Description of the issue:
Brave doesn’t load the brave-software setting folder from .config/ (Linux)
Steps to Reproduce:
firejail is required
open a terminal
run firejail brave (or the path to brave executable, mine is /opt/brave-v0.XX.X-linux-x64/brave)
Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):
New factory setting brave window, like a first launch.
Expected result:
Brave open with user setting stored in .config/ folder, as basic use.
Reproduces how often:
Always
Brave Version(about:brave):
All recents, from linux-x64.zip archives from github like the last stable, beta and dev versions.
Reproducible on current live release (yes/no):
Yes
Additional Information:
Don’t know if other Linux users have the same issue and if it’s a firejail bug or not.
Don’t have this issue with other browsers (opera, vivaldi, waterfox)
Also:
It should be fine to have some feedback of Linux users about firejail and Brave, please.
So glad that you posted this! I was just about to do my own posting complaining about the same issue!
Not sure if I have much to add except how my system is configured. I am running Xubuntu 18.04 inside VirtualBox 6.0.0 on a Windows 7 host at the moment.
I created an Xubuntu desktop Launcher to run Brave. Its command line is:
As you can see, I am explicitly using firejail’s builtin profile for Brave. Is it possible that this profile is deficient, lacking some privilege that would allow Brave to load its default Settings?
The --incognito switch launches Brave in that mode, but that is NOT an issue: I have tested removing it and firejail Brave still fails to read the Settings.
Reading profile /etc/firejail/default.profile
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-common.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-passwdmgr.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-programs.inc
** Note: you can use --noprofile to disable default.profile **
Parent pid 2112, child pid 2113
Child process initialized in 33.97 ms
Parent is shutting down, bye...
As that last line of output indicates, Brave failed to stay running.
The key for me to make Brave stay running is to use the firejail Brave profile.
In particular, if I execute either of these 2 command lines
Reading profile /etc/firejail/brave.profile
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-common.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-devel.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-programs.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/whitelist-common.inc
Parent pid 2597, child pid 2598
Child process initialized in 73.01 ms
[6:37:0109/221838.490381:ERROR:rewards_service_impl.cc(141)] Failed to read file: /home/kevin/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/ledger_state
[6:6:0109/221838.651804:ERROR:gpu_process_transport_factory.cc(967)] Lost UI shared context.
[6:6:0109/221838.830687:ERROR:x11_input_method_context_impl_gtk.cc(144)] Not implemented reached in virtual void libgtkui::X11InputMethodContextImplGtk::SetSurroundingText(const base::string16 &, const gfx::Range &)
[1:8:0109/221839.071762:ERROR:command_buffer_proxy_impl.cc(105)] ContextResult::kTransientFailure: Shared memory region is not valid
Interesting that Brave stays running–and seems to operate perfectly normally, other than not loading the Settings–even tho 4 ERRORs happen.
Does anyone know if that final %U option is really needed or not? I got the idea to use it from some website that I now cannot find… The command lines above indicate that it makes no difference to include it or not, so I am now inclined to remove it. All I know about it is that it is “a parameter for the Exec key in .desktop files”.
