Dear Fedora Community
I have just install Fedora 42 Workstation on my pc. I install Google Chrome and each time I open chrome, my system freeze. Chrome cannot open and mouse keypad are unable to use. I have to restart my system each time. The problem only happen to Chrome. I open Firefox that come with Fedora 42 Workstation, all is fine. The freeze only happen on Chrome.
Can you with experience assist?
Thanks
I have got exactly the same issue. I have tried to reinstall Chrome, clear its cache manually from CLI/terminal, and I have made sure the system is fully up to date. It still happens. It has run successfully maybe 2-3 times only out of several attempts since the issue occurred the first time few weeks back.
As you wrote, the system is completely frozen including mouse and keyboard when I launch Chrome, so there is no way to do anything. Every time I have to use a reset button on the chassis. I confirm, no issue with Firefox.
I have tried both flatpack and package from Google repo. The same thing everytime, so I think something fundamentally changed in the Chrome itself.
I got the same issues as you. Initially I though maybe my Fedora 42 Workstation is having problem as I am uninstalling some software I donât use. Then I tried downloading Debian 13, and try installing Google Chrome and it freeze also after launching, also on ubuntu 25.04, the same thing happen. So in the end, i reinstall Fedora 42 Workstation, and stay with Firefox and Brave for now. Both has been working well without issues. Unless there is solution, I will stay with Brave and Firefox for now 
I am just surprised that Google has not fixed it for quite a time now if the issue is present accross different distros. Chrome is a major player in the market and now it looks like they are not bothered much with Linux users. 
Vendors of âunicornâ hardware a less eager to support Linux, so users of such systems have to rely on the Linux community to resolve problems. Neither you nor @qkcgjq have posted hardware and OS version details (e.g, the output from running inxi -Fzxx in a terminal and posted as pre-formatted web searchable text). This may get sympathy as well as help from others with similar hardware and issues, even those using other distros.
My command of terminal is quite limited to just few sudo dnf autoclean, update, upgrade which I can search on the internet. I am clueless of anything higher 
. Here is the output:
jq@fedora:~$ inxi -Fzxx
System:
Kernel: 6.16.5-200.fc42.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
Desktop: GNOME v: 48.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.49 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM
Distro: Fedora Linux 42 (Workstation Edition)
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: F2A85-M LE v: Rev X.0x
serial: part-nu: SKU UEFI: American Megatrends v: 5107
date: 10/22/2012
CPU:
Info: quad core model: AMD A10-6800K APU with Radeon HD Graphics bits: 64
type: MCP arch: Piledriver rev: 1 cache: L1: 192 KiB L2: 4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3991 high: 4100 min/max: N/A cores: 1: 4100 2: 4100
3: 3950 4: 3816 bogomips: 32800
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Richland [Radeon HD 8670D]
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: radeon v: kernel arch: TeraScale-3 ports:
active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-D-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:01.0 chip-ID: 1002:990c
Display: wayland server: Xwayland v: 24.1.8 compositor: gnome-shell
driver: gpu: radeon display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: ViewSonic VA2419 Series res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93
diag: 604mm (23.8")
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 25.1.7 glx-v: 1.4 es-v: 3.1
direct-render: yes renderer: AMD ARUBA (DRM 2.50.0 / 6.16.5-200.fc42.x86_64
LLVM 20.1.8) device-ID: 1002:990c display-ID: :0.0
API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Info: Tools: api: glxinfo x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Trinity HDMI Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:01.1
chip-ID: 1002:9902
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH Azalia vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1022:780d
API: ALSA v: k6.16.5-200.fc42.x86_64 status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.7 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: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK P8 series driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac:
Device-2: D-Link 802.11ac NIC driver: rtw88_8822bu type: USB rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-2:5 chip-ID: 2001:331c
IF: wlp0s18f2u2 state: up mac:
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 111.8 GiB used: 4.84 GiB (4.3%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WDS120G2G0A-00JH30
size: 111.8 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: temp: 33 C
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 110.21 GiB used: 4.34 GiB (3.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3
ID-2: /boot size: 973.4 MiB used: 495.2 MiB (50.9%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda2
ID-3: /boot/efi size: 598.8 MiB used: 19.3 MiB (3.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda1
ID-4: /home size: 110.21 GiB used: 4.34 GiB (3.9%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda3
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.04 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 26.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 17.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est. available: 7.04 GiB used: 2 GiB (28.3%)
Processes: 267 Power: uptime: 6m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 257
target: graphical (5) default: graphical
Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm Compilers: N/A Shell: Bash
v: 5.2.37 running-in: ptyxis-agent inxi: 3.3.38
jq@fedora:~$
Hopefully it helps.
