Brave Browser 1.1.23 in Ubuntu 19.1 Does Not Honor the Default Browser Flag #8894

Firewall999 · 2020-03-27T17:42:16Z

Description

Brave Browser 1.1.23 in Ubuntu 19.1 Does Not Honor the Default Browser Flag

Steps to Reproduce

Set default browser flag in settings.
Quit the browser and reopen.

Actual result:

Dialog asks user to make Brave the default Browser

Expected result:

Should never see that damn dialog again!

Reproduces how often:

Every time.

Brave version (brave://version info)

Brave 1.1.23 Chromium: 79.0.3945.88 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision c2a58a36b9411c80829b4b154bfcab97e581f1f3-refs/branch-heads/3945@{#954}
OS Linux
JavaScript V8 7.9.317.32
Flash (Disabled)
User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/79.0.3945.88 Safari/537.36
Command Line /snap/brave/63/opt/brave.com/brave/brave --enable-dom-distiller --disable-domain-reliability --no-pings --extension-content-verification=enforce_strict --extensions-install-verification=enforce --enable-oop-rasterization=Enabled --sync-url=https://no-thanks.invalid --enable-features=PasswordImport,WebUIDarkMode,SimplifyHttpsIndicator --disable-features=AutofillServerCommunication,LookalikeUrlNavigationSuggestionsUI,NotificationTriggers,AudioServiceOutOfProcess,SmsReceiver,WebXR,WebXrGamepadModule,UnifiedConsent,AllowPopupsDuringPageUnload,SyncUSSBookmarks --flag-switches-begin --flag-switches-end --disable-webrtc-apm-in-audio-service
Executable Path /snap/brave/63/opt/brave.com/brave/brave
Profile Path /home/jackson/snap/brave/63/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default

Version/Channel Information:

UNKNOWN

Can you reproduce this issue with the current release? UNKNOWN (UNABLE TO UPGRADE. SEE BUG About Brave dialog Reporting Wrong Brave Version in Ubuntu 19.1 #8891)
Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel? UNKNOWN
Can you reproduce this issue with the dev channel? UNKNOWN
Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel? UNKNOWN

Other Additional Information:

Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? NO
Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards? NO
Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? UNKNOWN

Miscellaneous Information:

kjozwiak · 2020-03-27T20:26:39Z

@Firewall999 assuming you're using a version from Snap as per #8891? 1.1.23 is a pretty old version. Maybe download the latest version from apt as @bsclifton recommended via #8891 (comment)? This way you can grab the latest version and see if the Set Brave as Default is working in that version.

Firewall999 · 2020-03-28T19:05:51Z

Thank you for responding!

I am an Ubuntu neophyte. Don't know snap from a hole it the wall.

I think I did use apt-get and apt install. I definitely saw something like "1.5.xx installed" in terminal.

Software Updater also successfully downloaded a new Brave version, but it disappeared into the ether and did not install. Was that via snap?

If you give me the appropriate terminal commands, I can use them in terminal. I can then copy them and include them in bug report updates.

Thank you for your time.

Firewall999

PS. Part of the problem is that there is no help online for upgrading apps, only for installing them.

kjozwiak · 2020-03-28T20:26:19Z

Does the issue resolve it's self if you run through https://brave-browser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installing-brave.html#linux again and try updating/installing? It won't touch your profile so you won't lose any data.

@fmarier any idea why this could be happening if the above doesn't work?

Firewall999 · 2020-03-30T16:31:18Z

ISSUE NOT RESOLVED

Here's what I got while installing (reinstalling?) Brave:

sudo apt install apt-transport-https curl
[sudo] password for jackson: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
curl is already the newest version (7.65.3-1ubuntu3).
apt-transport-https is already the newest version (1.9.4).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
jackson@stonewall:~$ curl -s https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc | sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/brave-browser-release.gpg add -
OK
jackson@stonewall:~$ echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
jackson@stonewall:~$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan InRelease
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates InRelease [97.5 kB]                                                      
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security InRelease [97.5 kB]                                                       
Ign:4 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable InRelease                                                                     
Hit:5 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease                                                           
Get:6 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable Release [933 B]                                                               
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-backports InRelease [88.8 kB]
Get:8 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable Release.gpg [819 B]
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates/main amd64 Packages [244 kB]
Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates/main i386 Packages [189 kB]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [7,392 B]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata [4,836 B]
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [4,496 B]
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security/universe DEP-11 48x48 Icons [7,591 B]            
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [9,785 B]           
Get:16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [78.9 kB]   
Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates/main DEP-11 48x48 Icons [14.6 kB]                
Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [24.7 kB]            
Ign:8 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable Release.gpg                                    
Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates/universe i386 Packages [195 kB]              
Get:20 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata [6,116 B]
Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates/universe amd64 Packages [201 kB]                  
Get:22 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates/universe Translation-en [73.7 kB]                 
Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [30.1 kB]
Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates/universe DEP-11 48x48 Icons [19.0 kB]
Get:25 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [36.9 kB]
Get:26 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [7,760 B]
Reading package lists... Done                                              
W: GPG error: http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 78BD65473CB3BD13
E: The repository 'http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable Release' is not signed.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
jackson@stonewall:~$ sudo apt install brave-browser
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
**brave-browser is already the newest version (1.5.115).**
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
jackson@stonewall:~$

(Not sure why so much is crossed out in preview. It was not so in terminal.) Please notice the third to last line. [Bold added by author.]

x-special/nautilus-clipboard
copy
file:///home/jackson/Pictures/Screenshot%20from%202020-03-30%2012-23-38.png

Thank you for your time.

fmarier · 2020-03-30T17:41:23Z

I would start by uninstalling the snap as I suggested in #8891 (comment) to ensure there's only one version of Brave on your system.

Once you've done that, we can look into why the remaining version of Brave is not set as the default, if that's still an issue.

With respect to the weird crossed-out lines in your output, this is due to the way that GitHub interprets various symbols as formatting instructions. If you want to paste text undisturbed from these things, you need to do it in between three slanted quote marks (```):

I've edited your last message to add the quote marks, which removed all of the unwanted formatting.

Firewall999 · 2020-03-30T23:16:24Z

I tried to uninstall snap, and this is what I got:

'''sudo snap remove brave
[sudo] password for jackson:
error: cannot perform the following tasks:

Save data of snap "brave" in automatic snapshot set Minimally brand Chromium as Brave #1 (cannot create archive: tar: 63/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/publisher_info_db-journal: file changed as we read it (and 1 more))'''

It is not at all clear from this error message whether the command completed or not.

Nothing has changed, so I guess it did not work.

fmarier · 2020-03-30T23:54:52Z

I tried to uninstall snap, and this is what I got:

sudo snap remove brave
[sudo] password for jackson:
error: cannot perform the following tasks:

* Save data of snap "brave" in automatic snapshot set #1 (cannot create archive: tar: 63/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/publisher_info_db-journal: file changed as we read it (and 1 more))'''

Try the following:

sudo snap remove --purge brave

Firewall999 · 2020-03-31T21:57:52Z

2 PROBLEMS SOLVED BY REMOVING DUPLICATE INSTALL 1. Now running latest version 2. Default flag now being honored. THANK YOU! On Monday, March 30, 2020, 07:55:06 PM EDT, Francois Marier <notifications@github.com> wrote: I tried to uninstall snap, and this is what I got: sudo snap remove brave[sudo] password for jackson:error: cannot perform the following tasks:* Save data of snap "brave" in automatic snapshot set #1 (cannot create archive: tar: 63/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/publisher_info_db-journal: file changed as we read it (and 1 more))''' Try the following: sudo snap remove --purge brave — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.

fmarier · 2020-03-31T22:07:36Z

Thanks for confirming @Firewall999 and glad your problems are resolved!

bsclifton added feature/settings OS/Linux labels Mar 27, 2020

fmarier added the OS/Linux/snap label Mar 30, 2020

fmarier closed this as completed Mar 31, 2020

kjozwiak added closed/not-actionable and removed OS/Linux/snap feature/settings OS/Linux labels Apr 1, 2020

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Brave Browser 1.1.23 in Ubuntu 19.1 Does Not Honor the Default Browser Flag #8894

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Brave Browser 1.1.23 in Ubuntu 19.1 Does Not Honor the Default Browser Flag #8894

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Description

Steps to Reproduce

Actual result:

Expected result:

Reproduces how often:

Brave version (brave://version info)

Version/Channel Information:

Other Additional Information:

Miscellaneous Information:

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