So it seems that my trouble with chromium is not over. Today a new twist. Thank God I still have Firefox! I will try updating and rebooting again, but can’t do that at the moment.

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Mon Nov 20 10:11:08 [bash:5.2.15 jobs:0 error:0 time:0]
jj5@charisma:/home/jj5
$ chromium 
[4085207:4085207:1120/101109.660602:ERROR:policy_logger.cc(157)] :components/enterprise/browser/controller/chrome_browser_cloud_management_controller.cc(163) Cloud management controller initialization aborted as CBCM is not enabled.
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672026:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672044:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672050:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672055:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672061:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672064:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672075:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672079:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672082:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672086:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672091:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672098:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672107:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672115:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672132:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672147:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672154:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672159:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672165:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672169:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672173:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672178:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672185:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672193:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2
[4085207:4085207:1120/101109.758579:ERROR:cmd_buffer_helper.cc(141)] ContextResult::kFatalFailure: CommandBufferHelper::AllocateRingBuffer() failed
Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file: No such file: (null)
[1120/101109.770548:ERROR:elf_dynamic_array_reader.h(64)] tag not found
[1120/101109.770620:ERROR:elf_dynamic_array_reader.h(64)] tag not found
30185030681216:error:1000007d:SSL routines:OPENSSL_internal:CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED:../../third_party/boringssl/src/ssl/handshake.cc:393:
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)
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// 2023-11-22 jj5 – UPDATE: a reboot fixed this problem.