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Chromium installed but doesn't run
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ChrisOfBristol

Joined: 17 Nov 2012
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PostPosted: Sat 17 Nov 2012, 14:33    Post subject:  Chromium installed but doesn't run  
I have installed Chromium-20-lucid as per instructions. The Launcher points to a shell script which exists and has the executable permission, which points to the program which has the executable permission. I have selected Chromium as the default browser.

Yet nothing happens when I click on the Browse launcher.

To try to see what is going wrong I tried right-clicking then choosing "Run_In_Terminal" and I get this error message:

/tmp/runinterminal-2209: line3: 22053 iIlegal instruction "/usr/local/bin/defaultbrowser"

Obviously this may not reflect the real problem when clicking normally.
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PostPosted: Sat 17 Nov 2012, 23:46    Post subject: Chromium
Subject description: New Version		  
Let us try new version Chromium 25 SFS and PET file which is available in forum. Download and install. You can also try Iron Browser.
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PostPosted: Sun 18 Nov 2012, 00:16    Post subject:  
Very Happy Hello,
Not right click menu.
Open a terminal, and type:
Quote:
defaultbrowser

And post any errors..
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ChrisOfBristol

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PostPosted: Sun 18 Nov 2012, 14:55    Post subject:  
puppyluvr wrote:
type: defaultbrowser

If dillo is the default browser it runs, but Chromium results in this error message:
Quote:
Illegal instruction


Note that I wanted to try XFCE so I've typed
Code:
xwin startxfce4
and that still starts when I switch on. I'm not sure how to go back to the default desktop - I suppose it might be something like
Code:
xrun startJWM

Chromium doesn't start on either.
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PostPosted: Sun 18 Nov 2012, 17:06    Post subject:  
Very Happy
Quote:
xwin jwm

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PostPosted: Sun 18 Nov 2012, 17:14    Post subject:  
ChrisOfBristol

Unfortunately, Chromium and Chrome do not support most Athlon-XP processors or anything else under an i686. I think it's something to do with the SSE instruction.

In your case you will need to stick with Seamonkey/Firefox/Opera or at least something other than chromium.
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ChrisOfBristol

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PostPosted: Sun 18 Nov 2012, 18:20    Post subject:  
puppyluvr wrote:
Very Happy
Quote:
xwin jwm

I opened a terminal and typed that - but nothing happened. However I have found an application called WM Switcher which is available from JWM and XFCE and works in both directions.

I'm not sure which I prefer yet, but XFCE is nearer to my desktop with Ubuntu 12.10 plus Gnome-session-fallback so I will probably end up with that, but I want to give JWM a fair chance first.
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ChrisOfBristol

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PostPosted: Sun 18 Nov 2012, 18:22    Post subject:  
01micko wrote:
Unfortunately, Chromium and Chrome do not support most Athlon-XP processors or anything else under an i686.

I've just installed Google Chrome 14.0.835.186 and am using it now. Good news because it's faster than Firefox, runs videos out-of-the-box and is preferable all round IMHO.

This old laptop is an Asus Hi-Grade Notino A1300. On boot it says that it has an Intel Celeron 800MHz processor. I don't know whether that is an i686 or how the Chrome requirements below compare with an i686.
Quote:
https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95411
Chrome system requirements
Google Chrome is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. For optimal performance, we recommend the following system requirements:

Windows requirements Mac requirements Linux requirements
Operating system Windows XP Service Pack 2+
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8 Mac OS X 10.6 or later Ubuntu 10.04+
Debian 6+
OpenSuSE 11.3+
Fedora Linux 14
Processor Intel Pentium 4 or later Intel Intel Pentium 3 / Athlon 64 or later
Free disk space 100 MB
RAM 128 MB
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PostPosted: Fri 23 Nov 2012, 01:37    Post subject:  
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Intel Celeron 800MHz processor. I don't know whether that is an i686

I think you'll find it is.
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or how the Chrome requirements below compare with an i686

Well, I think that Celeron is 3 era of Pentium 3, and will therefore work.
I'm not sure about Chrome, but the latest Chromium certainly works on a 1000Mhz Celeron from 2001. I guess the options some Chrome/Chromium packages are compiled with may mean that they wouldn't though...
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PostPosted: Sun 13 Jan 2013, 12:19    Post subject: AMD processors don't work with Chromium  
01micko wrote:
ChrisOfBristol

Unfortunately, Chromium and Chrome do not support most Athlon-XP processors or anything else under an i686. I think it's something to do with the SSE instruction.

In your case you will need to stick with Seamonkey/Firefox/Opera or at least something other than chromium.


Thanks for that info. I downloaded Chromium 9 from PPM, and it didn't come up. I am using an AMD Athlon XP processor.
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PostPosted: Sun 13 Jan 2013, 12:44    Post subject:  
Sandlynx- this I was meaning to ask about..
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PostPosted: Mon 21 Jan 2013, 20:02    Post subject: chrome not running
Subject description: thanks for all ur input		  
I had read somewhere that frugal install was better for some programs so I thought I had that prob cause chrome runs fine on full install of my 1100mhz machine but couldn't get it to run on a 700mhz athlon machine that has a frugal install, but I see from ur discussion that its that processor not being supported by chrome which makes sense so will try opera on athlon. oh and I love puppy I have wary on 3 old p-3 machines and the athlon and have racy on my 1100 daily machine. I almost have a friend convinced to put quirky on his p-4 machine
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PostPosted: Tue 22 Jan 2013, 19:04    Post subject:  
Make sure SSE is enabled in the bios
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PostPosted: Tue 22 Jan 2013, 22:00    Post subject:  
trapster wrote:
Make sure SSE is enabled in the bios


I never heard of a board BIOS where you can turn off SSE.

No such option with most boards.

And for AMD users: If the Athlon chip you have don't have SSE1, it means it's a T'bird or earlier.

Only Palomino and later have SSE1. All Athlon XPs have SSE1.

SSE2 didn't exist until Athlon 64!
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PostPosted: Fri 25 Jan 2013, 18:59    Post subject:  
http://forums.anandtech.com/archive/index.php/t-727409.html ??
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