This also affects us. It started on Sep 22 on part of our test servers as soon as chromium-browser upgraded to 61 from 60. What I have found so far:
Chromium 60 uses libraries from its folder: --------------------- ubuntu@test4:~$ sudo apt-cache policy chromium-browser chromium-browser: Installed: 60.0.3112.113-0ubuntu0.16.04.1298 Candidate: 61.0.3163.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1300 Version table: 61.0.3163.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1300 500 500 http://mirror.hetzner.de/ubuntu/packages xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://mirror.hetzner.de/ubuntu/security xenial-security/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe amd64 Packages *** 60.0.3112.113-0ubuntu0.16.04.1298 100 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 49.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.1233 500 500 http://mirror.hetzner.de/ubuntu/packages xenial/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages ----------------------- ubuntu@test4:~$ ldd /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007ffd2a9cd000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f3431380000) libembedder.so => /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./libembedder.so (0x00007f343113c000) libbindings.so => /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./libbindings.so (0x00007f3430f0b000) libbase.so => /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./libbase.so (0x00007f3430b45000) libmojo_public_system_cpp.so => /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./libmojo_public_system_cpp.so (0x00007f343093b000) libmojo_public_system.so => /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./libmojo_public_system.so (0x00007f3430737000) libnet.so => /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./libnet.so (0x00007f342ff02000) libprotobuf_lite.so => /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./libprotobuf_lite.so (0x00007f342fcc8000) libcrcrypto.so => /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./libcrcrypto.so (0x00007f342fab2000) libboringssl.so => /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./libboringssl.so (0x00007f342f72f000) liburl.so => /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./liburl.so (0x00007f342f50a000) libbase_i18n.so => /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./libbase_i18n.so (0x00007f342f2b1000) libicui18n.so => /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./libicui18n.so (0x00007f342ee72000) libicuuc.so => /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./libicuuc.so (0x00007f342eae2000) libipc.so => /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./libipc.so (0x00007f342e8ae000) libgeometry.so => /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./libgeometry.so (0x00007f342e6a0000) libgfx.so => /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./libgfx.so (0x00007f342e39d000) libcolor_space.so => /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./libcolor_space.so (0x00007f342e190000) --------------------------------- ubuntu@test4:~$ ldd /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser | grep ffmpe libffmpeg.so => /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./libffmpeg.so (0x00007f92a0f09000) ==================================================== But Chromium 61 uses all libraries from system location: ---------------------------------------------------- ubuntu@Ubuntu-1604-xenial-64-minimal:/usr/lib/chromium-browser$ apt-cache policy chromium-browser chromium-browser: Installed: 61.0.3163.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1300 Candidate: 61.0.3163.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1300 Version table: *** 61.0.3163.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1300 500 500 http://mirror.hetzner.de/ubuntu/packages xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://mirror.hetzner.de/ubuntu/security xenial-security/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/canonical-chromium-builds/stage/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 49.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.1233 500 500 http://mirror.hetzner.de/ubuntu/packages xenial/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages -------------------------------------------------- ubuntu@Ubuntu-1604-xenial-64-minimal:~$ ldd /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007ffc7258b000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fc7aefff000) libffmpeg.so => not found libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fc7aec34000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00005569fd2e6000) libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fc7ae92b000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fc7ae715000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fc7ae510000) libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fc7ae303000) libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fc7ae0b7000) libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fc7ade63000) libglib-2.0.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fc7adb52000) libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2 (0x00007fc7ad83e000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0x00007fc7ad503000) libX11-xcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11-xcb.so.1 (0x00007fc7ad301000) libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007fc7ad0df000) libXcomposite.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcomposite.so.1 (0x00007fc7acedb000) libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcursor.so.1 (0x00007fc7accd1000) libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdamage.so.1 (0x00007fc7acace000) ------------------------------------ ubuntu@Ubuntu-1604-xenial-64-minimal:~$ ldd /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser | grep ffmpe libffmpeg.so => not found ============================================= But there is still such file in chromium folder: ----------------------------------------------- ubuntu@Ubuntu-1604-xenial-64-minimal:~$ ls -la /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./libffmpeg.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3013432 Sep 12 13:45 /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./libffmpeg.so ----------------------------------------------- And when I copy this file to system location, everything works, so it is not the wrong version of libffmpeg.so: ----------------------------------------------- ubuntu@Ubuntu-1604-xenial-64-minimal:~$ sudo cp /usr/lib/chromium-browser/./libffmpeg.so /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ ubuntu@Ubuntu-1604-xenial-64-minimal:~$ ldd /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser | grep ffmpe libffmpeg.so => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffmpeg.so (0x00007f123ac13000) ----------------------------------------------- My bet is that something is broken with LD_LIBRARY_PATH or something like that. -- 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/1718885 Title: chromium doesn't start in guest session (xubuntu 16.04) Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi, on one of my kiosk systems running xubuntu 16.04.2 (Kernelversion 4.4.0-28-generic) chromium stop working today. It just won't start anymore. When I try to run the launcher from shell it just reports: /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser: error while loading shared libraries: libffmpeg.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory The funny thing is ffmpeg was'n installed in the first place and chromium runs just fine in the context of a normal userprofile. I checked the apt histroy and saw chromium was updated today. I then tried to install ffmpeg in the hopes to solve the issue but to no avail. Now I can find libffmpeg in the guest user contest via locate but chromium still repsonds with the same error message. apt-cache policy chromium-browser chromium-browser: Installiert: 61.0.3163.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1300 Installationskandidat: 61.0.3163.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1300 Versionstabelle: *** 61.0.3163.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1300 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 49.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.1233 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages 18.0.1025.151~r130497-0ubuntu1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise/universe amd64 Packages I start chromium via a custom starter with line: chromium-browser %U --app=http://quickborn.library4you.de/iopac/main.php -- kiosk The behavior started after unattended upgrades Start-Date: 2017-09-22 09:28:13 Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade Upgrade: python-samba:amd64 (2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.9, 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubun tu0.16.04.11), libwbclient0:amd64 (2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.9, 2:4.3.11+dfsg -0ubuntu0.16.04.11), samba-libs:amd64 (2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.9, 2:4.3.11+ dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.11), chromium-browser:amd64 (60.0.3112.113-0ubuntu0.16.04.12 98, 61.0.3163.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1300), samba-common:amd64 (2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu 0.16.04.9, 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.11), chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra:amd64 (60.0.3112.113-0ubuntu0.16.04.1298, 61.0.3163.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1300), libsmbcli ent:amd64 (2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.9, 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.11), sam ba-common-bin:amd64 (2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.9, 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.0 4.11), chromium-browser-l10n:amd64 (60.0.3112.113-0ubuntu0.16.04.1298, 61.0.3163 .79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1300) End-Date: 2017-09-22 09:28:30 Start-Date: 2017-09-22 10:32:17 Requested-By: gast-settings (1001) End-Date: 2017-09-22 10:32:17 Start-Date: 2017-09-22 10:43:42 Requested-By: gast-settings (1001) Install: libavdevice-ffmpeg56:amd64 (7:2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, automatic), ffmp eg:amd64 (7:2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1), libsdl1.2debian:amd64 (1.2.15+dfsg1-3, aut omatic) End-Date: 2017-09-22 10:43:44 Any ideas? 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