F14 installed chromium, but it won't start

[Jackson Byers]

]$ uname -r
2.6.35.14-97.fc14.i686


installing  chromium seemed to complete without errors:

[root@f14 ~]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
[root@f14 yum.repos.d]# wget
http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/chromium/fedora-chromium-stable....

# yum install chromium
....

Installed:
  chromium.i686 0:14.0.835.186-1.fc14

Dependency Installed:
  libjingle.i686 0:0.6.0-2.fc14              libsrtp.i686
0:1.4.4-1.20101004cvs.fc14
  nss-mdns.i686 0:0.10-8.fc12                v8.i686 0:3.4.14-2.fc14

Complete!
[root@f14 yum.repos.d]#



but  chromium won't start

from ps  ax:

 3474 ?        S      0:00 /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser
--enable-plugins --enable-extensions --enable-user-scripts
--enable-printing --enable-sync --auto-ssl-client-auth
 3476 ?        S      0:00 /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser
--enable-plugins --enable-extensions --enable-user-scripts
--enable-printing --enable-sync --auto-ssl-client-auth
 3477 ?        Z      0:00 [chrome-sandbox] <defunct>


advice?

Jack

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Thu, 2011-11-03 at 15:34 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
>  On Thu, 2011-11-03 at 09:48 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
>  > ]$ uname -r
>  > 2.6.35.14-97.fc14.i686
>  > 
>  > 
>  > installing  chromium seemed to complete without errors:
>  > 
>  > [root@f14 ~]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
>  > [root@f14 yum.repos.d]# wget
>  > http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/chromium/fedora-chromium-stable....
>  > 
>  > # yum install chromium
>  > ....
>  > 
>  > Installed:
>  >   chromium.i686 0:14.0.835.186-1.fc14
>  > 
>  > Dependency Installed:
>  >   libjingle.i686 0:0.6.0-2.fc14              libsrtp.i686
>  > 0:1.4.4-1.20101004cvs.fc14
>  >   nss-mdns.i686 0:0.10-8.fc12                v8.i686 0:3.4.14-2.fc14
>  > 
>  > Complete!
>  > [root@f14 yum.repos.d]#
>  > 
>  > 
>  > 
>  > but  chromium won't start
>  > 
>  > from ps  ax:
>  > 
>  >  3474 ?        S      0:00 /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser
>  > --enable-plugins --enable-extensions --enable-user-scripts
>  > --enable-printing --enable-sync --auto-ssl-client-auth
>  >  3476 ?        S      0:00 /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser
>  > --enable-plugins --enable-extensions --enable-user-scripts
>  > --enable-printing --enable-sync --auto-ssl-client-auth
>  >  3477 ?        Z      0:00 [chrome-sandbox] <defunct>
>  > 
>  > 
>  > advice?
>  > 
>  > Jack
>  
>  If you mean Google Chrome I just installed it from the web and it
>  worked.
>  -- 
>  =======================================================================
>  You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads
>  lead down. -- Stanislaw Lem, "The Cyberiad"
>  =======================================================================
>  Aaron Konstam telephone: [phone] e-mail: akonstam(a)sbcglobal.net
>   
He specifically said chromium, and the terminal log also says chromium.
Not the same thing.

poc

[Aaron Konstam]

On Thu, 2011-11-03 at 09:48 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
>  ]$ uname -r
>  2.6.35.14-97.fc14.i686
>  
>  
>  installing  chromium seemed to complete without errors:
>  
>  [root@f14 ~]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
>  [root@f14 yum.repos.d]# wget
>  http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/chromium/fedora-chromium-stable....
>  
>  # yum install chromium
>  ....
>  
>  Installed:
>    chromium.i686 0:14.0.835.186-1.fc14
>  
>  Dependency Installed:
>    libjingle.i686 0:0.6.0-2.fc14              libsrtp.i686
>  0:1.4.4-1.20101004cvs.fc14
>    nss-mdns.i686 0:0.10-8.fc12                v8.i686 0:3.4.14-2.fc14
>  
>  Complete!
>  [root@f14 yum.repos.d]#
>  
>  
>  
>  but  chromium won't start
>  
>  from ps  ax:
>  
>   3474 ?        S      0:00 /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser
>  --enable-plugins --enable-extensions --enable-user-scripts
>  --enable-printing --enable-sync --auto-ssl-client-auth
>   3476 ?        S      0:00 /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser
>  --enable-plugins --enable-extensions --enable-user-scripts
>  --enable-printing --enable-sync --auto-ssl-client-auth
>   3477 ?        Z      0:00 [chrome-sandbox] <defunct>
>  
>  
>  advice?
>  
>  Jack 
If you mean Google Chrome I just installed it from the web and it
worked.
-- 
=======================================================================
You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads
lead down. -- Stanislaw Lem, "The Cyberiad"
=======================================================================
Aaron Konstam telephone: [phone] e-mail: akonstam(a)sbcglobal.net