All chrome and chrome related browsers are not launching properly

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All chrome related browsers are not launching properly on my system since last update. Particularly Brave, Vivaldi and Chrome all are not launching properly.

On other side firefox seems fine.

$ brave
tracing_subscriber - init success
tracing_subscriber - maybe already initialized
..
[2265:2265:1101/175742.178519:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(576)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.GetActive: object_path= /org/freedesktop/ScreenSaver: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: This method is not part of the idle inhibition specification: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/idle-inhibit-spec/latest/

$ vivaldi
vdhcoapp is running successfully. This is not intended to be used directly from the command line. You should press Ctrl+C to exit. If your browser is unable to detect the coapp, run: "vdhcoapp install".
[2639:2639:1101/175858.378695:ERROR:CONSOLE(242)] "<webview>: Script cannot be injected into content until the page has loaded.", source: extensions::webView (242)
[2639:2665:1101/175900.473007:ERROR:registration_request.cc(291)] Registration response error message: DEPRECATED_ENDPOINT

$ google-chrome-stable 
[3437:3437:1101/180418.160927:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(576)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.GetActive: object_path= /org/freedesktop/ScreenSaver: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: This method is not part of the idle inhibition specification: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/idle-inhibit-spec/latest/

How do I solve it?

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What is happening, specifically?

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UI is not responding and blinking

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Looks to me like an issue with an extension. Maybe that screensaver one? See if you can remove or disable all of your extensions and try again.

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Try creating a new, clean profile in one of the browsers and see if that resolves it.

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@OBXandos

They don’t respond on any click though!

I tried $ brave --profile-directory="New Profile" but it didn’t respond.

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Try this with Brave closed:

mv ~/.config/BraveSoftware  ~/.config/BraveSoftware.old

Then you should get a completely clean version of Brave. You can always put it back later if that turns out to not be the problem.

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Just tried this but the same result.

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Can we see inxi -Fxxxz

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$ inxi -Fxxxz
System:
  Kernel: 6.11.5-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc
  Desktop: Budgie v: 10.9.2 tk: GTK v: 3.24.43 wm: budgie-wm
    with: budgie-panel tools: budgie-screensaver,gsd-screensaver-proxy
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 83ER v: IdeaPad Slim 3 15IAH8
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: IdeaPad Slim 3 15IAH8
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: NO DPK serial: <superuser required>
    part-nu: LENOVO_MT_83ER_BU_idea_FM_IdeaPad Slim 3 15IAH8
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: LTCN26WW date: 06/30/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 41.3 Wh (95.2%) condition: 43.4/47.0 Wh (92.4%)
    power: 7.3 W volts: 12.6 min: 11.3 model: Sunwoda L22D3PF2 type: Li-poly
    serial: <filter> status: discharging cycles: 245
CPU:
  Info: 8-core (4-mt/4-st) model: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12450H bits: 64
    type: MST AMCP smt: enabled arch: Alder Lake rev: 3 cache: L1: 704 KiB
    L2: 7 MiB L3: 12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/4400:3300 cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400
    4: 400 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400 12: 400
    bogomips: 59916
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Lenovo driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-12.1 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3,
    HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:46a3 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-8:2 chip-ID: 04f2:b7ba class-ID: 0e02
    serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.14 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
    compositor: budgie-wm driver: X: loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: i965 gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1550 res: 1920x1080
    hz: 60 dpi: 143 size: 340x190mm (13.39x7.48") diag: 394mm (15.5")
    modes: 1920x1080
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
    device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
    inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.2.6-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (ADL GT2)
    device-ID: 8086:46a3
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:51c8
    class-ID: 0401
  API: ALSA v: k6.11.5-arch1-1 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.6 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:51f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-10:3 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 124.85 GiB (26.2%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Micron model: MTFDKCD512QFM-1BD1AABLA
    size: 476.94 GiB speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 1001V3LN temp: 33.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 450.83 GiB used: 124.75 GiB (27.7%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16.85 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.32 GiB used: 3.2 GiB (20.9%)
  Processes: 302 Power: uptime: 21m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
    wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1162 Compilers: clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1
    Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.36
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Try removing xf86-video-intel and rebooting.

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Thanks, It worked!!

Is the driver not necessary?

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No, that driver hasn’t been updated in years. It is only needed for very old Intel hardware(like 20 years old). The modesetting driver is what you want for your hardware.

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