On Sat, 03 Aug 2013 16:29:06 -0500, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: > Hendrik Boom, 3.08.2013: >> >> Every other program on my laptop finds the right IP number for >> slashdot. >> It's just Chromium that doesn't. Even Chrome gets it right. Somewhere >> Chromium has hidden state I can't expunge. > > You could try purging the package ("apt-get remove --purge ...") and get > rid of all not-user-specific state. And then you could install again > and see if the problem persists. I don't use chromium much but > *presumably* your bookmarks and other info you'd like to keep are stored > in your home directory and will live through the purge.
Good idea. On Sun, 04 Aug 2013 10:12:34 +0000, Curt wrote: > On 2013-08-03, Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote: >> >> And if the secret bit of state I can't expunge ends up getting synced >> along with the bookmarks, things may get worse instead of better. > > You moved (I haven't been following the thread) the '~/.config/chromium' > directory out of the way already ('mv chromium chromium.bak' or whatever > to see whether the bug was hiding in there somewhere)? Good idea. And less drastic. This suggests the even loss drastic test of logging in as a different user and seeing if they have the problem. There is a guest account on the laptop, for example. Thanks. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/kts7jq$7i0$1...@ger.gmane.org