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"
The browser freezes like this and closes off.
And when I relaunch chrome it says "restore pages" as chrome didn't shut down properly.
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.
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.