Thanks Daniel. That’s indeed a known issue with oxide in yakkety: bug #1613258.

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