From 2efebfdce85590453379c0f3a456c7dfd46862eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Palencsar Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:58:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Document chromium backend browser-bin troubleshooting --- README.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 28ba81a..17f2a1d 100755 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -362,6 +362,14 @@ Note for Chromium backend: - `--no-decorations` is best-effort and may be ignored by the browser/window manager. - `--width` and `--height` are applied together (`--window-size`) only when both are provided. +- Deskify auto-detects a Chromium-based browser from `PATH`, but some distros ship `chrome` as a wrapper script or use different binary names/paths. If launches fail, set `--browser-bin` to a real browser binary. + +Troubleshooting (find the real browser binary): + +```bash +command -v chrome chromium google-chrome google-chrome-stable brave-browser 2>/dev/null +ls -la /usr/bin/chrome /usr/bin/chromium /usr/bin/google-chrome /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable 2>/dev/null +``` ### Managing Apps (`list` & `remove`) You can view all applications generated by `deskify`: