Google Chrome Crashes Unity Desktop

[John Hupp]

On 3/17/2015 3:16 PM, Amichai Rotman wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on on an Acer Aspire 5715Z (Intel T2390 
> with 2Gb of RAM).
>
> I am experiencing a weird problem:
>
> Every time I open Google and visit the Extensions Gallery, the whole 
> Unity Desktop crashes. Restarting the LightDM service doesn't help and 
> I have to reboot the machine.
>
> I tried to delete the profile directory under 
> $HOME/.local/google-chrome/ - same...
>
> Another weird problem - every time I enter the desktop I have to 
> unlock the Login Keyring, although I have changed the password to a 
> blank password....
>
> This is a friends computer, whom I convinced Ubuntu is the best OS to 
> replace Windows...
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Amichai.
>

The first thing I would try is disabling Chrome hardware acceleration, 
at Settings: Show advanced settings: (un-check) Use hardware 
acceleration when available.

I would not expect it to be related to the Login Keyring problem though, 
unless that was crash damage.  (And I don't have any advice about this 
second problem.)