font config error launching google-chrome-stable from the command line on 14.04.5

Question

I ended up here with a very similar error to Fontconfig error: cannot load default config file launching the latest google-chrome-stable (Version 65.0.3325.181 (Official Build) (64-bit)) from the command line with the intent of locking it to the launch bar. The aforementioned which I received when updating today.

The exact output received is as follows:

$ google-chrome-stable

Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 146: blank doesn't take any effect anymore. please remove it from your fonts.conf
ATTENTION: default value of option force_s3tc_enable overridden by environment.
[4946:4946:0321/143522.945617:ERROR:gpu_process_transport_factory.cc(1019)] Lost UI shared context.
[1:10:0321/143522.993869:ERROR:command_buffer_proxy_impl.cc(114)] ContextResult::kFatalFailure: Shared memory handle is not valid
[4946:4985:0321/143528.000996:ERROR:upload_data_presenter.cc(73)] Not implemented reached in virtual void extensions::RawDataPresenter::FeedNext(const net::UploadElementReader &)
[4946:4985:0321/143528.189366:ERROR:upload_data_presenter.cc(73)] Not implemented reached in virtual void extensions::RawDataPresenter::FeedNext(const net::UploadElementReader &)
[4946:4985:0321/143528.302925:ERROR:upload_data_presenter.cc(73)] Not implemented reached in virtual void extensions::RawDataPresenter::FeedNext(const net::UploadElementReader &)
[4946:4985:0321/143528.761029:ERROR:upload_data_presenter.cc(73)] Not implemented reached in virtual void extensions::RawDataPresenter::FeedNext(const net::UploadElementReader &)
Fontconfig error: line 152: mismatched tag
Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file
[4946:4985:0321/143809.554796:ERROR:upload_data_presenter.cc(73)] Not implemented reached in virtual void extensions::RawDataPresenter::FeedNext(const net::UploadElementReader &)

Solution

The first thing I noticed was the warning regarding line 146 in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf which only had the </blank> tag on the line line so I removed it. Then I noticed the error on line 152. I attempted the accepted answer to the question linked in the question above to no positive affect so I assumed that line 152 was the problem. Upon further review of the file I noticed that line 152 only contains a </config> tag and found a corresponding <config> tag on line 80 so I decided that can't be it as everything between <config> and </config> looks pretty important. Then I noticed the <blank> tag on line 86 and decided that I had inadvertently broken the file by removing the ending tag with out the beginning tag. So I removed line 86 as well and saved the file.

This approach resolved the problem immediately.

Comments

[Admin]

Do you still get this though? Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file I see it in a couple of issues, ie. here's one

[Admin]

Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file I made an issue about it, because it's due to sandboxing: bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1010388

[Elder Geek]

@howaboutsynergy I had this issue on bare metal with the versions mentioned. My answer reflects that reality. I have not had that issue since. Chromium isn't Chrome.