Originally i had:
$ ls -l Preferences
-rw--- 1 root root 1440 2010-10-19 18:37 Preferences
$ ls -ld
drwx-- 7 astrobob astrobob 4096 2011-05-23 21:05
using chown, its now
-rw--- 1 astrobob astrobob 1440 Oct 19 2010 ./Preferences
drwx-- 7 astrobob astrobob 4096
(the mode thing is discribed in 'man chmod'.. ugo+rwx =
user/group/others add read/write/execute)
did you check the owners/perms in the directory above (especially Local
State)?
if fixing the owner/mode didn't help, 1/ close all instances of
chromium, 2/ rename the file to Preferences to
I rechecked the Local State corrected it; it solved the problem :D
that made my night :D thank you LOADS ;D
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Title:
Some features are not
It turned out to be a local (file system) problem.
Just check out the comments for the solution.
** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Invalid
** Converted to question:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+question/158749
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$ lsb_release -rd
Description:Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
Release:10.04
$ sudo apt-cache policy chromium-browser
chromium-browser:
Installed: 11.0.696.68~r84545-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
Candidate: 11.0.696.68~r84545-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
Version table:
*** 11.0.696.68~r84545-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 0
I just upgraded chromium using: ppa:chromium-daily/ppa
the problem persists
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Title:
Some features are not available. This includes plugin (they
it's not a problem with Chromium.
You either have a corrupted Preferences file in your profile or wrong
permissions.
Please try this:
cd ~/.config/chromium/Default/
ls -l Preferences
the file must be owned by you (not root or another user), and be in 400 mode
(-rw---)
if it's ok..
