Chromium based browsers (ALL) of them are borked for me

[daniel.m.tripp (Dan Tripp)]

Started happening the other day - Edge (Microsoft Edge for Linux) refused to load any pages whatsoever… So removed it and re-installed (which the software suggested - i.e. download and install from scratch) - but that didn’t fix the issue.

Then I notice this crap happening with Google Chrome too… So I updated and rebooted…

NOW IT’S HAPPENING IN f–king Brave too!

WTF?

Here’s the “rub” I cannot even fire up the f–king “Settings” page!

What a steaming pile of garbage!

this effectively renders my Ubuntu Desktop machine UN-USABLE and unfit for service!

I’ve tried forcing them all to go back to default (by renaming their folders in ~/.config) but that’s made ZIPPO difference.

Firefox, so far, seems unaffected, neither the ubuntu SNAP version, nor my “portable” Firefox ESR… Note : FIREFOX is NOT the answer! I need features in Brave and Edge… I used Edge for work, I NEED it for my job.

Note also - NONE of these browsers are broken on either my Macs, seems to be something on Ubuntu 22.04 (I’ll try out Ubuntu 22.10 shortly on my Thinkpad).

Note : Chromium is NOT broken (but that’s from a SNAP).

Screenshot of Brave :

Screenshot of Brave (after moving/renaming ~/.config/BraveSoftware - effectively setting it to default and no extensions!) :

That same “Page Unresponsive” message appears in Google Chrome, EXACTLY the same, and also in Edge with a slightly variation on that wording - I’ve powered the piece of crap off now 'cause the ATX power supply fan was making an AWFUL noise [it’s pretty warm here today]). I am editing this post (I started it on a MacBook) from my Ubuntu 22.10 Thinkpad (i.e. it, like my desktop, is a Ryzen system with AMD graphics using OSS AMD GPU drivers).

[nevj (Neville Jackson)]

@daniel.m.tripp

Note also - NONE of these browsers are broken on either my Macs, seems to be something on Ubuntu 22.04 (I’ll try out Ubuntu 22.10 shortly on my Thinkpad).

Yes you need to sort out whether it is chromium for linux, or Ubuntu.
I could try putting Brave in Void, but it will be after Christmas. Brave in Void would be a very recent version. No good trying Debian, it would be out of date.

[daniel.m.tripp (Dan Tripp)]

@nevj

I could try putting Brave in Void, but it will be after Christmas.

It’s not affecting (See above edit) me on Ubuntu 22.10 on a Thinkpad (but similar CPU and GPU) - the difference is

• Desktop machine (Affected) : Ubuntu 22.04
• Thinkpad machine (unaffected) : Ubuntu 22.10

Also - when I say I need Edge for my job - I can carry on keeping on using Edge on both / either of my MacBooks…

Here’s the real test - reboot - but I strongly suspect it’s something unique to my particular setup on that desktop machine…

[nevj (Neville Jackson)]

@daniel.m.tripp

It’s not affecting (See above edit) me on Ubuntu 22.10 on a Thinkpad (but similar CPU and GPU)

OK, you narrowed it down to either 22.04 or your desktop config

Could you run a live 22.10 on the desktop?

[dbauthor (Daniel J. Barrett)]

A few questions:

• What happens if you launch up the browser in incognito mode? Close all browsers and run google-chrome --incognito, then hit a site?
• Have you considered checking for malware? Maybe run chkrootkit or similar?
• Have you checked your firewall rules for outgoing connections? (Not likely the problem.)

[berninghausen (Bill Berninghausen)]

Running Xubuntu 22.10 this morning. Installed Microsoft Edge. Opened it and added my password manager. Opened It’sFossCommunity and found this thread. No problems at all.

Happy Holidays to all!

[shamu]

@daniel.m.tripp You have probably done something bad!
Now you are being punished by the KRAMPUS!!!

