chromium,google-chrome: download view on non-NixOS Linux causes crash

[skf-funzt]

Nixpkgs version

• Stable (25.05)

Describe the bug

I am running nix with home-manager as generic linux/non-NixOS on an Arch Linux/Manjaro installation with GNOME.

When using the nix version of Chromium (and Google Chrome Stable) and downloading or switching to the Download view, the application crashes. The native pacman version does not.

What I can see is, that in the arch-native installation on the download screen, the file icons are shown. On all of the tested nix installation, these icons are missing.

Steps to reproduce

This can be reproduced (for me) with a clean installation by first downloading something like an image and then switching to the download view in the triple-dot menu in the upper right corner.

Expected behaviour

The browser should not crash on downloading a file and should show the download history including the file icons on the Downloads view.

Screenshots

chromium-crash.webm

Relevant log output

Terminal

 chromium
MESA-LOADER: failed to open dri: /run/opengl-driver/lib/gbm/dri_gbm.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory (search paths /run/opengl-driver/lib/gbm, suffix _gbm)
[1364802:1364802:0603/082824.507695:ERROR:CONSOLE:0] "[Report Only] Refused to frame 'https://ogs.google.com/' because an ancestor violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "frame-ancestors 'self'".
", source:  (0)
[1364802:1364802:0603/082824.507758:ERROR:CONSOLE:0] "[Report Only] Refused to frame 'https://ogs.google.com/' because an ancestor violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "frame-ancestors 'self'".
", source:  (0)
[0603/082826.862922:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[0603/082826.862990:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/util/process/process_memory_range.cc:75] read out of range
[0603/082826.865328:WARNING:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/linux/process_reader_linux.cc:146] no stack mapping
[1]    1364802 killed     chromium


journalctl log truncated

Jun 03 08:37:04 stephan-laptop13amdryzen7040series systemd[5098]: Started app-org.chromium.Chromium-1403555.scope.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit UNIT has finished successfully
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit UNIT has finished successfully.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 5000.
Jun 03 08:37:07 stephan-laptop13amdryzen7040series systemd-coredump[1403895]: Process 1403555 (chromium) of user 1000 terminated abnormally with signal 11/SEGV, processing...
Jun 03 08:37:07 stephan-laptop13amdryzen7040series systemd[1]: Started Process Core Dump (PID 1403895/UID 0).
░░ Subject: A start job for unit systemd-coredump@8-1403895-0.service has finished successfully
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit systemd-coredump@8-1403895-0.service has finished successfully.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 10749.
Jun 03 08:37:18 stephan-laptop13amdryzen7040series systemd-coredump[1403896]: Process 1403555 (chromium) of user 1000 dumped core.
                                                                              
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                                                                              Stack trace of thread 1403555:
                                                                              #0  0x00007e78c938ecfa g_get_monotonic_time (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x62cfa)
                                                                              #1  0x00007e78b11c27ed ensure_valid_themes.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c27ed)
                                                                              #2  0x00007e78b11c4134 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4134)
                                                                              #3  0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #4  0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #5  0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #6  0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #7  0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #8  0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #9  0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #10 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #11 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #12 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #13 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #14 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #15 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #16 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #17 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #18 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #19 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #20 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #21 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #22 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #23 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #24 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #25 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #26 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #27 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #28 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #29 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #30 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #31 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #32 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #33 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #34 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #35 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #36 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #37 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #38 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #39 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #40 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #41 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #42 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #43 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #44 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #45 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #46 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #47 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #48 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #49 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #50 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #51 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #52 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #53 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #54 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #55 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #56 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #57 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #58 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #59 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #60 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #61 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #62 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              #63 0x00007e78b11c4727 real_choose_icon.constprop.0 (libgtk-4.so.1 + 0x1c4727)
                                                                              
