Got an "error launching browser". Chrome already installed.

[andruska]

"Error launching browser
An error occurred when launching the browser. (error Unknown) Form more information, see Toubleshooting Live Preview connection errors."

This error occurs after fresh install with first sample page. Chrome is already installed (but after i installed Brackets).

How can I start resolving this ?

[andruska]

sprint 37 experimental build 0.37.0-0

Linux 3.10.33-2-MANJARO #1 SMP Tue Mar 18 20:18:14 UTC 2014 i686 GNU/Linux

[peterflynn]

@andruska Can you go to Debug > Show Developer Tools and look in the Console log for additional error messages? There should be a more detailed error logged there.

[andruska]

Menu item Debug > Show Developer Tools doesnt give any feedback, console doesnt appear. Also when pressing F12.

When keeping Chrome open (before starting Brackets) and Reloading Without Extension gives no effect (for Live Preview).

[peterflynn]

@andruska I'm not sure what you mean by "console doesn't appear" -- does the dev tools UI not open in a new Chrome tab when you select that menu item? Or the tab opens but it's blank?

If it's the latter, do you have any security/firewall software installed on your machine? It may be blocking all socket connections on the Brackets process, which would break both Live Preview and the dev tools -- see #6282. Can you try disabling your security software temporarily to test if that's the cause of the problem?

[andruska]

@peterflynn There is no any effects or changes on screen at all when choosing Debug > Show Developer Tools or pressing F12. Even if Chrome and Brackets are both open and FW disabled. No any tools UI or new tab in Chrome.

[peterflynn]

@andruska Interesting, sounds like Brackets is simply unable to find & launch Chrome at all. What is the command line you would use to launch Chrome from a terminal on your machine? Does just typing google-chrome work, from any folder?

[andruska]

@peterflynn Now problems with Live preview and Show Developer Tools seem to be solved. Problems caused by /bin/google-chrome-stable symlink. /bin/google-chrome is correct.
Thanks Peter !

[peterflynn]

Glad to hear it! Closing since problem is solved.

If you can, could you post a little more detail about what you changed to get it working? Might be useful for others who run into the same problem.

[suneelmanyam]

I am also having the same can u please help me in this @andruska

[andruska]

Probably you need to change Chrome executable symlink in /bin directory. Changing /bin/google-chrome-stable to /bin/google-chrome solved my problem.

[wedeluxe]

Thank you so much for this thread!

I ran into the very same problem. On my Arch Linux box I did a fresh install of the package brackets-bin, then installed the package google-chrome (both from the AUR). When trying to start Live Preview all I got was that dialog box saying "An error occurred when launching the browser (error unknown) ..."

This is the already existing symlink I found in the bin directory:
/bin/google-chrome-stable -> /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome

I can confirm that adding a second symlink
/bin/google-chrome -> /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome
fixes the issue. Starting Live Preview works like a charm.