Ubuntu – Google Chrome browser doesn’t open in Ubuntu 16.04

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Google Chrome browser doesn't open in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It doesn't open when I clicked on the icon. I tried to open in other ways as well. It doesn't open even when I typed google-chrome in the terminal, command line interface. I'm using Intel Pentium G4560 CPU which has integrated factory graphics. I don't use any other Graphics card on my PC. When I type google-chrome only without trying to open with clicking on its icon it shows nothing, but when I type google-chrome after trying to open the browser by clicking on its icon it shows the following message on terminal:

[7136:7170:0801/232639.382646:ERROR:browser_gpu_channel_host_factory.cc(103)] Failed to launch GPU process.
Created new window in existing browser session.

So I don't know if this problem is related to graphics or some other problem. I also had similar problem with Chromium and Opera browsers. Vivaldi opens, but I cannot open new window with Vivaldi. I have HTML5 and other incompatibilities with Mozilla Firefox browser even if it does open.

This is my lspci command's output:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 590f (rev 05)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 5902 (rev 04)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 31)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H Thermal subsystem (rev 31)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI #1 (rev 31)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SATA controller [AHCI mode] (rev 31)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f1)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #6 (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller (rev 31)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PMC (rev 31)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H HD Audio (rev 31)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SMBus (rev 31)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02)

Important note: I don't know how safe it is to share outputs of some commands in command line interface, terminal. Please inform me if I share anything that makes me vulnurable to the security attacks.

Edit: I tried to uninstall and then install Google Chrome browser, but it didn't work. I uninstalled it by sudo apt-get purge google-chrome and then rm ~/.config/google-chrome -rf and then installing it back. First, I tried to install it via Google's official website and then downloading .deb file there, but after downloading the installer application of Ubuntu 16.04 stuck, even it isn't working now. Then, I tried to install it via terminal by writing

cd /tmp
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

But, still it doesn't work. The browser doesn't open.
Thanks beforehand.

Best Answer

I turned off the "Built-in Display" in System Settings -> Displays menu. The problematic browsers are working now. I learned it when I took the screenshot, because it showed double screen on the screenshot since "Built-in Display" was on before.

Edit on 28 Sep 2017: I reinstalled Ubuntu 16.04 LTS after trying many different OSes. Now I faced the same problem but this time I solved it with a different approach, in System Settings -> Display menu I ticked on "Mirror Displays". All other options did not work for me this time. Thanks.

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