                                                                              Stack trace of thread 1403566:
                                                                              #0  0x00007e78c830d80f __poll (libc.so.6 + 0x10d80f)
                                                                              #1  0x000056f23bafdd17 _ZN7content17SandboxIPCHandler3RunEv (/nix/store/sj2ny823m62vmmj3g1yabhmhqix463in-chromium-unwrapped-137.0.7151.55/libexec/chromium/chromium + 0x6b40d17)
                                                                              #2  0x000056f23e4ad9bd _ZN4base12_GLOBAL__N_110ThreadFuncEPv.a67435033112019129ad5c28ddc47327.cfi (/nix/store/sj2ny823m62vmmj3g1yabhmhqix463in-chromium-unwrapped-137.0.7151.55/libexec/chromium/chromium + 0x94f09bd)
                                                                              #3  0x00007e78c8297e63 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0x97e63)
                                                                              #4  0x00007e78c831bdbc __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x11bdbc)

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Additional context

I've tried to resolve the issue with resetting everything without any luck.
I suspected nixGL to be a cause and deactivated it without any luck.
I initialy encountered the bug on unstable and switched to the new stable 25.05 without any luck.

System metadata

 nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m"
 - system: `"x86_64-linux"`
 - host os: `Linux 6.14.6-2-MANJARO, Manjaro Linux, noversion, rolling`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `yes`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.28.3`
 - channels(root): `""`
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/store/sy9r408jjxb51bsija0knp8sysxpq8rv-nixpkgs/nixpkgs`

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[emilylange]

MESA-LOADER: failed to open dri: /run/opengl-driver/lib/gbm/dri_gbm.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory (search paths /run/opengl-driver/lib/gbm, suffix _gbm)

This sort of error can happen when using more involved graphical programs under non-NixOS.
Even if this particular crash you reported wouldn't exist, you wouldn't have GPU hardware acceleration in chromium anyway.
If you are curious, you can type chrome://gpu into your address bar and check that for yourself.

If you really want to use chromium and alike from nixpkgs under non-NixOS, you can follow and use the currently unmerged PR over in nix-community/nixGL#190, which should fix this issue for you.

Or, you know, use the chromium provided by your distribution instead.

Hope that makes sense. Closing.

[skf-funzt]

MESA-LOADER: failed to open dri: /run/opengl-driver/lib/gbm/dri_gbm.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory (search paths /run/opengl-driver/lib/gbm, suffix _gbm)

This sort of error can happen when using more involved graphical programs under non-NixOS. Even if this particular crash you reported wouldn't exist, you wouldn't have GPU hardware acceleration in chromium anyway. If you are curious, you can type chrome://gpu into your address bar and check that for yourself.

If you really want to use chromium and alike from nixpkgs under non-NixOS, you can follow and use the currently unmerged PR over in nix-community/nixGL#190, which should fix this issue for you.

Or, you know, use the chromium provided by your distribution instead.

Hope that makes sense. Closing.

Thank you very much. I wasn't able to find this issue on my own, but this was what I was looking for.

[skf-funzt]

@emilylange

I need to report that my issue is not solved in my case.
Yes, the GPU support is now there.

But entering the Download History screen or when showing the Download preview, the program still hangs and crashes.

I guess the reason is, that it is not able to load the file icons from the system (Gnome in my case).

[sifmelcara]

After updating chrome from 135 to 138, when click on the "download" button on the top right, I get the same crash with same stacktrace, . I'm on NixOS (nixos-unstable channel) with wayland (hyprland)

[sifmelcara]

I tried taking a quick look at stack trace and source code, it seems like the gtk in chrome crashed after 47479 recursive call of real_choose_icon. And this recursive call is introduced a few months ago https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/commit/e84380c72c2d47d4da6b3eb31577a5dbe376dc59 , so it looks somewhat suspicious.

Unfortunately I don't have time to look into it further, I guess I'll simply leave a comment here and left this to other people. It's possible that other distro simply haven't pick up the latest commits from gtk yet so their chrome are not crashing

[skf-funzt]

I can confirm that the latest version 138.0.7204.168 solves the issue.
The icons are not shown, but it does not crash anymore.

Update:
With the last update, it is crashing again.

[sifmelcara]

138.0.7204.168 still crashes on my machine. I also tried launching chrome with cleaned cache dir and XDG_CONFIG_HOME, still crashes. It might have something to do with how my desktop environment and icons are configured then.

[sifmelcara]

Removing gtk.iconTheme = { package = pkgs.papirus-icon-theme; name = "Papirus-Dark"; }; from home manager config fixes the crash for me (icon also shows up correctly)