Re: Deleting chromium DNS cache entry doesn't seem to help.
On Sat, 03 Aug 2013 16:29:06 -0500, Selim T. Erdogan wrote:
> Hendrik Boom, 3.08.2013:
>>
>> Every other program on my laptop finds the right IP number for
>> slashdot.
>> It's just Chromium that doesn't. Even Chrome gets it right. Somewhere
>> Chromium has hidden state I can't expunge.
>
> You could try purging the package ("apt-get remove --purge ...") and get
> rid of all not-user-specific state. And then you could install again
> and see if the problem persists. I don't use chromium much but
> *presumably* your bookmarks and other info you'd like to keep are stored
> in your home directory and will live through the purge.
Good idea.
On Sun, 04 Aug 2013 10:12:34 +0000, Curt wrote:
> On 2013-08-03, Hendrik Boom <hendrik@topoi.pooq.com> wrote:
>>
>> And if the secret bit of state I can't expunge ends up getting synced
>> along with the bookmarks, things may get worse instead of better.
>
> You moved (I haven't been following the thread) the '~/.config/chromium'
> directory out of the way already ('mv chromium chromium.bak' or whatever
> to see whether the bug was hiding in there somewhere)?
Good idea. And less drastic.
This suggests the even loss drastic test of logging in as a different
user and seeing if they have the problem. There is a guest account on
the laptop, for example.
Thanks.
-- hendrik
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