Brave No Longer Launches On MX Linux

[Amandaville]

Brave failed with update 1.59.117 at the same time as many other users. Removing my profile did not resolve the problem so I reluctantly switched to Firefox while awaiting a fix. 1.59.120 arrived today but unfortunately Brave still will not launch. I have a blank ‘default’ profile so I know it is not extensions or themes. I am at a loss for what to do. I will include the error shown when launching from a terminal.

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$ brave-browser
[23397:23397:1019/193322.808629:ERROR:policy_logger.cc(154)] :components/enterprise/browser/controller/chrome_browser_cloud_management_controller.cc(163) Cloud management controller initialization aborted as CBCM is not enabled.
[23397:23397:1019/193323.107850:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(990)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=5
[23397:23397:1019/193323.358000:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(990)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=5
[23397:23397:1019/193323.537444:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(990)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=5
[23397:23397:1019/193323.629173:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(990)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=5
[23397:23397:1019/193323.719560:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(990)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=5
[23397:23397:1019/193323.809529:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(990)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=5
[23397:23397:1019/193323.831516:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(990)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=5
[23397:23397:1019/193323.850520:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(990)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=5
[23397:23397:1019/193323.874277:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(990)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=5
[23397:23397:1019/193323.874293:FATAL:gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc(448)] GPU process isn't usable. Goodbye.
/usr/bin/brave-browser: line 48: 23397 Trace/breakpoint trap   "$HERE/brave" "$@"

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System:    Kernel: 4.19.0-25-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.19.0-25-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.14.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-19.4_x64 patito feo May 31  2020 base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: H170M-PLUS v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 0704 
           date: 02/15/2016 
Battery:   Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M510 serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) 
           rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-6402P bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Skylake-S family: 6 model-id: 5E (94) 
           stepping: 3 microcode: F0 cache: L2: 6 MiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 22464 
           Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected 
           Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled 
           Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS 
           Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 440.100 bus-ID: 01:00.0 
           chip-ID: 10de:1b81 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-9:7 
           chip-ID: 046d:082d class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter> 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.14.0 driver: loaded: nvidia 
           unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3440x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 910x381mm (35.8x15.0") s-diag: 987mm (38.8") 
           Monitor-1: HDMI-1 res: 3440x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 109 size: 800x335mm (31.5x13.2") diag: 867mm (34.1") 
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 440.100 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-H HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 100 Series/C230 Series Family driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170 class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 
           chip-ID: 10de:10f0 class-ID: 0403 
           Device-3: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-9:7 
           chip-ID: 046d:082d class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter> 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.19.0-25-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 12.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: f000 bus-ID: 00:1f.6 
           chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.2:6 
           chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.0 sub-v: 22bb hci-v: 4.0 
           rev: 22bb 
           Info: acl-mtu: 310:10 sco-mtu: 64:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park link-mode: slave accept 
           service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 3.76 TiB used: 1.66 TiB (44.3%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKKW128G7 size: 119.24 GiB block-size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: PSF100C scheme: GPT 
           ID-2: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD My Passport 25E2 size: 3.64 TiB 
           block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 4004 scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 47.98 GiB size: 46.93 GiB (97.80%) used: 27.56 GiB (58.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 
           maj-min: 253:0 mapped: rootfs 
           ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 973.4 MiB (95.06%) used: 228 MiB (23.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 
           maj-min: 259:2 
           ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 1022 MiB (99.80%) used: 272 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 
           maj-min: 259:1 
           ID-4: /home raw-size: 47.98 GiB size: 46.93 GiB (97.80%) used: 20.52 GiB (43.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-1 
           maj-min: 253:1 mapped: homefs 
Swap:      Alert: No swap data was found. 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: nvidia temp: 55 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 gpu: nvidia fan: 28% 
Repos:     Packages: 2501 note: see --pkg apt: 2451 lib: 1215 flatpak: 50 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ buster main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/keepsolidinc.list 
           1: deb http://apt.keepsolid.com/debian buster main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb https://mirror.kku.ac.th/mx-packages/mx/repo/ buster main non-free
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Info:      Processes: 267 Uptime: 6d 9h 54m wakeups: 211 Memory: 31.33 GiB used: 3.46 GiB (11.1%) Init: SysVinit v: 2.93 
           runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Shell: quick-system-in default: Bash 
           v: 5.0.3 running-in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.3.06 

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[j2mcgreg]

Your lack of a swap partition is cause for concern. There are a lot of folks touting the idea that with enough ram available you can forgo creating a swap partition or file, but the reality is that some applications still expect it to be there (even though it may never be used) and can give unpridictable results when swap space is not present. The good news is that you can add a swap file at any time and here’s how:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/ ... -debian-11

[Amandaville]

Your lack of a swap partition is cause for concern. There are a lot of folks touting the idea that with enough ram available you can forgo creating a swap partition or file, but the reality is that some applications still expect it to be there (even though it may never be used) and can give unpridictable results when swap space is not present. The good news is that you can add a swap file at any time and here’s how:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/ ... -debian-11

I have been running this configuration for something like 5 years. Why would it suddenly be a problem now?

