P.S. I suspect that my 2.6 is 32 bit, but I'm not sure. The processor is an Athlon 64 3200.
I also ran the same updates on my mother's Mint 9 (Isadora), and her Chromium works fine. That's why I worded my Subject the way I did.
"Rather simple fix
http://www.google.com/chrome/"
Why would I go to Google? Doesn't the OS maintainer integrate software, including updates, and check their functionality before putting it in the repository?
I certainly don't want to remove Chromium. I don't know how to save all my settings and bookmarks.