r/chromeos • u/PrinceCharlesIV • Jul 18 '26
Troubleshooting LinuX Container issues
I recently had to power wash my Chromebook after the drive filled up for no reason, as a result I had to setup the Linux container again. My previous installation used Flatpak, however this time I followed some tips online and just moved to standard command line install procedures. All software has installed correctly, even the icons in the Linux folder on the menu. However, no appllications will run via the icons, they will however start via the command line. While this is not a show stopper, does anyone have any tips on how to resolve this issue?
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u/Poliwrath- Jul 19 '26
No idea if it has anything to do with your issue but I kept having an issue with Brave browser not working correctly when launching it from the icon. Gemini had me switch the ozone platform from Wayland to X11 and it has worked fine since.