Solved: Chromium and WiFi Won't Work After Changing Hostname

After changing my device’s (CM4-S) name from @raspberrypi to @Uconsole, Chromium wouldn’t launch and the WiFi icon was nowhere to be found.

I tried the methods that were already on the forum, to no avail.

I then stumbled on this solution, which worked.

That’s when I realized (and learned) that the hostname change was the root of my problem. I had to delete a Singleton file (though I still don’t know what it is, where to find it or why…).

So if you are in a similar situation—if you changed your device’s name and suddenly can’t access the internet—try this:

rm -rf ~/.config/google-chrome/Singleton*

Hopefully, it will be of use to someone.

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