after running into this problem infrequently, I enabled logging, and found that it was this issue for me:
https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!msg/chromium- dev/lFgKOYo3iYM/Ws_7Gn32ZoMJ I increased my ulimit on the # of files, and the renderer no longer gives the Snap problem periodically. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1256642 Title: Chromium shows "aw snap" error on every page Status in “chromium-browser” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I am using Chromium 30.0.1599.114 on Ubuntu 13.10 and I get a aw snap error message on every page I try to load, including the settings page. I tried reinstalling, deleting ~/.config/chrome and ~/.cache/chromium and I still have the same issue. The debug log shows a [6:6:1201/143302:WARNING:plugin_module.cc(673)] PPP_InitializeModule returned failure -2, but I don't know what that means. I would appreciate any help. Cheers, Oier To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1256642/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp