Over the last week I have been unable to load Microsoft Edge or Brave browsers; both were working fine. I installed Firefox and this is working fine, but not my preferred browser. I just installed Opera and that too will not load.
Anyone else getting this problem?
Hello,
Try start the browser that are malfunction up via the terminal. It might give a clue what's wrong.
Recently, several issues with Chromium-based browsers (e.g., Brave, Chrome, etc.) have been reported here in the forum. The only browser that worked without issues for the users affected by this error was Firefox.
Are you on Wayland or XOrg? Try to switch to Xorg. Logout and at login click on your username then a cog wheal appears at the bottom right corner. There select "Zorin Desktop on Xorg".
You can also try to launch the browser via terminal and disabled hardware acceleration:
brave-browser --disable-gpu
Thanks Storm and Forpli.
Firstly I am still new to Linux, so avoid using teminal where I can 
Secondly, given what I just said, I have no idea if I'm on Wayland or XOrg so I need leading by the hand here please.
Go to settings>about, there you can see at "Windowing system" if it shows X11 (=XOrg) or Wayland.
To run Microsoft Edge from terminal we need to know in which package format it is installed.
If it is installed as a flatpak :
flatpak run com.microsoft.Edge
If it is installed as a .deb package
microsoft-edge-stable
I ran it from flatpak. Deleted it then went back to the sotware store and chose the flatpak version to install. guess I will have to fight another day to find a solution.
The terminal is your friend.
The suggestion Forpli made is a good first step. Launch termnial with ctl+alt+t and then paste (using right click > paste) the code forpli gave:
brave-browser --disable-gpu
What this does - it launches Brave Browser with the flag to disable GPU acceleration.
If the browser works, then - it tells us what the problem is and how to fix it.
Thanks Aravisian. Typed the command in but terminal did nothing with it, terminal just sits there with a flashing cursor.
Not sure that is what should have happened.
Do the icons of the browsers appear at taskbar when you launch them?
I'm wondering if they are opened outside the screen on a "phantom display" like in this thread here:
The icon for Brave, Microsoft Edge and Opera do not appear in taskbar, but there is a short spinning circle as if it is trying to open.
I have looked to see it they opened in another window, but nothing found.
And if you launch any from terminal, the cursor just sits flashing, too?
You said that is what Brave Browser does. What about Edge or Opera?
I noticed too after updating last week, Brave did not load anymore.
I found out as long as I use version 1.83.118 and exclude Brave from updating Brave to the newer version it works fine.
Browser issues now resolved.
