how to unlock google chrome profile/ubuntu
scroll to /
in the search type lock
you will see an option for,' SingletonLock ' , right oposite to that you will
see the detail for the folder
it's location & size' ( config/google-chrome ),' delete the folder,' singleton
lock '.
close the page. it
Hi Olivier,
Thank you, haven't tried that. At this point I gave up on the chromium snap
altogether, using instead Firefox and WebKit-based browsers other than
chromium. Too many issues with snap packages in general make it not worth the
trouble.
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Indeed, the code to import an existing profile isn't multi-profile
aware, it will only import a profile in the default location.
Contributions to improve this are welcome (the code is there:
https://git.launchpad.net/~chromium-team/chromium-browser/+git/snap-
from-source/tree/launcher/chromium.laun
As of July 2nd, again I can't start chromium after having rebooted
Ubuntu without having quitted chromium first. This time, the error
indicates a lack of removal of temporary symlinks named SingletonLock
and related Singleton*. E.g.:
```
Gtk-Message: 00:39:49.309: Failed to load module "canberra-g
I had the same issue but due to multiple profiles. I guess the process
for the transition to snap would not be able to tell whether there are
other profiles or not, so I am not reopening. The solution: copy all
existing profiles, like so:
cp -r ~/.google/someProfile1/ ~/snap/chromium/common/
cp -r
Thank you, this was helpful. It's up and running.
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Thans for the report Albert.
The fact that chromium is now a strictly confined snap means that you cannot
use /home/albert/.config/google-chrome as your profile directory.
The profile directory has to be under
/home/albert/snap/chromium/{common,current}/.
The default value is $HOME/snap/chromium
