Thorium

[mockingbird]

12 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:

If I understand you correctly, the NVIDIA 6200 graphics card is not supported. Am I right?  BTW, I didn't see any notes about supported graphics cards or chips. Where are them?

6200 should be supported...  Anything DirectX 9 should work.  Try updating your driver.

[D.Draker]

3 hours ago, mockingbird said:

6200 should be supported...  Anything DirectX 9 should work.  Try updating your driver.

@AstroSkippercan't update his driver past 307.90. 

Geforce 8000 and 9000 can't go higher than 341.xx

[D.Draker]

3 hours ago, mockingbird said:

Anything DirectX 9 should work. 

The were several iterations of Direct X 9. Example - B, C, etc.

[AstroSkipper]

1 hour ago, D.Draker said:

@AstroSkippercan't update his driver past 307.90. 

Geforce 8000 and 9000 can't go higher than 341.xx

My NVIDIA driver version is 307.83, the last official version I got via the updater from NVIDIA. This version is also the last officially offered one when performing a driver search on their homepage. However, I could update to the more unofficial 307.90 version which was offered by Microsoft but there was never any need to do that. And I don't think such a minor update could change anything. 

1 hour ago, D.Draker said:

The were several iterations of Direct X 9. Example - B, C, etc.

My DirectX version is indeed 9.0c.

Edited May 28, 2024 by AstroSkipper
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[66cats]

Is there a way to test GPU acceleration? Chrome://GPU tells me Compositing, webGL & webGPU are enabled, but i can't notice the difference. On the plus side, no negative effects. Almost. WebGL aquarium used to give me blistering 6fps; now the frame rate's improved, but the frames are invisible

Edited May 28, 2024 by 66cats

[chermany4ever]

Ok guys. Followed the instructions and pasted the 3 files into Thorium folder but now it just won't start. I ran it more than 20 times and nothing.

You should know I use THORIUM_PORTABLE.bat 'cause I try to use portables whenever I can. Besides I never install programs in C: and using INSTALL_THORIUM.cmd installs it in C: without options. My programs are always on another partition.

Thank you Astro and Dave for the tips! If you think I can try something else and it's no bother let me know.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

19 minutes ago, 66cats said:

Is there a way to test GPU acceleration? Chrome://GPU tells me Compositing, webGL & webGPU are enabled, but i can't notice the difference.

I've never noticed a difference either, so I too am interested in knowing of any "tests".  Quantifiable measurements, no "gut feelings".

I've always had better luck with having Hardware Acceleration DISABLED.

Largely in part due to needing to screencap from online video conferencing and HW disabled will screencap the video image whereas HW enabled will not (at least on my work laptop).

[AstroSkipper]

33 minutes ago, chermany4ever said:

Ok guys. Followed the instructions and pasted the 3 files into Thorium folder but now it just won't start. I ran it more than 20 times and nothing.

You should know I use THORIUM_PORTABLE.bat 'cause I try to use portables whenever I can. Besides I never install programs in C: and using INSTALL_THORIUM.cmd installs it in C: without options. My programs are always on another partition.

Thank you Astro and Dave for the tips! If you think I can try something else and it's no bother let me know.

I use the THORIUM_PORTABLE.bat, too. I try to avoid installing those ported browsers. When you copied these three files of the Chrome XP API Adapter into your Thorium main folder, did you also rename the chrome-win7-xp-api-router.dll file to progwrp.dll? 

[chermany4ever]

12 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:

When you copied these three files of the Chrome XP API Adapter into your Thorium main folder, did you also rename the chrome-win7-xp-api-router.dll file to progwrp.dll?

Yep, the first thing I did prior to paste the 3 files into the Thorium folder. While doing it progwrp.dll was the only file to request an overwrite.

Edited May 28, 2024 by chermany4ever
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[AstroSkipper]

10 minutes ago, chermany4ever said:

Yep, the first thing I did prior to paste the 3 files into the Thorium folder. While doing it progwrp.dll was the only file to request a overwrite.

Ok. What did you see when you applied the starter batch file?  Open a command line window in the main folder of Thorium and execute the following command: 
thorium.exe --user-data-dir="%~dp0%\USER_DATA" --allow-outdated-plugins --disable-breakpad --disable-encryption --disable-machine-id
What do you see now? 

Edited May 28, 2024 by AstroSkipper
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[chermany4ever]

37 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:

Ok. What did you see when you applied the starter batch file?

Every time I run the bat I always get a command window that disappears as it appears and nothing happens. Tried to run thorium.exe directly and the same thing happened but generated a debug.log that says:

[0528/184635.171:ERROR:registration_protocol_win.cc(136)] TransactNamedPipe: Pipeline has terminated (0x6D).
[0528/184635.203:ERROR:crashpad_client_win.cc(144)] crash server failed to launch, self-terminating

45 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:

Open a command line window in the main folder of Thorium and execute the following command: 
thorium.exe --user-data-dir="%~dp0%\USER_DATA" --allow-outdated-plugins --disable-breakpad --disable-encryption --disable-machine-id
What do you see now?

Hope I've done what you ask correctly. By doing so a folder was created called %~dp0% which has more folders and files inside.

[AstroSkipper]

3 minutes ago, chermany4ever said:

51 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:

Open a command line window in the main folder of Thorium and execute the following command: 
thorium.exe --user-data-dir="%~dp0%\USER_DATA" --allow-outdated-plugins --disable-breakpad --disable-encryption --disable-machine-id
What do you see now?

Hope I've done what you ask correctly. By doing so a folder was created called %~dp0% which has more folders and files inside.

Actually, a user data folder should be created with the name USER_DATA and not %~dp0%. The whole command starts the browser with some flags which were originally part of the batch file and creates the user data folder USER_DATA if not already existent.

[AstroSkipper]

1 hour ago, AstroSkipper said:

Open a command line window in the main folder of Thorium and execute the following command: 
thorium.exe --user-data-dir="path to your main Thorium folder\USER_DATA" --allow-outdated-plugins --disable-breakpad --disable-encryption --disable-machine-id

@chermany4ever Replace the string %~dp0% by the path to your main Thorium folder! That is the path where the thorium.exe file is located.

Edited May 29, 2024 by AstroSkipper
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[chermany4ever]

52 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:

Replace the string %~dp0% by the path to your main Thorium folder! That is the path where the thorium.exe file is located.

Yeah! That did it!

It's starting up fine, hasn't crashed again. Now to install extensions, import bookmarks and keep testing to see how it behaves.

Thanks Astro!!! First you brought my comment here and then you helped me. You leave me speechless my friend. Thank you!!!

[mockingbird]

6 hours ago, AstroSkipper said:

My NVIDIA driver version is 307.83, the last official version I got via the updater from NVIDIA. This version is also the last officially offered one when performing a driver search on their homepage. However, I could update to the more unofficial 307.90 version which was offered by Microsoft but there was never any need to do that. And I don't think such a minor update could change anything. 

My DirectX version is indeed 9.0c.

Try getting a later version and modify the INF with your device ID and then force install it and see if that works.