Public bug reported: I'm using Chomium 56 on Ubuntu 16.10. Nvidia drivers are installed in the system and compiz is active. Normally I don't have any problem running chromium but if I try to restart compiz while chromium is running, chromium windows crash and it also prevents compiz from restarting.
The problem happens when I restart compiz by killing it or using compiz --replace command. Chromium does not vanish instantly, all windows and plugins crash separately. Each window goes blank and each plugin generates a "This plugin crashed" message. Chromium is still responsive after this point and you can refresh tabs, but since compiz fails to restart there is not much to do except restarting X session somehow. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: chromium-browser 56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu0.16.10.1335 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-41.44-generic 4.8.17 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-41-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity DRM.card1-DP-1: enabled: disabled dpms: Off status: disconnected edid-base64: modes: DRM.card1-HDMI-A-1: enabled: disabled dpms: Off status: disconnected edid-base64: modes: DRM.card1-HDMI-A-2: enabled: disabled dpms: Off status: disconnected edid-base64: modes: DRM.card1-eDP-1: enabled: enabled dpms: On status: connected edid-base64: AP///////wBMg0wyAAAAAAAXAQSVIhN4Cs6FnltMlCYXUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEB3DeAoHA4QEAwICUAWMIQAAAZAAAADwAAAAAAAAAAAB6CEFIAAAAA/gBTQU1TVU5HCiAgICAgAAAA/gAxNTZITDAxLTEwNAogAM8= modes: 1920x1080 Date: Wed Mar 22 20:13:20 2017 Desktop-Session: 'ubuntu' '/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/usr/share/upstart/systemd-session:/usr/share/upstart/xdg:/etc/xdg' '/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/var/lib/snapd/desktop' DetectedPlugins: Env: 'None' 'None' InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-11 (404 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) Load-Avg-1min: 1.35 Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.2% MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. N551JW ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-41-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=021ad30b-7bc5-464f-bafb-8c90d2910f20 ro quiet splash acpi_osi= SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-11-28 (113 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/03/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: N551JW.207 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: N551JW dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrN551JW.207:bd08/03/2015:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnN551JW:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnN551JW:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: N551JW dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. gconf-keys: /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec = b'firefox\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager = b''/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager = b''/desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme = b'gnome\n'/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme = b'Clearlooks\n' modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium-browser: [deleted] ** Affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug yakkety -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1675106 Title: Restarting compiz crashes chromium-browser Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I'm using Chomium 56 on Ubuntu 16.10. Nvidia drivers are installed in the system and compiz is active. Normally I don't have any problem running chromium but if I try to restart compiz while chromium is running, chromium windows crash and it also prevents compiz from restarting. The problem happens when I restart compiz by killing it or using compiz --replace command. Chromium does not vanish instantly, all windows and plugins crash separately. Each window goes blank and each plugin generates a "This plugin crashed" message. Chromium is still responsive after this point and you can refresh tabs, but since compiz fails to restart there is not much to do except restarting X session somehow. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: chromium-browser 56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu0.16.10.1335 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-41.44-generic 4.8.17 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-41-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity DRM.card1-DP-1: enabled: disabled dpms: Off status: disconnected edid-base64: modes: DRM.card1-HDMI-A-1: enabled: disabled dpms: Off status: disconnected edid-base64: modes: DRM.card1-HDMI-A-2: enabled: disabled dpms: Off status: disconnected edid-base64: modes: DRM.card1-eDP-1: enabled: enabled dpms: On status: connected edid-base64: AP///////wBMg0wyAAAAAAAXAQSVIhN4Cs6FnltMlCYXUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEB3DeAoHA4QEAwICUAWMIQAAAZAAAADwAAAAAAAAAAAB6CEFIAAAAA/gBTQU1TVU5HCiAgICAgAAAA/gAxNTZITDAxLTEwNAogAM8= modes: 1920x1080 Date: Wed Mar 22 20:13:20 2017 Desktop-Session: 'ubuntu' '/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/usr/share/upstart/systemd-session:/usr/share/upstart/xdg:/etc/xdg' '/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/var/lib/snapd/desktop' DetectedPlugins: Env: 'None' 'None' InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-11 (404 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) Load-Avg-1min: 1.35 Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.2% MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. N551JW ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-41-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=021ad30b-7bc5-464f-bafb-8c90d2910f20 ro quiet splash acpi_osi= SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-11-28 (113 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/03/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: N551JW.207 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: N551JW dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrN551JW.207:bd08/03/2015:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnN551JW:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnN551JW:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: N551JW dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. gconf-keys: /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec = b'firefox\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager = b''/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager = b''/desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme = b'gnome\n'/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme = b'Clearlooks\n' modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium-browser: [deleted] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1675106/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp