As suggested in https://askubuntu.com/a/1310367, disabling chrome://flags/#ntp-webui works around the issue. There must be more to it though, because the official Google Chrome package doesn't seem to be affected.
-- 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/1913069 Title: [regression] Start-up page is blank after upgrading to version 88 Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I've just booted into Ubuntu 20.04 after several days or using another release and found that the Chromium snap was updated on booting from version 87.0.4280.141 to version 88.0.4324.96. I haven't changed any settings but I find that Chromium's start-up or new tab page is blank below the bookmarks bar, i.e. it doesn't contain the Google search box or my ten shortcuts to frequently used websites. I reverted to version 87.0.4280.141 and found that the Google search box and shortcut icons are displayed when Chromium is started or a new tab is created. After manually upgrading to version 88.0.4324.96 I am again without the search box shortcut icons when starting Chromium or creating a new tab. I can't see any change in the setting panels that inhibit their display and for what it's worth, the latest version of Google Chrome (88.0.4324.96) displays the search box and shortcut icons as expected. An addition problem just noticed is that all of my passwords synchronised through Google seem to be incorrect. It is as if Chromium is picking up old passwords. Gmail told me that my account was currently inaccessible. No problems accessing anything with Google Chrome. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: chromium-browser 1:85.0.4183.83-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-40.45~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-40-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.14 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME DRM.card0-DP-1: enabled: enabled dpms: On status: connected edid-base64: AP///////wAdZRUCAQAAACoVAQSlNB544gywoldRnycKUFS/zwDRwLMAlQCBgIGKgQCBSgEBAjqAGHE4LUBYLEUACSUhAAAeAAAA/wAwMDAwMDAwMQogICAgAAAA/QA4Sx5TDwAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABFRjIyMGEKICAgICAgAGI= modes: 1920x1080 1680x1050 1280x1024 1280x1024 1440x900 1280x800 1024x768 1024x768 1024x768 800x600 800x600 800x600 800x600 640x480 640x480 640x480 640x480 720x400 DRM.card0-HDMI-A-1: enabled: disabled dpms: Off status: disconnected edid-base64: modes: DRM.card0-HDMI-A-2: enabled: disabled dpms: Off status: disconnected edid-base64: modes: DRM.card0-HDMI-A-3: enabled: disabled dpms: Off status: disconnected edid-base64: modes: DRM.card0-eDP-1: enabled: enabled dpms: On status: connected edid-base64: AP///////wANrsQVAAAAACgXAQSVIhN4Au8FkFRSkyklUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBXjWAlnA4FEAsHCQAWMEQAAAYAAAA/gBOMTU2SEdFLUVBQgogAAAA/gBDTU4KICAgICAgICAgAAAA/gBOMTU2SEdFLUVBQgogAB0= modes: 1920x1080 Date: Mon Jan 25 14:31:24 2021 DiskUsage: Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda2 ext4 73G 19G 51G 27% /home tmpfs tmpfs 3.9G 9.2M 3.9G 1% /dev/shm /dev/sda2 ext4 73G 19G 51G 27% /home InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-17 (619 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Alpha amd64 (20190517) MachineType: Novatech N350DW ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-40-generic root=UUID=35cc812a-75e8-4a5a-83d0-bd336006d2f6 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 Snap.Changes: ID Status Spawn Ready Summary 1148 Done 2021-01-25T11:06:47Z 2021-01-25T11:07:36Z Auto-refresh snaps "chromium", "nvim" 1150 Done 2021-01-25T14:24:08Z 2021-01-25T14:24:33Z Revert "chromium" snap 1151 Done 2021-01-25T14:25:34Z 2021-01-25T14:25:57Z Refresh "chromium" snap Snap.ChromeDriverVersion: ChromeDriver 88.0.4324.96 (68dba2d8a0b149a1d3afac56fa74648032bcf46b-refs/branch-heads/4324@{#1784}) Snap.ChromiumVersion: Chromium 88.0.4324.96 snap SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2019-11-08 (443 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/10/2017 dmi.bios.release: 5.12 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 5.12 dmi.board.asset.tag: Tag 12345 dmi.board.name: N350DW dmi.board.vendor: Novatech dmi.board.version: Not Applicable dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Novatech dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr5.12:bd03/10/2017:br5.12:svnNovatech:pnN350DW:pvrNotApplicable:rvnNovatech:rnN350DW:rvrNotApplicable:cvnNovatech:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.family: Not Applicable dmi.product.name: N350DW dmi.product.sku: Not Applicable dmi.product.version: Not Applicable dmi.sys.vendor: Novatech To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1913069/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
