Public bug reported: ps shows chromium-browser processes are running, but no windows appear.
I've been able to correlate the message "[...:ERROR:data_store_impl.cc(131)] Failed to open Data Reduction Proxy DB: 3" with this failure mode. Users are frustrated when it happens to them, and advice online is to delete your profile and reboot, which is suboptimal, because it removes all bookmarks, history, settings, etc. I have one user that gets this error almost daily, even after workstation swap, so I'm guessing there's a behavioral component as well. I have confirmed that killing all chromium-browser processes and rolling back just $HOME/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences to the state it was before a prior successful start is enough to fix the issue when it happens to me. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: chromium-browser 71.0.3578.98-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-43.46-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-43-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: MATE DRM.card0-DP-1: enabled: disabled dpms: Off status: disconnected edid-base64: modes: DRM.card0-HDMI-A-1: enabled: enabled dpms: On status: connected edid-base64: AP///////wAGs6EyAQEBAQgcAQOARid46g8lqFRDliIaUFS/74BxT4GAgQCzAIFAlQCpQNHAVl4AoKCgKVAwIDUAuokhAAASAAAA/QAySx5aGAAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABWQTMyQVEKICAgICAgAAAA/wBKMkxNQVMwMDExOTQKARECAyXxSpAEAwEUEgUfBxMjCQcHgwEAAG0DDAAQADgxAAAAAAAAAjqAGHE4LUBYLEUAuokhAAAfVl4AoKCgKVAwIDUAuokhAAAeAR0AclHQHiBuKFUAuokhAAAf1QmAoCDgLRAIYCIAuokhCAgYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA9A== modes: 2560x1440 2560x1440 1920x1080 1920x1080 1920x1080i 1920x1080i 1920x1080 1920x1080i 1600x1200 1680x1050 1280x1024 1280x1024 1440x900 1280x960 1280x800 1152x864 1280x720 1280x720 1280x720 1024x768 1024x768 1024x768 832x624 800x600 800x600 800x600 800x600 720x576 720x480 720x480 720x480i 720x480i 640x480 640x480 640x480 640x480 640x480 640x480 720x400 DRM.card0-HDMI-A-2: enabled: disabled dpms: Off status: disconnected edid-base64: modes: Date: Wed Feb 6 08:45:01 2019 Desktop-Session: 'mate' '/etc/xdg/xdg-mate:/etc/xdg' '/usr/share/mate:/usr/share/mate:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop' DetectedPlugins: Env: 'None' 'None' InstalledPlugins: Load-Avg-1min: 3.04 Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.1% MachineType: Shuttle Inc. DX30D ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-43-generic root=UUID=dc6e336f-c022-11e8-b65f-80ee73d362fb ro SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 02/15/2017 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1.02 dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string dmi.board.name: FDX30 dmi.board.vendor: Shuttle Inc. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string dmi.chassis.version: Default string dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1.02:bd02/15/2017:svnShuttleInc.:pnDX30D:pvrV1.0:rvnShuttleInc.:rnFDX30:rvr1.0:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring: dmi.product.family: D dmi.product.name: DX30D dmi.product.version: V1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Shuttle Inc. modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium-browser: [deleted] ** Affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic uec-images -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1814936 Title: chromium-browser fails to start, with message [...:ERROR:data_store_impl.cc(131)] Failed to open Data Reduction Proxy DB: 3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1814936/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs