FS#51832 - [chromium] please consider disabling media-router by default
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Opened by Vasily Khoruzhick (anarsoul) - Monday, 14 November 2016, 20:43 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Sunday, 29 January 2017, 17:15 GMT
Opened by Vasily Khoruzhick (anarsoul) - Monday, 14 November 2016, 20:43 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Sunday, 29 January 2017, 17:15 GMT
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Description:
Chromium lacks some code for built-in chromecast support to work properly. Thus if media router is activated (it is by default) chromium can't find chromecast device on the net, and at the same time chromecast extension is blocked because non-functional built-in support is active. Upstream bug is closed as "won't fix" Additional info: * package version(s) 54.0.2840.100-1 * config and/or log files etc. Debian bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=833477 Upstream bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=623290 Steps to reproduce: Try to cast a tab to chromecast using chromium. |
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Closed by Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Sunday, 29 January 2017, 17:15 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't implement
Additional comments about closing: Flag is no longer in Chromium
Sunday, 29 January 2017, 17:15 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't implement
Additional comments about closing: Flag is no longer in Chromium
Chromium will crash without any error message if you try to manage or add a new device using the old chromecast plugin.
This allows Chromium to download the binary media-router from Chrome, making built in casting work.
EDIT: MAY CRASH CHROMIUM!!!
Because of this crash loop I had to delete the ~./config/chromium folder. I observed that casting works correctly until I log in again into my Google account. Probably one of my extensions makes Chromium to go into this crash loop.
Try to use the casting function with a vanilla Chromium, without any extension and without a Google account. See what happens...
I've been able to get back in by removing ~/.config/chromium/Default/Extensions/pkedcjkdefgpdelpbcmbmeomcjbeemfm/ . It won't re-download until you disable and renable the extension on the flags page.
Since the original intent of this ticket is no longer valid, I'm going to close it. We can continue on the forums, maybe?