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Title: webbrowser crashes Ubuntu kernel
Type: crash Stage: resolved
Components: Library (Lib) Versions: Python 3.9
process
Status: closed Resolution: not a bug
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: dizcza
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2022-01-23 18:37 by dizcza, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (2)
msg411396 - (view) Author: Danylo (dizcza) Date: 2022-01-23 18:37
I've been hunting this problem for half a year already. With other hypotheses rejected - Linux issue, old PC, PyCharm bug, bad luck, - the webbrowser Python lib supposedly makes the Ubuntu kernel panic.

Either from a terminal or within PyCharm (happens on both), I run

```
    controller = webbrowser.get('google-chrome')
    for link in links_list:  # up to 10 items
        controller.open(link)
        time.sleep(1)
```

and the system crashes (hangs until a hard or soft reset) after several web pages are opened in my Chrome browser as the result of running the program.

All the details you'll find at https://askubuntu.com/questions/1370213/ubuntu-hangs-and-becomes-unresponsive-until-reset. I first thought it's something wrong with Ubuntu, and I opened a question on the forum.

The only detail I've not added there is that after each crash I can move the mouse on the screen but cannot interact with anything. That thing always puzzled me.

I can neither say the website I'm running the webbrowser nor test it on other domains - the issue happens sporadically, once in several hours of me opening and closing a Chrome browser controlled by the webbrowser lib.

Python 3.9.7, installed with Anaconda. I've tried older versions of Python.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
msg412063 - (view) Author: Danylo (dizcza) Date: 2022-01-29 09:18
Never mind.

I had a crash today with no Python involved. At least, no webbrowser lib was running. Although Python webbrowser lib surely triggers the issue I have with my system. Need to find the origin somewhere else.

Please report back if someone else experiences the same issue. Closed for time being.

Best,
Danylo
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:59:55adminsetgithub: 90647
2022-01-29 09:18:36dizczasetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: not a bug
messages: + msg412063

stage: resolved
2022-01-23 18:37:37dizczacreate