Comment 4 for bug 1617398

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Kavoura (kavoura) wrote : Re: [Bug 1617398] webbrowser-app crashes on startup

Typing on Ubuntu phone,
keyboard keeps disappearing as well at random,

On Saturday, 27 August 2016 11:47:02 BST, David King <email address hidden>
wrote:
> Today I also have a problem with accessing websites from webapps, e.g.
> Facebook. It used to be that a link would open a website in the
> webapp, but
> now it gives a blank window. There is no option to cancel or go
> back to the
> webapp, it is frozen.
>
> Only way out is to close webapp.
>
> And, as already reported, text messaging also closes when opening. Now
> photo gallery (“Events”) also crashes on opening.
>
> I mention these because I think they must be related.
>
> Either a bug in Ubuntu phone, or corrupted files somewhere, or
> maybe even a
> hardware fault? It's a BQ Aquarius E45. purcc
>
>
> On Saturday, 27 August 2016 00:28:37 BST, Kavoura <email address hidden> wrote:
>> I tried renaming files in /home/phablet/.local/share/webbrowser-app/ but
>> nothing made any difference, the web browser still did not work.
>>
>> I looked for
>> /home/phablet/.cache/upstart/application-legacy-webbrowser-app-.log
>> but could not find any such file.
>>
>>
>> On 26/08/16 18:17, Olivier Tilloy wrote:
>>
>>> You could try moving the files under /home/phablet/.local/share
>>> /webbrowser-app/ out of the way, one by one, until you find the
>>> corrupted one. When you do find it, I’m interested in knowing which file
>>> it was, and if it doesn’t contain sensitive data I’d like to inspect it,
>>> so please keep copies of the files.
>>>
>>> Does the log file (/home/phablet/.cache/upstart/application-legacy-
>>> webbrowser-app-.log) contain any useful info?
>>>
>>>
>>
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