Same problem here, even worst. As soon as webbrowser starts it can freeze the desktop screen, keyboard and mouse.
1) At first I was able to login with a second system (or a smart-phone with ssh) and reboot the system, but now not even this works. 2) Amazon and other "channel" web apps depends on this so I am afraid that any Web apps that uses this can freeze the system "without notice". 3) looking at the syslog/auth.log, other than some hardware conflicts I already had before, I can't spot any traces of what is causing the problem. I suspect only this in auth.log: lightdm: PAM unable to dlopen(pam_kwallet.so): /lib/security/pam_kwallet.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory lightdm: PAM adding faulty module: pam_kwallet.so lightdm: pam_succeed_if(lightdm:auth): requirement "user ingroup nopasswdlogin" not met by user "jxxx" gnome-keyring-daemon[2194]: couldn't set environment variable in session: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files polkitd(authority=local): Registered Authentication Agent for unix- session:c2 (system bus name :1.79 [/usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit- gnome-authentication-agent-1], object path /org/gnome/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) systemd-logind[723]: Removed session c1. CRON[3733]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) CRON[3733]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root 4) My system has this configuration: System: Host: 965P-DS3 Kernel: 3.13.0-92-generic i686 (32 bit) Desktop: Gnome 3.10.4 Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty Machine: Mobo: Gigabyte model: 965P-DS3 Bios: Award version: F14 date: 06/25/2009 CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 CPU 6300 (-MCP-) clocked at 1866.597 MHz Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GF119 [GeForce GT 610] X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.0hz GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NVD9 GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3 Network: Card: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: sky2 Drives: HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (7.9% used) Info: Processes: 189 Uptime: 7 min Memory: 790.2/8093.6MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to webbrowser-app in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1550893 Title: system freezes when starting /usr/bin/webbrowser-app on 14.04 Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When I start application "webbrowser-app" from unity on a standard Ubuntu/Unity system, thewebbrowser window opens with the google page, then the system freezes except that I can move the mouse. No mouse click is active, unable to do anything else. I must reboot the computer. The ALT SYSREQ R-S-E-I-U-B reacts at step "B" Parameters: lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS Release: 14.04 The system is up-to-udate, and standard with many (standard) packages installed. Step to reproduce: ------------------------- Inside of a Unity shortcut .desktop file like the firefox one: ~/.local/share/applications/firefox.desktop Create a new entry like: [uwb Shortcut Group] Name=Navigateur Web Ubuntu Exec=/usr/bin/webbrowser-app and add the "uwb" in the line "X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts" Save it. Now please use the Unity / Firefox Icon, and in the menu, select this new entry "Navigateur Web Ubuntu". The system freeze occurs and you cannot do anything else than moving your mouse. What should do: --------------------- The application should be usable and running. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: webbrowser-app 0.23+14.04.20140428-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-51.58~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt13 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-51-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Feb 28 10:18:26 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-07 (82 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64+mac (20150805) SourcePackage: webbrowser-app UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webbrowser-app/+bug/1550893/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
