CentOS - Apr 2021 - Problem with chromium 89.0.4389.82

On 04/04/2021 12:35 PM, Jos Vos wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 04, 2021 at 12:29:48PM -0400, H wrote:
>
>    Where can I find the older release, ie 88.0.4324.150 of chromium? It
>    is no longer in EPEL.
>
> Look in koji: 
> https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=22672
>
> And the particular version you mentioned:
> https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=1704038
>    
Thank you, I downgraded to chromium 88.0.423.150 and chromium-common.

Unfortunately I lost all saved tabs in multiple windows which is a major bummer.
I normally unceremoniously kill the chromium process and when it restarts I
reload existing tabs, but while doing the above downgrade I managed to lose all
of that information. I had ca five windows and altogether well over 200 tabs
open...

Googling - in Firefox - I found that in ~/.config/chromium/Default/Sessions are
the key files that one should probably backup every so often to avoid the above.
I had not. I also found an addon, Session Buddy, that allows the user to save
session information. I did have OneTab since earlier but had not saved tabs
there for over a month...

In this teachable experience, I will be recreating most windows and tabs, very
wasteful of time. The only upside is that it allows me to clean up the tabs...

Anyway, even after downgrading I have problems with a lot of websites whereas
those I load with IP addresses directly are fine. So, after all, maybe it is
some kind of DNS issue?? Maybe the problematic websites all use some third-party
resource a DNS issue interferes with?? Firefox 78.9.0esr continues to load all
websites fine.

Amy ideas how to debug this?

On 04/04/2021 02:46 PM, H wrote:
> On 04/04/2021 12:35 PM, Jos Vos wrote:
>> On Sun, Apr 04, 2021 at 12:29:48PM -0400, H wrote:
>>
>>    Where can I find the older release, ie 88.0.4324.150 of chromium? It
>>    is no longer in EPEL.
>>
>> Look in koji: 
>> https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=22672
>>
>> And the particular version you mentioned:
>> https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=1704038
>>    
> Thank you, I downgraded to chromium 88.0.423.150 and chromium-common.
>
> Unfortunately I lost all saved tabs in multiple windows which is a major
bummer. I normally unceremoniously kill the chromium process and when it
restarts I reload existing tabs, but while doing the above downgrade I managed
to lose all of that information. I had ca five windows and altogether well over
200 tabs open...
>
> Googling - in Firefox - I found that in ~/.config/chromium/Default/Sessions
are the key files that one should probably backup every so often to avoid the
above. I had not. I also found an addon, Session Buddy, that allows the user to
save session information. I did have OneTab since earlier but had not saved tabs
there for over a month...
>
> In this teachable experience, I will be recreating most windows and tabs,
very wasteful of time. The only upside is that it allows me to clean up the
tabs...
>
> Anyway, even after downgrading I have problems with a lot of websites
whereas those I load with IP addresses directly are fine. So, after all, maybe
it is some kind of DNS issue?? Maybe the problematic websites all use some
third-party resource a DNS issue interferes with?? Firefox 78.9.0esr continues
to load all websites fine.
>
> Amy ideas how to debug this?
>
Here are two typical examples: (1) nytimes.com does not load at all, ie
completely white page, although I get the title of the website in the browser
menu bar and the tab title, (2) fidelity.com allows me to log in but then the
next page seems to have loaded completely but I cannot click on any links, ie it
has not loaded fully.

Does anyone recognize this type of problem?