Ubuntu
chromium-browser package

  1. Bug #1780678
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 1780678

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote : Re: Chromium cannot use WebUSB (works fine in Chrome)

You're using the snap version of chromium, which is strictly confined, and thus won't let you access /dev/bus/usb/001/011 by design.

Using chromium-browser from the ubuntu archive should allow you to see your device:

    sudo apt install chromium-browser
    chromium-browser

Now, I'm also interested in your feedback on testing a version of the snap that allows access to USB devices:

    sudo snap refresh chromium --channel=candidate/raw-usb-test
    sudo snap connect chromium:raw-usb
    snap run chromium

Please let me know if that version lets you see your device.

Note that both the snap package and the deb package can coexist on your system without a problem. You can tell which package you're running by checking the command line in chrome://version.

Thanks in advance for your feedback!