Ubuntu – Chromium/Chrome not working in Ubuntu 14.04

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I have just installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to my Dell Inspiron with Intel Core i7. Everything is OK except the Chromium. I completed the installation successfully from the Software Center. However when I try to launch it, nothing happens. Actually, it is running at the background but not displayed. I tried to reinstall it and also restarting my laptop. But, nothing changes.

Then I removed the Chromium and setup the Google's Chrome. Unfortunately, my problem is the same.

Can anybody help me? Thanks in advance.

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I had the exact same problem, and still do. I just installed chrome beta and it fixed it, that's what I'm using right now. There really isn't much difference, and the current version seems perfectly stable

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The problem is with Google Chrome v44. You can keep working by starting chrome without gpu acceleration:

google-chrome --disable-gpu

Or by removing chrome and installing the version just before that one:

sudo apt-get remove google-chrome-stable
wget http://mirror.pcbeta.com/google/chrome/deb/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/google-chrome-stable_43.0.2357.81-1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_43.0.2357.81-1_amd64.deb

This will let you use Chrome until a fix is out.

Note: you cannot disable gpu acceleration from the settings URL, as it will freeze your system immediately:

# DON'T go to (this might crash the system):
chrome://gpu
# or (this will definitely crash the system)
chrome://flags

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