[l0dr3]

Hi - try to start without HW-Acceleration in a terminal ...

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$ brave-browser --disable-gpu

... does it run now?

greetz l0dr3

[j2mcgreg]

Your lack of a swap partition is cause for concern. There are a lot of folks touting the idea that with enough ram available you can forgo creating a swap partition or file, but the reality is that some applications still expect it to be there (even though it may never be used) and can give unpridictable results when swap space is not present. The good news is that you can add a swap file at any time and here’s how:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/ ... -debian-11

I have been running this configuration for something like 5 years. Why would it suddenly be a problem now?

Since an update to Brave is the root cause of your problem, I think that you should be querying it's developers. What we do know is that a lot of stability problems appear in MX when swap space is absent and disappear when it's present.

[Amandaville]

Hi - try to start without HW-Acceleration in a terminal ...

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$ brave-browser --disable-gpu

... does it run now?

greetz l0dr3

No, that doesn't work either.

[l0dr3]

No, that doesn't work either.

Hmmm - thats peculiar

I'm currently running the brave.appimage .from: https://github.com/eljamm/Brave-AppImag ... /v1.59.120 ..

About Brave
Brave logo
Brave
Version 1.59.120 Chromium: 118.0.5993.88 (Official Build) unknown (64-bit)

... on MX23.1-AHS-x64-XFCE in a VBox VM - no problems here, even with GPU enabled !

FWIW - heres a recent thread regarding chrome official in the affected versions: https://support.google.com/chrome/threa ... de-5?hl=en
:

[MXRobo]

Have you possibly not updated for some time?
Did you possilby update from a notification? A notification directly from Brave and not update via MX-Updater or one of MX's native updaters/installers, e.g MXPI, synaptic, etc.

I don't really know this stuff, but others had a similar problem a month or two ago. IIRC, one may have updated via a notification, others I'm not sure what happened.
IIRC, uninstalling and installing (or reinstalling, not sure) seemed to solve the problem.
Also, check MX-Repo Manager, is the Brave repo enabled?

Again, I don't really know this stuff, but uninstalling and installing (or reinstalling) – I'd think it'd enable it's repo.

Greetz!

[Amandaville]

No, that doesn't work either.

Hmmm - thats peculiar

I'm currently running the brave.appimage .from: https://github.com/eljamm/Brave-AppImag ... /v1.59.120 ..

About Brave
Brave logo
Brave
Version 1.59.120 Chromium: 118.0.5993.88 (Official Build) unknown (64-bit)

... on MX23.1-AHS-x64-XFCE in a VBox VM - no problems here, even with GPU enabled !

FWIW - heres a recent thread regarding chrome official in the affected versions: https://support.google.com/chrome/threa ... de-5?hl=en
:

I tried the AppImage and I'm getting the same error as shown below.

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$ Brave-stable-v1.59.120-x86_64.AppImage 
/tmp/.mount_Brave-cSvPTU
[19585:19585:1019/230205.151349:ERROR:policy_logger.cc(154)] :components/enterprise/browser/controller/chrome_browser_cloud_management_controller.cc(163) Cloud management controller initialization aborted as CBCM is not enabled.
[19585:19585:1019/230205.697490:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(990)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=5
[19585:19585:1019/230206.059418:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(990)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=5
[19585:19585:1019/230206.465090:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(990)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=5
[19585:19585:1019/230206.629485:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(990)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=5
[19585:19585:1019/230206.763842:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(990)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=5
[19585:19585:1019/230206.893784:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(990)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=5
[19585:19585:1019/230206.939747:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(990)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=5
[19585:19585:1019/230206.968834:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(990)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=5
[19585:19585:1019/230206.995481:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(990)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=5
[19585:19585:1019/230206.995511:FATAL:gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc(448)] GPU process isn't usable. Goodbye.
Trace/breakpoint trap

[Amandaville]

Have you possibly not updated for some time?
Did you possilby update from a notification? A notification directly from Brave and not update via MX-Updater or one of MX's native updaters/installers, e.g MXPI, synaptic, etc.

I don't really know this stuff, but others had a similar problem a month or two ago. IIRC, one may have updated via a notification, others I'm not sure what happened.
IIRC, uninstalling and installing (or reinstalling, not sure) seemed to solve the problem.
Also, check MX-Repo Manager, is the Brave repo enabled?

Again, I don't really know this stuff, but uninstalling and installing (or reinstalling) – I'd think it'd enable it's repo.

Greetz!

Yes, I always update from the MX Updater, never from an application menu.

Yes, the Brave repo is enabled.

Yes, I tried uninstalling and reinstalling including reinstalling the Brave repo.