[SOLVED] Chromium only runs from the CLI

[Teunis]

Because I need to use a few Microsoft services like Outlook and Teams I installed the in the Chrome browser.
Being suspicious of Google I decided to try to run these services via Chromium and all seem to work.
But, starting Chromium via it's entry in the menu does not work.
The command in the menu is:

env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/chromium_chromium

The CLI command is:

chromium-browser

Changing the menu command to this did not solve the problem.

Starting it via the Konsole with the CLI does give me a working Chromium browser.
Sure there a some errors but the tabs with Outlook, Teams etc. work fine.

Any ideas what could be wrong?

[jlittle]

Any ideas what could be wrong?

Maybe "/snapd/" is a clue. The menu entry is trying to run a snap version, In a konsole, what does

type -a chromium-browser

say?

[Teunis]

Te reply to your suggestion is:


teunis@X1-Gen-11:~$ type -a chromium-browser
chromium-browser is /usr/bin/chromium-browser
chromium-browser is /bin/chromium-browser
teunis@X1-Gen-11:~$


Curiously this morning Chromium will start via the menu and open the tabs from last night...

And yes, this is now a snap application.