Thanks
Please look for firmware updates. New Linux kernels often require changes to vendor firmware. Updating ensures that you arenât wasting energy chasing a solved problem.
I have updated my system. Am i still missing any updates?
jq@fedora:~$ sudo dnf autoremove && sudo dnf clean all && sudo dnf clean dbcache && sudo dnf clean metadata && sudo dnf clean packages && sudo dnf update && sudo dnf upgrade -y
[sudo] password for jq:
Nothing to do.
Removed 21 files, 13 directories (total of 94 MiB). 0 errors occurred.
Removed 0 files, 0 directories (total of 0 B). 0 errors occurred.
Removed 0 files, 0 directories (total of 0 B). 0 errors occurred.
Removed 0 files, 0 directories (total of 0 B). 0 errors occurred.
Updating and loading repositories:
Brave Browser 100% | 22.3 KiB/s | 53.5 KiB | 00m02s
Fedora 42 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 100% | 1.2 KiB/s | 5.8 KiB | 00m05s
Fedora 42 - x86_64 - Updates 100% | 829.3 KiB/s | 8.5 MiB | 00m11s
Fedora 42 - x86_64 100% | 2.6 MiB/s | 36.3 MiB | 00m14s
Repositories loaded.
Nothing to do.
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Nothing to do.
jq@fedora:~$ uname -r
6.16.5-200.fc42.x86_64
jq@fedora:~$
To see available firmware updates, do fwupdmgr update. Also check the manufacturerâs website for any BIOS updates, since those are not always made available through the Linux Vendor Firmware Service which fwupdmgr uses.
I got the error as below. Am i doing it correctly?
jq@fedora:~$ fwupdmgr update
WARNING: UEFI capsule updates not available or enabled in firmware setup
See PluginFlag:capsules unsupported ¡ fwupd/fwupd Wiki ¡ GitHub for more information.
Devices with no available firmware updates:
⢠WDS120G2G0A-00JH30
No updatable devices
jq@fedora:~$ sudo dnf fwupdmgr update
[sudo] password for jq:
Unknown argument âfwupdmgrâ for command âdnf5â. Add ââhelpâ for more information about the arguments.
It could be a command provided by a plugin, try: dnf5 install âdnf5-command(fwupdmgr)â
jq@fedora:~$ sudo fwupdmgr refresh --force
WARNING: UEFI capsule updates not available or enabled in firmware setup
See PluginFlag:capsules unsupported ¡ fwupd/fwupd Wiki ¡ GitHub for more information.
Updating lvfs
Downloading⌠[************************************** ]
Successfully downloaded new metadata: Updates have been published for 0 of 1 local devices
jq@fedora:~$ sudo fwupdmgr update
WARNING: UEFI capsule updates not available or enabled in firmware setup
See PluginFlag:capsules unsupported ¡ fwupd/fwupd Wiki ¡ GitHub for more information.
Devices with no available firmware updates:
⢠WDS120G2G0A-00JH30
No updatable devices
jq@fedora:~$
fwupdmgr update is the correct command.
It shows that the only device you have that gets updates through LVFS is your WD drive, and that itâs already up to date.
You can check the mobo manufacturerâs website for any BIOS updates, though to be honest I donât think itâs likely those would address your Chrome issues.
I donât think my hardware is the problem. Cos I installed Fedora 42 Workstation. Once is before september and everything work well including chrome. Another is around september then chrome freeze each time i open. I donât know what went wrong. So i try out Debian 13 and Ubuntu 25.04, on both distros, chrome also freeze. I revert back to Fedora 42 Workstation and stick with it. Posting here hope to have any others who can assist to solve the problem.
I think I have the same issue. Chrome was working well until I installed updates yesterday (2025-09-11).
