[arch-general] chromium crash when print dialog is invoked

[Scott Weisman]

I should have added more details. I am using OpenBox on an X86_64 install.

Two different systems (desktop and notebook) but otherwise largely similar
setups.

Scott

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Scott Weisman <sweisman at pobox.com> wrote:

> I started experiencing a severe problem with Chromium recently that makes
> web browsing a very tedious experience.
>
> It took a while to narrow it down, but it seems that whenever the print
> dialog is invoked, either manually (eg ctrl-P on the keyboard) or by a page
> when clicking on the "printer friendly format" link, the entire browser
> crashes. This happens on two separate Arch installs.
>
> I personally would love a method to disable the printer dialog from ever
> popping up anyway, since I don't even have one (so if someone can suggest a
> method, I'd love to hear it), but this bug is a serious problem, as the
> crash is unrecoverable. And if my session ends up with a page that invokes
> the dialog on its own, I have to clear out the entire session.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this problem? Can anyone suggest a solution?
>



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