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Stop chrome from prompting when running external URL handler?
I've configured an external handler for telnet:// links following these instructions. It works great, but every time I click on a click chrome asks me:
Open xdg-open? http://<site i am browsing&...
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Ubuntu 18.04 "Web Content" & "WebExtension" high CPU usage
I'm here to talk about a strange phenomenon.
I'm on a Ubuntu 18.04 Xfce.
Firefox 68.0.1 (64-bit)
Chrome 76.0.3809.87 (64-bit)
VSCode 1.36.1 (64-bit)
To resume, I have some very high CPU usage with ...
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How to install extensions on Chromium without the web store?
I tried to install the Reddit Enhancement Suit, when Chromium complained that I can only install extensions easily from Web Store. It downloaded the .crx file. How can I apply it? The linked help page ...
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Force Google Chrome (Or Chromium) to Manually Save VSphere HTML5 Password?
System Info: Running Chromium on various Linux workstations and often Google Chrome or Chromium on one of my work MacBook Pros. I'm only a Firefox user when Google isn't watching (that's a joke, they'...
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How can I change the color of active tab? (Linux)
I use Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome. Is there any possibility to change the color of active tab in chrome without changing the theme?
I use GTK+ theme and I want to keep the consistency. Now active and inactive ...
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Reverse horizontal scroll in chrome
I have an issue regarding my Logitech MX Master mouse which have a dedicated horizontal scroll wheel. I've created a file in /usr/share/x11/xorg.conf.d called 52-mouse-map.conf which have the ...
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Ubuntu Trickle Will Not Open Chrome
I'm trying to open Chrome with trickle to throttle the upload speed so I can test a sites image uploading progress display, but the build in dev tools for chrome only allow throttling for downloads. ...
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Close a specific Chrome tab in Ubuntu/Linux using terminal command
Is there a way to close a specific Chrome tab with a terminal command? I tried below commands:
kill -9 <pid of Chrome tab>: Instead of closing a tab, it kills the tab ("He's dead Jim" message ...
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Chrome blocking all downloads from my web server to users
I'm running an apache web server that hosts some files. Say there's one file called Installer.jar and I have a button to download that file. Around yesterday chrome started blocking this file for ...
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Is it possible to set up Chrome Remote Desktop from the command line?
Chrome Remote Desktop is a lot better on linux than any kind of VNC type set up.
I'd like to run a linux desktop in the cloud, and use Chrome Remote Desktop to access it.
Can I set this up, without ...
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Chromium: No microphone devices
I am using chromium on ArchLinux, and I have tested that with ffmpeg the microphone works and I can record a wav file.
But when it comes to using online flash recorder, it shows that "Microphone ...
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google-chrome open url in current tab through ssh/remotely
Basically I need to issue an ssh command to open a url in the current tab
if i try to run chrome with say
google-chrome http://yahoo.com
it adds a new tab to the already existing window.
I looked ...
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Webcam is only recognized by some software
I have a webcam that works fine in software such as
camorama and
cheese. However, I cannot use it in
websites that allow you to use a webcam (it's not recognized).
I tested it with:
Chromium 34.0 ...
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How to make Home key ALWAYS go to beginning of line ONLY and NEVER go to beginning of textarea field in Chrome (EVEN when cursor is on blank line)?
Until quite recently (I think <1 year ago), the behavior of the Home and End keys while editing a textarea field in Chromium/Chrome was identical to the behavior I have come to expect from decades ...
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Running tests with Selenium and Chrome Driver
I'm trying to create a new session on chrome driver, however it appers:
Unable to create new session.
UnknownError: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally
(unknown error: ...
