[SOLVED] google-chrome fails in Mageia 5

[griffin]

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/etc/cron.daily/google-chrome:
Unable to get Terminal Size. The TIOCGWINSZ ioctl didn't work. The COLUMNS and LINES environment variables didn't work. The resize program didn't work. The stty program didn't work. at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.20.1/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/Term/ReadKey.pm line 451.

The problem appears to be related to GNOME: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14430 . The resolution suggested there is to run gdm, though why I'd have to do that just to be able to check for chrome updates escapes me. Can I fix this by simply installing task-gnome, or is there perhaps another, less painful way to get around this?

[jkerr82508]

You don't need that file to get chrome updates. If you don't already have the chrome repo's set up, see the MAQeia on setting up the chrome repo's:
viewtopic.php?f=36&t=3101

Once you've done that, you'll receive updates for chrome in the same way as Mageia updates, through mageia-online.

The problem with /etc/cron.daily/google-chrome affects other cron scripts and appears to be caused by a perl module
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15282

Jim

[griffin]

Thanks!