<!DOCTYPE html> <html><head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> </head><body><p><br></p><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 4:45 AM Dianne Reuby via ubuntu-users < <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: <br></div><div class="ox-2ce81f5b37-gmail_quote"><blockquote>Thanks Tom. But I've already installed chrome-gnome-shell as per the documentation page. Rerunning the command tells me I have the latest version installed, but I still get the browser message. <br>TIA</blockquote><div><br></div><div>That "native host connector" error sounds familiar to me... If you don't mind, open a terminal and enter the following command (but don't type the $)</div><div><br></div><div>$ snap list</div><div><br></div><div>Do you see chromium listed as a snap? If so, I recommend you remove the snap version of chromium. </div><div><br></div><div>$ snap remove chromium</div><div><br></div><div>and install the apt version</div><div><br></div><div>$ sudo apt install chromium-browser</div><div><br></div><div>UNFORTUNATELY there are a few limitations of the snap versions of browsers, INCLUDING that host connectors don't work. So my password manager, for example, cannot talk to Chromium. I don't know why a vendor would include the snap version of chromium on Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 LTS (it wasn't forced until Ubuntu Eoan 19.10 and later). So maybe I'm off base here.</div><div><br></div><div>IF you didn't see chromium installed as a snap, never mind. ;-)</div></div></div></blockquote><p>That seems to have cured it, thanks. I still haven't really got my head round Snap!</p><p>Dianne</p></body></html>