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OscarTalks · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 1591 Location: London, England

Chromium Browser version 34.0.1847.137

This is a Debian release, re-packaged as .sfs and .pet
Runs (as root) in Wheezy, Precise and Upup Raring
Runs in Slacko 5.6 or 5.7 if you install libgconf2 and libgnome-keyring (.pets below)

Works with Adobe Flash Player 11 or 10 and Java plugins if installed.
Does not have Pepper Flash Player.

Download Chromium from here:-
http://smokey01.com/OscarTalks
(You may need to right-click and save)

Earlier versions discussed in this thread below have now been removed.

backi · Joined: 27 Feb 2011 Posts: 1258 Location: GERMANY

Hi oscar !

Thanks !! works fine on Precise 5.6.1 !!

OscarTalks · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 1591 Location: London, England

Someone contacted me via PM and was asking about the SUID Sandbox in this Chromium.

It was running without this sandbox. I don't know how important this is in our scenario running Puppy Linux rather than the more vulnerable operating systems. I note that SRWare Iron for Linux doesn't seem to include the sandbox in its releases at all. It does register as an error in console though if the SUID sandbox is not running, but all the Chromiums and derivatives I have tested have some level of chatter and warnings in console but seem to surf all websites without any problems.

Anyway, this package does have the sandbox binary included and I figured out how to activate it, so as per the request I have uploaded the modified version. I did wonder if activating a sandbox would be increasing the load on resources unnecessarily, but after the first run (formation of the config data) the terminal is quieter so I guess it is better this way.

LATER:- I downloaded a fresh one and got version 30.0.1568.0 so I have done all the tweaking I know of and have uploaded that one now. It starts, runs and quits for me with no errors in console at all so looks like the best one so far. If anyone knows how to make improvements feel free to speak up, I am just trying to learn all this stuff.

DOWNLOAD LINKS IN FIRST POST AMENDED

gjuhasz · Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 357

lptpacct · Joined: 06 Apr 2013 Posts: 4 Location: Western USA

Hi Oscar, Thanks for all your help with the Chromium browser work. It zings!javascript:emoticon(' Very Happy

') >>> One of the daughters pointed out that the sandbox appears inadequate. I said, "No Way!" She said, "Way", and asked me to post a note and a pic. She also found an article, but couldn't place it right away. I'll post it here as soon as she sends it. Thanks again.

lptpacct · Joined: 06 Apr 2013 Posts: 4 Location: Western USA

Hi Oscar, here's the link to an article the daughter found, hope it can help in some way, promised her I'd send it along, Thanks again.
http://www.insanitybit.com/2013/04/29/explaining-chromes-linux-sandbox/

gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 6730 Location: Earth

Installed and running without adding libs to Precise 571 (BarryK's).
Thanks

gjuhasz · Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 357

Sandbox is OK in Puli. See http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=88691

"Yes" in "SUID Sandbox" and "Seccomp-BPF sandbox" lines depend on Chrome compilation.
"Yes" in "PID namespaces" and "Network namespaces" lines depend on Linux kernel compilation.

Special thanks to OscarTalks and pemasu for their kind help.[/url][/list]

giannis4 · Joined: 28 Jun 2013 Posts: 98

I have a problem with this new version.When I open 3-4 tabs and then I am trying to close one of them the whole browser closes not only the tab I wanted to close.When I open again chomium it says that the browser didnt closed properly.And it happens all the time.Is this a bug?How can I fix it?
I unistalled it and reinstalled it again but with no progress at all.

OscarTalks · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 1591 Location: London, England

Hello giannis4

Thanks for the report and sorry to hear that you are having a problem.

The warning that the browser did not close properly is normal behaviour if the browser crashes. The question is, why is it crashing in the first place? I have been using this browser myself quite a bit now and it seems quite a lot of people have downloaded it and this is the first report of this problem so I don't think it is a systemic bug, but I may be wrong.

When you talk about having 3-4 tabs open it makes me wonder if you are just running out of RAM. How much RAM do you have and do you have any swap space loaded? What Puppy is this by the way?

What you could do is try the Chromium posted in the other thread by Peebee and see if that works better for you.

giannis4 · Joined: 28 Jun 2013 Posts: 98

Thank you for your reply.I am running Puppy Precise 5.7.1.and I have 1GB of RAM on my desktop.I also have 2.5GB of swap memory.I ll try out the Chromium posted on the other thread and if I have problems again I will inform you.Thank you.

gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 6730 Location: Earth

Thanks for this PET

Question
Where/How does Chrome know where his cache is?

Thanks in advance

OscarTalks · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 1591 Location: London, England

Hello gcmartin,

Not sure I fully understand the question, but I guess it is all determined by how it is coded. In this case the cache is stored in folders under /root/.cache/chromium

The profile data is stored under /root/.config/chromium and I set this in the wrapper script rather than in the launcher script. I don't know if changing this config location would also change the cache location.

giannis4 · Joined: 28 Jun 2013 Posts: 98

Hello Oscar.I ve tried before the chromium browser in PeeBee's thread with no issues.I dont know why the newer version crashes.But I dont want to confuse you anymore.Since PeeBee's version works fine for me I ll stay with it.
Thank you.

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 6706 Location: Kentucky

Just wanted to confirm that the Wheezy version works fine in Pemasu's latest release. Thanks.