Browser(s) - both normal and beta Crashing (doesn’t open, just flashes in the dock for a couple of seconds and then disappears - Brave Crash gif)
Brave Version:
Brave Browser 79.1.2.43 and
Brave Browser Beta 79.1.3.107 beta
Mac OS Version:
macOS Catalina 10.15.3
Additional Information:
Mac OS Crash Report - Crash Report Pastebin
I also looked into community threads and tried using command line
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Disabled Sync
/Applications/Brave\ Browser.app/Contents/MacOS/Brave\ Browser --disable-brave-sync
chrome_crashpad_handler: --database is required
Try ‘chrome_crashpad_handler --help’ for more information.
[0207/165119.749225:ERROR:file_io.cc(89)] ReadExactly: expected 8, observed 0
[0207/165119.751548:ERROR:crash_report_database_mac.mm(96)] mkdir : No such file or directory (2)
[37459:35843:0207/165120.292451:ERROR:cache_util.cc(141)] Unable to move cache folder /Users//Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/ShaderCache/GPUCache to /Users//Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/ShaderCache/old_GPUCache_000
[37459:35843:0207/165120.300883:ERROR:disk_cache.cc(178)] Unable to create cache
[37459:35843:0207/165120.301129:ERROR:shader_disk_cache.cc(605)] Shader Cache Creation failed: -2
[37459:775:0207/165120.985541:ERROR:process_singleton_posix.cc(280)] Failed to create /Users/_/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/SingletonLock: Permission denied (13)
[37459:775:0207/165120.985787:ERROR:process_singleton_posix.cc(417)] Could not open singleton lock: Permission denied (13)
[37459:775:0207/165120.986082:ERROR:chrome_browser_main.cc(1413)] Failed to create a ProcessSingleton for your profile directory. This means that running multiple instances would start multiple browser processes rather than opening a new window in the existing process. Aborting now to avoid profile corruption. -
SU - disabled sync
sudo /Applications/Brave\ Browser.app/Contents/MacOS/Brave\ Browser --disable-brave-sync
Password:
[37487:775:0207/165238.828719:ERROR:dock.mm(156)] dock_plist is not an NSDictionary
[0207/165241.549741:WARNING:process_memory_mac.cc(93)] mach_vm_read(0x7ffee3d3a000, 0x2000): (os/kern) invalid address (1)
[0207/165241.857970:WARNING:system_snapshot_mac.cc(42)] sysctlbyname kern.nx: No such file or directory (2)
[0207/165241.882166:WARNING:crash_report_exception_handler.cc(239)] UniversalExceptionRaise: (os/kern) failure (5)
zsh: segmentation fault sudo /Applications/Brave\ Browser.app/Contents/MacOS/Brave\ Browser
[37501:775:0207/165242.067728:ERROR:mach_port_rendezvous.cc(309)] bootstrap_look_up com.brave.Browser.MachPortRendezvousServer.1: Permission denied (1100)
[37501:775:0207/165242.085595:ERROR:child_thread_impl.cc(221)] Mach rendezvous failed, terminating process (parent died?) -
Without disabling sync
/Applications/Brave\ Browser.app/Contents/MacOS/Brave\ Browser
chrome_crashpad_handler: --database is required
Try ‘chrome_crashpad_handler --help’ for more information.
[0207/165801.950793:ERROR:file_io.cc(89)] ReadExactly: expected 8, observed 0
[0207/165801.951778:ERROR:crash_report_database_mac.mm(96)] mkdir : No such file or directory (2)
[37600:37635:0207/165802.094771:ERROR:cache_util.cc(141)] Unable to move cache folder /Users//Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/ShaderCache/GPUCache to /Users//Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/ShaderCache/old_GPUCache_000
[37600:37635:0207/165802.094811:ERROR:disk_cache.cc(178)] Unable to create cache
[37600:37635:0207/165802.094825:ERROR:shader_disk_cache.cc(605)] Shader Cache Creation failed: -2
[37600:775:0207/165802.195548:ERROR:process_singleton_posix.cc(280)] Failed to create /Users/_/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/SingletonLock: Permission denied (13)
[37600:775:0207/165802.195668:ERROR:process_singleton_posix.cc(417)] Could not open singleton lock: Permission denied (13)
[37600:775:0207/165802.195968:ERROR:chrome_browser_main.cc(1413)] Failed to create a ProcessSingleton for your profile directory. This means that running multiple instances would start multiple browser processes rather than opening a new window in the existing process. Aborting now to avoid profile corruption. -
SU - Without disabling sync
sudo /Applications/Brave\ Browser.app/Contents/MacOS/Brave\ Browser
[37558:775:0207/165642.543781:ERROR:dock.mm(156)] dock_plist is not an NSDictionary
[37558:53251:0207/165644.203430:ERROR:rewards_service_impl.cc(203)] Failed to read file: /var/root/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/ledger_state
[37566:775:0207/165644.333063:ERROR:ledger_impl.cc(103)] Failed to initialize wallet
I was able to start up the browser using the last method (SU - Without disabling sync), but I guess that isn’t the intended behaviour.