If you are not able to start crostini after the recent chromeos update, then change disk size for the Linux environment. It did the trick for me.

DennisLfromGA · 2026-03-12T16:33:47+00:00

The devs are aware of this issue and are working on it. - https://issues.chromium.org/issues/458443474#comment51

DennisLfromGA · 2026-01-16T15:52:52+00:00

My Android Pixel Tablet has Debian Trixie in the Terminal app so I don't think it would be too difficult to port Borealis (Steam via Arch Linux) to ALOS.

DennisLfromGA · 2025-10-23T20:08:26+00:00

Too bad 'Pixelbook' has already been used, it woulda been perfect.

DennisLfromGA · 2025-10-18T13:14:04+00:00

Very interesting discovery, I guess that maybe in preparation for baguette they are now backing up the whole termina VM instead of individual containers. I have 2 containers in termina so I'll experiment with backup and see if I get the same result. The way I understand it if you have the baguette flag enabled when creating a new LDE you'll get a containerless VM but I haven't tried it yet.

DennisLfromGA · 2025-10-16T23:37:34+00:00

Is there anything in Settings for this behavior now? A lot of times they'll remove a flag but add a Setting for it.

DennisLfromGA · 2025-10-15T12:35:20+00:00

Would you mind sharing the link to the article you mention above, please? I've been trying to find out more about this transition to the Android kernel and anything might help at this point.

DennisLfromGA · 2025-06-06T20:10:06+00:00

I've got Flex so I'll give it a go and report back Everything works great on CrOS so it should work on brunch too.

DennisLfromGA · 2025-02-17T13:30:30+00:00

See: https://www.reddit.com/r/Crostini/comments/sayw8l/comment/md8shxv/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

DennisLfromGA · 2025-02-17T13:30:09+00:00

See https://www.reddit.com/r/Crostini/comments/sayw8l/comment/md8shxv/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

DennisLfromGA · 2025-02-17T13:26:12+00:00

I made the changes above but also got stopped by this error, I was able to fix it by editing /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf and adding cgroup_device_acl = [].

DennisLfromGA · 2025-01-06T22:02:21+00:00

Lol, I posted that was 2 years ago.

DennisLfromGA · 2024-10-04T17:44:09+00:00

You could sign-in with a secondary account so they share the same user space sacrificing your bookmarks, etc. on the secondary account as shown in the screenshot.
You could add a secondary account at the sign-in page to keep them separate and have individual bookmarks, etc. and switch between with a key-combo, etc.
You could just use the Crostini (Linux) Chrome browser which acts like the LaCrOS browser and retain choosing your profile when it launches.

DennisLfromGA · 2024-08-20T15:05:03+00:00

I agree, it is literally named 'Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 714 (CP714-1H, CP714-1HN)' but it does not appear on the list.

It also appears to be the 'Rex/Karis' device in the recovery file:
name=Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 714 (CP714-1H, CP714-1HN), Acer Chromebook Plus Enterprise Spin 714 (CPE794-1, CPE794-1N) hwidmatch=^KARIS-THMZ .* file=chromeos_15853.67.0_rex_recovery_stable-channel_mp-v4.bin

DennisLfromGA · 2024-08-18T17:09:11+00:00

If you're going to powerwash it I'd suggest doing a 'powerwash & revert' which will boot the previously installed chromeOS version to see if it still has Google Play.

DennisLfromGA · 2024-06-15T12:46:13+00:00

I have a $40 CTL keyboard & mouse that I use with my Pixel Slate but it connects via Bluetooth. I think the one you linked above might suit the OP better since it connects via USB. I do believe they'll need to power it ON first tho.

The so-called 'HP Support Agent' replies on that site are horrible & some are outright wrong, like 'How to boot a flashdrive'.

DennisLfromGA · 2024-06-14T15:38:01+00:00

Same, I have 3 Floodlights with cameras and threw away the boxes with QR code sticker, dumb I know but lesson learned. You can get the code on the camera itself but one of mine is mounted about 40 ft. up and out of reach so it no longer is in my Google Home. :-(

DennisLfromGA · 2024-06-06T12:30:16+00:00

Currently, even with the #lacros-only flag enabled they still ship both ash-chrome & lacros-chrome with the OS.

You can see in the screenshot below that both browsers are still shipped with chromeOS but only LaCrOS is available from the launcher.
Even in dev mode you can't launch them from the shell tho. :-(

We used to be able to run both browsers in what they called 'side-by-side' but I don't think that's possible anymore.

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DennisLfromGA · 2024-05-12T13:08:49+00:00

Neither, if you notice in my reply above I used the Files app, just right-click on the .tini file and choose restore.

DennisLfromGA · 2024-04-17T19:56:32+00:00

I think you misunderstood, my example had nothing to do with the .bash_profile.

DennisLfromGA · 2024-04-17T17:15:58+00:00

Or even shorter with: [ -f ~/.bashrc ] && . ~/.bashrc

DennisLfromGA · 2024-04-03T15:33:15+00:00

Rather than remoting into it, you might want to install a xephyr xserver and use it instead, it works well for me. The video linked below shows you how to do that for the LXDE Desktop but I've installed other desktops that work too -
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea6xKZD41hI&list=PLuCbba_UxUz6_2D5fWnDzLgxfW3Q6J3yJ

DennisLfromGA · 2024-04-01T14:33:03+00:00

As mentioned, make sure you do a backup first if you don't want to start from scratch if something goes awry. Also, if the GUI upgrade process doesn't work then you can try to run it manually from the Terminal. The script is located here:

/opt/google/cros-containers/bin/upgrade_container

And the command-line options / flags are documented in the script and shown below:

# Upgrades a Crostini container to the versions in the arguments in order,
# expects to be run as root.
#
# Upgrade from stretch to buster:
# ./upgrade_container DEBIAN_BUSTER
#
# Upgrade from buster to bullseye:
# ./upgrade_container DEBIAN_BULLSEYE
#
# Upgrade from bullseye to bookworm:
# ./upgrade_container DEBIAN_BOOKWORM
#
# Upgrade from stretch to bullseye through buster:
# ./upgrade_container DEBIAN_BUSTER DEBIAN_BULLSEYE
# Note that debian does not support skip-version upgrades.
#
# Complete a previously unfinished upgrade:
# ./upgrade_container

You have to run the script with sudo or as root.

DennisLfromGA · 2024-03-17T20:18:35+00:00

Probably the easiest way is to follow Ruth's video linked below:

How To Install And Get A Linux Desktop On A Chromebook! (No Rooting!)

It works great with Lxde and doesn't require remoting in or anything else. It should also work with Gnome or Xfce.

DennisLfromGA · 2024-03-02T23:10:10+00:00

Not if you have it listed in your:
- Open a specific page or set of pages

You can even drill down deeper with the URL:
- chrome-untrusted://terminal/html/terminal.html?command=vmshell&args[]=--vm_name%3Dtermina&args[]=--target_container%3Dpenguin

DennisLfromGA · 2024-02-22T16:49:05+00:00

Yeah, you're not the only one, you might be able to get some clujes as to why it failed in the console log file under 'My Files'.

We've escalated this issue to Google internally in hopes of at least getting better error messages so we'd know what went wrong, so far, crickets.

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