"Aw, Snap!" Chrome Web Store (Chromium)

Question

While trying to load the Chrome Web Store (I am using Chromium), I get to see the store for a split second before getting the "Aw, Snap!" page. Any suggestions?

Solution

I too am experiencing this, but on 14.04 LTS.

I've raised this with Chromium as a bug, as appears connected to the v38 upgrade of Chromium that appeared in the Ubuntu repos on 10th/11th November.

See https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=432488

Maybe add your details to that bug report, to see where our configurations match.

(To comply with Chromium bug reporting requirements, you should also verify that it's not an issue with an existing extension, or corrupt profile data, by starting Chromium with a blank profile and seeing if the problem still persists)

UPDATE Appears fixed now in Version 40.0.2214.94 (I'm now on 14.10, but I think the same version is now in the official release for 14.04)

The Chromium bug is still active as there are other issues, but majority of causes seem cured.

Comments

[k6adams]

Is there anyway to get the older version of chromium in the meantime?

[Mike]

There used to be nightly builds of Chromium but cant find them any longer. You can use dpkg to get back to the version from the release; check using "apt-cache policy chromium-browser" to see what's available. The 14.10 release version will be pretty similar I guess.

[k6adams]

Thanks for the idea, I am a brand new Ubuntu user however, and I just installed chromium. Can I execute your suggestion if I have never had another version of chromium? Also, I am not sure what details I should add to the bug report and where I would locate them.

[Mike]

Yes - if there's another candidate in apt cache you should be able to install it. To update the Chromium bug just go to the link and add a comment with your browser version, OS version, and anything else relevant.

[00fruX]

Everywhere I look people have "solved" this problem... and it's got me thinking (since it's not really solved) that I really don't care what OS I'm on, I just want the internet and am on the brink of going back to windoze just to do may simple daily emailing/junk like that! :( Can't even check my gmail! Then, I see now when I hover over a Chromium tab a "cool" gradient moves along with my mouse. I would hate for something so little and useless to break everything (not saying the gradient "update" fixed it), just made that people spend so much time for the littles things that break eveerything!

[k6adams]

It will be a while before i can try this, but as soon as I do I will post an update.