LINUX LITE 7.2 FINAL RELEASED - SEE RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS SECTION FOR DETAILS


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[SOLVED] Live boot unable to launch chrome
#1
Hello

I have been using a Linux Lite 7.0 live boot DVD to check that everything seems to be working ok on my laptop prior to installation. Most things seem to be functioning ok but I cannot launch the internet browser. When I click the Chrome icon from the system tray nothing happens and when I try to open the support manual I get the following message:

"Failed to execute default web browser. input/output error"

After a quick search on my phone I managed to get it to open using the command line
google-chrome --no-sandbox

However I am reluctant to go ahead with the installation if this is going to be a persistent problem. Is this something that could be associated to the live boot settings? I should add that I have used the same live boot DVD to install Linux Lite on a different laptop and did not have this issue.

Results from inxi are pasted below. Any suggestions are much appreciated. Thank you.

Matthew

System:
  Kernel: 6.8.0-47-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1
  Distro: Linux Lite 7.2 LTS
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Notebook v: Type1ProductConfigId
  serial: <filter>
  Mobo: HP model: 81E5 v: KBC Version 73.16 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde
  v: F.32 date: 08/09/2018
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: AMD A8-7410 APU with AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
  bits: 64 type: MCP L2 cache: 2048 KiB
  Speed: 998 MHz min/max: 1000/2200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 998 2: 1000
  3: 998 4: 1000
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Mullins [Radeon R4/R5 Graphics] driver: radeon v: kernel
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 21.1.11 driver: ati,radeon
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: KABINI (radeonsi LLVM 17.0.6 DRM 2.50 6.8.0-47-generic)
  v: 4.5 Mesa 24.0.9-0ubuntu0.2
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Kabini HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: AMD FCH Azalia driver: snd_hda_intel
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k6.8.0-47-generic
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet driver: r8169
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
  driver: rtl8723be
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 650.9 MiB (0.1%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10JPVX-60JC3T0
  size: 931.51 GiB
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: hp model: DVDRW GUD1N dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 62 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
  rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram
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#2
Reproduced this with a LL7.2 live media boot. It looks like there is a permissions issue when starting chrome.
I'll cross reference this report in the release announcements thread.

The problem isn't present in a full installation.
stevef
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#3
I can confirm that following installation this issue does not persist and Chrome seems to be working as it should.

Thank you stevef for giving me the confidence to proceed.
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