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Hello

chromium freezes using gmail, can't write an email
sometimes shows "flickering" or "jumping video lines".

Version 83.0.4103.116 (Developer Build) built on Debian 10.4, running on Debian 10.6 (32-bit)
when i was using mint before changing to mx was the 86 version.
windy doesn't show all, need upgrade for view says.

please, real help.

Please give your Quick System Info (which you can find in the main menu)

im using MX 19.3 32-bit
before i was using Mint 19.3 32-bit with no problems with Chromium 86

some tweak?

I'm going to re-iterate what the others have already said: we can't help you until you have posted the Quick System Information for your computer.

Just see my signature below.

sorry, i will provide some specs in every request of help.
i know is old but with the previous distro (not xfce, mint cinnamon that is more heavy resources required) that i was using there were no problems with chromium.

rsotol028 wrote: Mon Nov 16, 2020 6:50 pm please, real help.

First of all. I think basically every browser is up to date on MX 17-19. The exception is Chromium, because it's a pain to build and Debian maintainers seem to have better things to do. Anyway, the good news is that Linux Mint picked up the slack and started building both for Ubuntu and Debian.

Just grab the Chromium deb package from Mint. Open Gdebi from the menu and then open the Chromium deb from Gdebi menu bar and install it.

Direct links to 64 and 32-bit Chromium:
http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/upst ... _amd64.deb
http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/upst ... e_i386.deb

Linux Mint Debian 10 repo overview:
http://packages.linuxmint.com/list.php?release=Debbie

If the idea is to continue the stability then is Debian stable.
Updates will not be the latest.
i will try the deb package of the latest version of chromium and i will let you know if the flickery continues and if the gmail works with the 86 version of the browser.

i downloaded the deb file or package
root password and

can't install it, no option for it.

what to do?

Just install it with Gdebi. Open the Chromium package from the Gdebi menu bar.
This is the 64-bit version, because I don't use 32-bit.

Even better, don't download things and install them. Use MX Package Installer, Popular Applications tab, Browsers section and install from there, if it's Chromium you're talking about.

JayM wrote: Mon Nov 16, 2020 8:40 pm Even better, don't download things and install them. Use MX Package Installer, Popular Applications tab, Browsers section and install from there, if it's Chromium you're talking about.

He complained about the Debian version and said the Linux Mint version worked so I showed him how to install it.

He probably didn't enable kernel sandboxing in MX tweak, which Chromium requires,

Hi,

I see a few threads here from the OP and while there are various reasons things are working and not working I think in general at this point in time if you are going to hold on to using a 32bit Linux OS (BTW, I understand this, I continue to keep one 32bit machine running) you are going to have to be realistic and be aware that very few developers writing upstream code are thinking about realistically supporting 32bit or giving it any thought at all, nor are very many spending any time at all building and testing 32bit binaries... Upstream source code is provided and if packagers like the phenomenal MX Packaging team are nice enough to keep making 32bit binaries there are no guarantees... Just because source still compiles with 32bit doesn't necessarily mean it has been fully tested with 32bit or that all aspects of it can be predicted to work as well as it does on 64bit..

Google, Spotify, LibreOffice and a daily increasing number of projects are cutting out 32bit binaries and it's time to face up that 32bit is a deprecated back-burner platform... I don't like it either but 'it is what it is' so to speak. I wonder if for future versions of 32bit MX and antiX whether there should be a disclaimer or a reminder that 32bit is rapidly becoming 'User Beware"..?

rsotol028 wrote: Mon Nov 16, 2020 7:34 pm sorry, i will provide some specs in every request of help.
i know is old but with the previous distro (not xfce, mint cinnamon that is more heavy resources required) that i was using there were no problems with chromium.

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-Computer-
Processor		: Genuine Intel(R) CPU           T2080  @ 1.73GHz
Memory		: 2055MB (838MB used)
Machine Type		: Notebook
Operating System		: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
User Name		: raul (Unknown)
Date/Time		: Mon 16 Nov 2020 06:01:13 PM CST
-Display-
Resolution		: 1366x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer		: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 945GM x86/MMX/SSE2

That is still not the Quick System Info. Use the Tool {Quick System Info] in MX Tools to generate the full system info.

I don't think it's wise to just install further debs when we don't even know your present system, as it could make the situation with your computer less clear. Let's establish one thing at a time.