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I am using ubuntu 17.10 and installed chrome. The problem I am facing is, I am not able to sign into chrome to sync my bookmarks and browser history. As soon I click "sign in to chrome"

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The browser freezes like this and closes off.

And when I relaunch chrome it says "restore pages" as chrome didn't shut down properly. enter image description here

The same problem I am facing with chromium. Can anyone help me fix this ? I really need to sync my bookmarks and history. Please help.

creative
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Finally I have found my solution. This involves the following steps:

1) Uninstall chrome completely using the following commands:

$ sudo apt-get purge google-chrome-stable
$ rm ~/.config/google chrome/ -rf

I have followed Oxley's answer for the asked question.

Next install google chrome stable afresh using the following commands and for this I have followed ElefantPhace's answer to this question with some modifications.

$ cd /tmp
$ wget -e use_proxy=yes -e http_proxy=http://username:password@proxy:port http://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

And now, I am able to sync my bookmarks again. Hope this answer helps someone else who is facing similar issues.

creative
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  • ❤️❤️❤️ Can confirm this still works in 2021, the proxy isn't necessary though. – ThomasReggi Aug 16 '21 at 01:31
  • @ThomasReggi, my previous internet connectivity in my campus required a proxy username with a port. That is why I added a generic command. Most of them wont require this though. – creative Oct 04 '21 at 09:59