Bug solved! In my case, the Laine gnome-shell extension was causing all the problems. when I turned the Laine extension off both google-chrome and chromium versions 75 (newest updates) worked again. Both video and audio playback ran normally again.
On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 2:51 PM BavarianPH <bavaria...@gmail.com> wrote: > ** Attachment added: "Security_log" > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1835623/+attachment/5277514/+files/log_messages_Security.log > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1835623 > > Title: > Google Chrome Linux version 75 freezes and then crashes when trying to > play any video > > Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > (upstream bug report: > https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=983203) > > Ubuntu 18.04 > I expect Chrome to play videos. > When I try to play any video on Google Chrome for Linux, any version of > 75 or higher, Google Chrome freezes. > Chrome 75 will allow sound but no video. > All mouse clicks become unresponsive. > Attempting to close Chrome after many mouse clicks causes Chrome to > crash. > Even worse it often also crashes Ubuntu 18.04. > Google Chrome 74 or lower work without any problems playing videos. > It is a Google Chrome Linux version 75 or higher problem. > I cannot believe that neither Google or Ubuntu or any other Linux OS > seem to completely ignore this extremely serious problem. > I am forced to install Google Chrome 71 to fix video playback problem. > I posted on Ubuntu ask, and show over 90 views but no comments. > One answer confirms that he has the exact same problem. > --- > ProblemType: Bug > ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6 > Architecture: amd64 > CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME > Desktop-Session: > 'ubuntu' > '/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg' > '/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop' > DetectedPlugins: > > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 > Env: > 'None' > 'None' > InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-02 (66 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 > (20181019) > Load-Avg-1min: 1.47 > Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.1% > MachineType: MSI MS-7641 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia > Package: chromium-browser 75.0.3770.90-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 > PackageArchitecture: amd64 > ProcEnviron: > TERM=xterm-256color > PATH=(custom, no user) > XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-55-generic > root=UUID=7181ee96-0bd0-4b3c-9100-fa205ef6bd1d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-55.60-generic 4.15.18 > Tags: bionic > Uname: Linux 4.15.0-55-generic x86_64 > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > UserGroups: adm adm cdrom cdrom dip dip lpadmin lpadmin plugdev plugdev > sambashare sambashare sudo sudo > _MarkForUpload: True > dmi.bios.date: 04/20/2015 > dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. > dmi.bios.version: V25.1 > dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. > dmi.board.name: 760GMA-P34(FX) (MS-7641) > dmi.board.vendor: MSI > dmi.board.version: 5.0 > dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. > dmi.chassis.type: 3 > dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI > dmi.chassis.version: 5.0 > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV25.1:bd04/20/2015:svnMSI:pnMS-7641:pvr5.0:rvnMSI:rn760GMA-P34(FX)(MS-7641):rvr5.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr5.0: > dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M. > dmi.product.name: MS-7641 > dmi.product.version: 5.0 > dmi.sys.vendor: MSI > etcconfigcpepperflashpluginnonfree: > flashso="/usr/lib/pepperflashplugin-nonfree/libpepflashplayer.so" > flashversion=`strings $flashso 2> /dev/null | grep LNX | cut -d ' ' -f > 2 | sed -e "s/,/./g"` > CHROMIUM_FLAGS="$CHROMIUM_FLAGS --ppapi-flash-path=$flashso > --ppapi-flash-version=$flashversion" > modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium-browser: [deleted] > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1835623/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1835623 Title: Google Chrome Linux version 75 freezes and then crashes when trying to play any video To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1835623/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
