Please see my comment on bug #1887396:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-
browser/+bug/1887396/comments/6.
Try moving your profile folders over to the common directory, which is
unversioned. Hopefully this helps.
** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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Title:
chromium doesn't launch when using --user-data-dir
Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
The command to launch:
chromium-browser --user-data-
dir=/home/albert/snap/chromium/1213/.config/google-chrome 2>&1 >>
/dev/null
The error:
Gtk-Message: 14:38:15.136: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 14:38:15.138: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
[24822:24822:0723/143815.159408:ERROR:process_singleton_posix.cc(280)] Failed
to create /home/albert/snap/chromium/1213/.config/google-chrome/SingletonLock:
Permission denied (13)
[24822:24822:0723/143815.159485:ERROR:chrome_browser_main.cc(1246)] Failed to
create a ProcessSingleton for your profile directory. This means that running
multiple instances would start multiple browser processes rather than opening a
new window in the existing process. Aborting now to avoid profile corruption.
[24822:25016:0723/143815.163146:ERROR:disk_cache.cc(184)] Unable to create
cache
[24822:25016:0723/143815.163207:ERROR:shader_disk_cache.cc(606)] Shader Cache
Creation failed: -2
Some background: was able to use a similar command for years. Then recently
when chromium was packed into a snap, I had to move my user directory inside
the ~/snap/ folder or it wouldn't launch. After the latest update, I can't
launch chromium at all.
Please advice. Thank you.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: chromium-browser 83.0.4103.97-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Jul 23 14:36:34 2020
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-24 (1489 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20160420.1)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
Snap.Changes: Error: command ['snap', 'changes', '--abs-time', 'chromium']
failed with exit code 1: error: no changes found
Snap.ChromeDriverVersion: ChromeDriver 84.0.4147.89
(19abfe7bcba9318a0b2a6bc6634a67fc834aa592-refs/branch-heads/4147@{#852})
Snap.ChromiumVersion: Chromium 84.0.4147.89 snap
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-20 (64 days ago)
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