+1 on amd64 With debug symbols, this is what a backtrace gave me: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x00007ffff68de2ee in SiteInstance::GetEffectiveURL (profile=0x7ffff8861900, url=...) at content/browser/site_instance.cc:192 192 content/browser/site_instance.cc: No such file or directory. in content/browser/site_instance.cc (gdb) bt #0 0x00007ffff68de2ee in SiteInstance::GetEffectiveURL (profile=0x7ffff8861900, url=...) at content/browser/site_instance.cc:192 #1 0x00007ffff68de5e9 in SiteInstance::GetSiteForURL (profile=, real_url=) at content/browser/site_instance.cc:129 #2 0x00007ffff687951f in BrowsingInstance::GetSiteInstanceForURL (this=0x7ffff8b7aa00, url=...) at content/browser/browsing_instance.cc:78 #3 0x00007ffff54358ec in ExtensionProcessManager::CreateBackgroundHost (this=0x7ffff8852000, extension=0x7ffff8811680, url=...) at chrome/browser/extensions/extension_process_manager.cc:181 #4 0x00007ffff543556c in CreateBackgroundHost (this=0x7ffff8852000, type=, source=, details=) at chrome/browser/extensions/extension_process_manager.cc:64 #5 CreateBackgroundHosts (this=0x7ffff8852000, type=, source=, details=) at chrome/browser/extensions/extension_process_manager.cc:71 #6 ExtensionProcessManager::Observe (this=0x7ffff8852000, type=, source=, details=) at chrome/browser/extensions/extension_process_manager.cc:283 #7 0x00007ffff5dc9eea in NotificationService::Notify (this=0x7ffff8858000, type=..., source=..., details=...) at content/common/notification_service.cc:113 #8 0x00007ffff51205c2 in ExtensionService::OnLoadedInstalledExtensions (this=0x7ffff8849800) at chrome/browser/extensions/extension_service.cc:1315 #9 0x00007ffff512a5a3 in ExtensionService::LoadAllExtensions (this=) at chrome/browser/extensions/extension_service.cc:843 #10 0x00007ffff512c06e in ExtensionService::Init (this=0x7ffff8849800) at chrome/browser/extensions/extension_service.cc:504 #11 0x00007ffff51dadc0 in ProfileImpl::InitExtensions (this=0x7ffff8861900) at chrome/browser/profiles/profile_impl.cc:382 #12 0x00007ffff51e0bbe in ProfileManager::AddProfile (this=0x7ffff8b3c820, profile=0x7ffff8861900, init_extensions=true) at chrome/browser/profiles/profile_manager.cc:239 #13 0x00007ffff51e0c6b in ProfileManager::GetProfile (this=0x7ffff8b3c820, profile_dir=..., init_extensions=true) at chrome/browser/profiles/profile_manager.cc:215 #14 0x00007ffff51e0ced in ProfileManager::GetDefaultProfile (this=0x7ffff8b3c820, user_data_dir=) at chrome/browser/profiles/profile_manager.cc:166 #15 0x00007ffff50e5457 in CreateProfile (parameters=...) at chrome/browser/browser_main.cc:785 #16 BrowserMain (parameters=...) at chrome/browser/browser_main.cc:1453 #17 0x00007ffff50df4a9 in RunNamedProcessTypeMain (argc=, argv=) at chrome/app/chrome_main.cc:476 #18 ChromeMain (argc=, argv=) at chrome/app/chrome_main.cc:787 #19 0x00007ffff50e00d1 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffe1d8) at chrome/app/chrome_exe_main_gtk.cc:49