Thereâs also this thread that might be related: Chrome Stopped Starting After Fedora Updates Sept 6,2025
inxi -Fzxx
System:
Kernel: 6.16.7-200.fc42.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
Console: pty pts/2 wm: kwin_wayland DM: SDDM Distro: Fedora Linux 42 (KDE
Plasma Desktop Edition)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 24474KG v: ThinkPad W530
serial: Chassis: type: 10 serial:
Mobo: LENOVO model: 24474KG v: 0B98401 Pro serial:
part-nu: LENOVO_MT_2447 UEFI: LENOVO v: G5ETB6WW (2.76 ) date: 09/09/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 32.9 Wh (58.4%) condition: 56.3/86.6 Wh (65.0%)
volts: 11.5 min: 11.1 model: LGC 45N1011 serial:
status: not charging
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-3630QM bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Ivy Bridge rev: 9 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1197 min/max: 1200/3400 cores: 1: 1197 2: 1197 3: 1197
4: 1197 5: 1197 6: 1197 7: 1197 8: 1197 bogomips: 38313
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GK107GLM [Quadro K1000M] vendor: Lenovo driver: nouveau
v: kernel arch: Kepler-2 pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, VGA-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:0ffc temp: 43.0 C
Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera [ThinkPad] driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 2-1.6:5 chip-ID: 04f2:b2ea
Display: unspecified server: ``X.Org`` v: 24.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: Lenovo 0x40b1 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 118
diag: 394mm (15.5")
API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: nouveau device: 1 drv: swrast
gbm: drv: nouveau surfaceless: drv: nouveau x11: drv: nouveau
inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 4.3 vendor: mesa v: 25.1.7 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NVE7 device-ID: 10de:0ffc
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 surfaces: N/A device: 0 type: cpu
driver: mesa llvmpipe device-ID: 10005:0000
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info x11: xdriinfo,
xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20
Device-2: NVIDIA GK107 HDMI Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e1b
API: ALSA v: k6.16.7-200.fc42.x86_64 status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.7 status: n/a (root, process) with:
1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: 7040 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502
IF: enp0s25 state: down mac:
Device-2: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:4238
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac:
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM20702 Bluetooth 4.0 [ThinkPad] driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 2-1.4:4
chip-ID: 0a5c:21e6
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: bt-v: 4.0 lmp-v: 6
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 44.46 GiB (9.5%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO mSATA 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: temp: 40 C
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 464.16 GiB used: 43.77 GiB (9.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0
mapped: luks-94857bfe-7de9-43fd-b93b-cece0d276c57
ID-2: /boot size: 973.4 MiB used: 690.4 MiB (70.9%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda2
ID-3: /boot/efi size: 598.8 MiB used: 19.3 MiB (3.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda1
ID-4: /home size: 464.16 GiB used: 43.77 GiB (9.4%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/dm-0 mapped: luks-94857bfe-7de9-43fd-b93b-cece0d276c57
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 43.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 1967
Info:
Memory: total: 12 GiB available: 11.56 GiB used: 3.63 GiB (31.4%)
Processes: 521 Power: uptime: 19m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 257
target: graphical (5) default: graphical
Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm Compilers: clang: 20.1.8
alt: 19 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Sudo v: 1.9.17p1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38
Try Gnome desktop and let me know
Sorry, this is my daily driver. Iâm not willing to mess it up by installing extra desktop environments.
I would not assume hardware issue so easily. I have a dual-boot with Win and Chrome works there fine with no problem. There are no any other problems. The hardware is healthy. Something was changed in Chrome for Linux, it is very obvious. This should start with software debugging, I believe.
I am on Gnome 48 Wayland desktop. Google Chrome still freeze when I open. Have to restart the pc.
Here is an update on Chrome freeze problem.
I install Fedora Linux 43 (Workstation Edition Prerelease) and install Google Chrome rpm. Everything work fine. No more freezing problem
Thanks for the reminder, I had forgotten that Fedora 43 beta was out! The latest updates on F42 havenât fixed the Chrome issue for me but I was going to upgrade to F43 beta anyway so Iâll check if thatâll help.
I noticed this thread and gave the -âdisable-gpu option a try - it seems to fix the Chrome freeze for me on Fedora KDE Spin 42.
