@osomon : The most obvious "patch" (the one requiring the least verification), is to have Ubuntu's Software Updater roll back Chromium to the version prior to the current version.
Comment 19 was the work-around that helped me: https://askubuntu.com/a/932799/256054 -- 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/1702407 Title: Startup crash after upgrading to 59.0.3071.109 on trusty/xenial/yakkety Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in chromium-browser package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: $ apt-cache policy chromium-browser chromium-browser: Installed: 59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.1289 Candidate: 59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.1289 Version table: *** 59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.1289 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 49.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.1233 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages $ chromium-browser Using PPAPI flash. --ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version= Received signal 11 SEGV_MAPERR 000000000010 #0 0x7f8cc1af5425 base::debug::StackTrace::StackTrace() #1 0x7f8cc1af580b <unknown> #2 0x7f8cc1e20390 <unknown> #3 0x5619ce286dc8 <unknown> #4 0x5619ce289656 <unknown> #5 0x5619ce289df9 <unknown> #6 0x5619ce28a143 <unknown> #7 0x7f8cc1b70821 <unknown> #8 0x7f8cc1af6eea base::debug::TaskAnnotator::RunTask() #9 0x7f8cc1b1fe90 base::MessageLoop::RunTask() #10 0x7f8cc1b2197d base::MessageLoop::DeferOrRunPendingTask() #11 0x7f8cc1b2283d <unknown> #12 0x7f8cc1b23300 base::MessagePumpLibevent::Run() #13 0x7f8cc1b1ef15 base::MessageLoop::RunHandler() #14 0x7f8cc1b49628 base::RunLoop::Run() #15 0x7f8cc1b75e36 base::Thread::ThreadMain() #16 0x7f8cc1b70726 <unknown> #17 0x7f8cc1e166ba start_thread #18 0x7f8cab4c53dd clone r8: 000000000000002e r9: 00005619cfcdd6ec r10: 0000000000000000 r11: 00007f8cab552f50 r12: 00007f8c1b0d1ff0 r13: 0000000000000008 r14: 0000000000000008 r15: 00007f8c1b0d1eb0 di: 0000000000000000 si: 00007f8c1b0d1eb0 bp: 00007f8c1b0d1f00 bx: 00007f8c1b0d1eb0 dx: 0000000000000061 ax: 0000000000000000 cx: 00007f8bf0047070 sp: 00007f8c1b0d1e60 ip: 00005619ce286dc8 efl: 0000000000010206 cgf: 0000000000000033 erf: 0000000000000004 trp: 000000000000000e msk: 0000000000000000 cr2: 0000000000000010 [end of stack trace] Quits <1s after starting on desktop. Output from terminal-based launch is above. Worked earlier today before updating. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1702407/+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
