Chromium browser closes as soon as it is opened

[Paul Vaughan]

Was using Chromium as a second browser when it closed down unexpectedly. Restarting the browser results in a brief flicker as the browser starts up and then immediately closes again.

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Go to this web page: http://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/edit/S1gkEMuoE-
Note that the above web page was the first one to crash on me, but after a successful restart, it seems that the web browser can crash at any point.
2. The browser segfaults
3. I cannot reopen the browser

Running from a terminal produces the following:
paulvaughan@spectre-x360:~$ chromium-browser
Received signal 11 SEGV_MAPERR 000000000010
#0 0x7f52f5e88425 base::debug::StackTrace::StackTrace()
#1 0x7f52f5e8880b <unknown>
#2 0x7f52f61b3390 <unknown>
#3 0x563bd8150dc8 <unknown>
#4 0x563bd8153656 <unknown>
#5 0x563bd8153df9 <unknown>
#6 0x563bd8154143 <unknown>
#7 0x7f52f5f03821 <unknown>
#8 0x7f52f5e89eea base::debug::TaskAnnotator::RunTask()
#9 0x7f52f5eb2e90 base::MessageLoop::RunTask()
#10 0x7f52f5eb497d base::MessageLoop::DeferOrRunPendingTask()
#11 0x7f52f5eb583d <unknown>
#12 0x7f52f5eb6300 base::MessagePumpLibevent::Run()
#13 0x7f52f5eb1f15 base::MessageLoop::RunHandler()
#14 0x7f52f5edc628 base::RunLoop::Run()
#15 0x7f52f5f08e36 base::Thread::ThreadMain()
#16 0x7f52f5f03726 <unknown>
#17 0x7f52f61a96ba start_thread
#18 0x7f52df8583dd clone
  r8: 000000000000002e r9: 0000563bd9ba76ec r10: 0000000000000000 r11: 00007f52df8e5f50
 r12: 00007f5252ffaff0 r13: 0000000000000008 r14: 0000000000000008 r15: 00007f5252ffaeb0
  di: 0000000000000000 si: 00007f5252ffaeb0 bp: 00007f5252ffaf00 bx: 00007f5252ffaeb0
  dx: 0000000000000061 ax: 0000000000000000 cx: 0000563bdce92c30 sp: 00007f5252ffae60
  ip: 0000563bd8150dc8 efl: 0000000000010206 cgf: 0000000000000033 erf: 0000000000000004
 trp: 000000000000000e msk: 0000000000000000 cr2: 0000000000000010
[end of stack trace]
Calling _exit(1). Core file will not be generated.

Chrome version: 59.0.3071.109 Channel: stable
OS Version: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Flash Version:

Note that I have to delete ~/.config/chromium to get the browser to work again, but how long it will then work for before it again crashes is anyone's guess.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: chromium-browser 59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.1291
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-83.106-generic 4.4.70
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-83-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.9
Architecture: amd64
DRM.card0-DP-1:
 edid-base64:
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 enabled: disabled
 status: disconnected
DRM.card0-HDMI-A-1:
 edid-base64:
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 enabled: disabled
 status: disconnected
DRM.card0-HDMI-A-2:
 edid-base64:
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 enabled: disabled
 status: disconnected
DRM.card0-eDP-1:
 edid-base64: AP///////wAw5AAAAAAAAAAXAQSgHRF4AvGVo1VSoSYPUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBiF4AoKCgKVAwICMAJaUQAAAZBT8AoKCgKVAwICMAJaUQAAAZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAHLf8KPKoiFDKqAAAAAFU=
 dpms: On
 modes: 2560x1440 2560x1440
 enabled: enabled
 status: connected
Date: Mon Jul 17 08:24:12 2017
Desktop-Session:
 'default'
 '/etc/xdg/xdg-default:/etc/xdg'
 '/usr/share/default:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/var/lib/snapd/desktop'
DetectedPlugins:

Env:
 'None'
 'None'
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-10 (340 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160720)
InstalledPlugins:
 /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins:
   => libgnome-shell-browser-plugin.so
         (size: 18920 bytes, mtime: Mon May 29 15:35:13 2017)
Load-Avg-1min: 0.42
Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.1%
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f3:2072 Elan Microelectronics Corp.
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp.
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 064e:9314 Suyin Corp.
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: HP HP Spectre x360 Convertible
ProcEnviron:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-83-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--gnome--vg-root ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/26/2016
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F.35
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 81A1
dmi.board.vendor: HP
dmi.board.version: 33.74
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: HP
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF.35:bd04/26/2016:svnHP:pnHPSpectrex360Convertible:pvr:rvnHP:rn81A1:rvr33.74:cvnHP:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: HP Spectre x360 Convertible
dmi.sys.vendor: HP
modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium-browser: [deleted]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all reported bugs in a timely manner. This bug was reported some time ago and there have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time.

Does anyone still see a problem related to the one that was reported when using a currently supported versions of Chromium and Ubuntu? Please let us know if you do otherwise this report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days time.

Thank you for helping make Ubuntu better.

Paul White
[Ubuntu Bug Squad]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for chromium-browser (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]