Iridium browser install issue

[Stevo]

Yes...I was also able to get the vaapi messages to go away by making sure that va-api was working for my Intel GPU, raising my hopes that it would be able to show embedded web video using va-api, (4K Youtube video with practically no extra CPU use!), but it didn't work right off. But now that I think about it, I don't remember going into the settings and enabling the acceleration, which is required, so I'll have to try that before writing acceleration off.

Iridium source is taken right from the va-api enabled PPA for Chromium: https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/08/h ... rated.html

[anticapitalista]

You do realise O/P is using antiX?

[fehlix]

You do realise O/P is using antiX?

in post #5, OP tried it in MX Linux

[ChrisBE]

I installed this (the latest) version a week ago. Iso > Rufus > bootable USB (I'm on it now). I tried again, same problem: nothing happens.
Perhaps I need to install MXLinux from the liveUSB to another device, I hope it'll work.

Nope, that's a chromium-sanbox based issue, where they changed something recently...:
Open terminal as normale user and run this from command line :

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sudo sysctl -w kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1

Start the browser and see how it goes.
To get it permanently enabled run:

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echo kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1 | sudo   tee  /etc/sysctl.d/00-local-userns.conf

HTH

EDIT: fixed a typo : missing space after the "tee"

Guess on which browser I am now? Iridium! It's not so polished as the windows version, but it's one of the most secure browers out there. I didn't understand the code you wrote for the terminal, but THANK YOU so much for fixing the problem, great support here, you're a genius!

[fehlix]

.. but it's one of the most secure browers out there.
... I didn't understand the code ...

Great that it works ...perhaps might to look to it to use it. Thank's for the hint.
... I don't understand the code either

[ChrisBE]

Great that it works ...perhaps might to look to it to use it. Thank's for the hint.
... I don't understand the code either

LOL
In Iridium there's only 1 thing to be unchecked, see https://spyware.neocities.org/guides/iridium.html - go OFFline first. Then, spyware is zero.
I use Iridium with specific extensions, see https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/addons.html, uMatrix rocks.
And of course with a beautiful theme
Oh, and I use Swisscows as search engine.
Addition 18/08/19 - Some linux users 'warned' me about Iridium, saying that it's possible a small project and that users should stick to Chromium browser etc.

[Huckleberry Finn]

Guess on which browser I am now? Iridium!

So, it seems you're gonna mark the thread as [SOLVED] ?

[ChrisBE]

So, it seems you're gonna mark the thread as [SOLVED] ?

Marked. I hope I did it right. (I had to search for it, I'm not use to do this on a forum, so...). Thx for the hint and again many thx for the great support here.

[Huckleberry Finn]

Marked. I hope I did it right.

Errr... it still looks unmarked. Just need to do this: go to your first post in this thread and click the pencil icon (edit) and add [SOLVED] at the beginning of the title.

By the way, glad you've solved the issue.

Meanwhile, I like also the Iridium and installed on the other 64bit laptop (by the way, I wish it was for 32 bits also), but it began displaying "keyring blah blah" and I quit... :)

[PondLife]

You can stop the keyring nonsense by editing the launcher command to read “%U --password-store=basic” at the end (no quote marks).