[daniel.m.tripp (Dan Tripp)]

@dbauthor

What happens if you launch up the browser in incognito mode? Close all browsers and run google-chrome --incognito, then hit a site?

No - I can’t get even a “default” vanilla" install of chrome or brave to run - i.e. I “factory reset” both by ripping out my config dir from each :

~/.config/google-chrome
~/.config/BraveSoftware

I’ve also tried running it from CLI with hardware accel disabled :

google-chrome --incognito --disable-gpu

in each case, won’t load ANY website, and I can’t fire up the settings, either from the menu, or the URL e.g. chrome://setttings/ - so - no - I cannot even get “google-chrome --incognito” to work…

and happens across Edge, Google Chrome and Brave. Does not happen in Chromium, but that’s effectiv ely “sandpitted” by being in a SNAP. Doesn’t happen in Firefox (also a Ubuntu snap) and doesn’t happen in Firefox ESR which I run as a binary from a folder in ~/sbin/…

anyway - got 4 days to sort this out before I have to work - I reckon I’ll checkout that chrootkit thingie… Maybe even clamav - but I doubt either will the be the answer… I’ll PURGE all three …

I’ve rebooted my 22.10 Thinkpad and can confirm no sign of these bizarre symptoms here.

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Just tried google-chrome, purge, then a fresh download… What’s the point of f–king purge anyway as it PURGES BUGGER ALL! It remembered my old settings anyway! And still - won’t render ANY pages, not even the settings menu and same if I run --disable-gpu… so I re-purged google chrome, removed ~/.config/google-chrome* and re-installed it… and it still NEVER EVER renders any page…

Just confirmed another instance of a chromium based browser : Vivaldi - NEVER EVER runs or loads …

So - it’s ALL non-sandboxed Chromium based browsers (except for Chromium itself, 'cause it’s sandboxed in a SNAP)… so far, still no issues on Ubu 22.10 on my Thinkpad…

Vivaldi :

Google Chrome (after purge and delete ~/.config/google-chrome* and re-install) :

Same (Google Chrome) via : “google-chrome --incognito --disable-gpu &” :

chrome://version :

[daniel.m.tripp (Dan Tripp)]

solved - guess what the PEZZO DI MERDA was?

F–KING CITRIX!

It has some COMPLETE UTTER BULLSHIT component called App Protection - I noticed something running in bashtop (I find bashtop is better for troubleshooting stuff than actual “top” or “htop”).

So - I purged removed ICAClient and now I have everything back - AFTER THOSE BASTARDS made me purge, and reboot, and rinse FUCKING REPEAT ad nauseam… do they even test their SHIT on real world platforms? Thank f–k I didn’t actually need this thing to do my job!

Note : the Citrix installer NEVER ever asked for my consent to install that PIECE of GARBAGE! What a diabolical piece of crap!

If I need Citrix (and I do, for my job) I’ll just fire up the Citrix session from a browser, or on one of my Macs… I reckon I might investigate if Citrix installed this GARBAGE on my MacBooks too!

UNBELIEVABLE!

That chrootkit check thing also claimed to have found something :

Linux.Xor.DDoS

Searching for Linux.Xor.DDoS ... INFECTED: Possible Malicious Linux.Xor.DDoS installed

but I’m a bit suspicious of this claim…

VERY suspicious it’s a false positive - read somewhere this comes up if you have an executable file in /tmp - so I put one there (44) :

Searching for Linux.Xor.DDoS ... INFECTED: Possible Malicious Linux.Xor.DDoS installed
/tmp/44

and it comes up - all 44 does is weed all ALL the extraneous bullshit that the “ip a” command spits out about EVERY fucking NIC on my system :

╭─x@titan ~/ResilioSync/bigshit/binaries/BINSHITBIN/SHITCUNT/chkrootkit-0.56  
╰─➤  cat /tmp/44
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# show only ipv4 shite... who's got time to parse fucking ipv6???
ip -4 a