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When I'm using multiple workspaces, especially when I'm writing code and have every one of my workspaces occupied by some process and switch between the workspace that contains google chrome and the other ones, chrome randomly stops accepting my keyboard input. Everytime it happens the only way to have it detect my input again is to restart it, can anyone help me out?

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There is a conflict with ibus

Turning off ibus: in "Language Support" (found under Ubuntu's Preferences) switch "Keyboard input method system" from IBUS to none

Language Support menu

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    I don't see this anywhere in Ubuntu or Google Chrome. Whose preferences should I be looking under?
    – Ian Hunter
    Jan 14, 2015 at 0:58
  • @IanHunter hope the edits help
    – Glennular
    Jan 14, 2015 at 3:31
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    This solution doesn't work for me :-(
    – Zeb
    Jan 14, 2015 at 14:19
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    It seems to require a restart as well for me. Sep 7, 2015 at 20:29
  • I thought this would work for me but it didn't. Turns out I had to turn off (disable) the Intel Virtualization Technology in BIOS. After that this issue finally dissapeard on my system.
    – FvD
    Jan 24, 2018 at 16:41
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In Ubuntu 17.10 I accidentally enabled the "slow keys" which resulted in a non reactive Chrome and VirtualBox. Disabling the "slow keys" did the trick on my configuration.

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Short answer: kill all chrome active process with this command:

ps -eopid,cmd | grep -i chrome | tr -s " " | cut -d " " -f 2 | xargs kill

It happend with me today. I don't know the exatly problem but I detected that there where others chrome process alive even after I close it:

$ ps -eopid,cmd | grep chrome 
 3651 /opt/google/chrome/chrome http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/
 3662 /opt/google/chrome/chrome-sandbox /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=zygote --enable-crash-reporter=e10f842f-2e3b-4773-9e66-7e0b7e03ff17,
 3664 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=zygote --enable-crash-reporter=e10f842f-2e3b-4773-9e66-7e0b7e03ff17,
 3666 /opt/google/chrome/chrome-sandbox /opt/google/chrome/nacl_helper
 3668 /opt/google/chrome/nacl_helper
 3670 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=zygote --enable-crash-reporter=e10f842f-2e3b-4773-9e66-7e0b7e03ff17,
 3695 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=3127510087132043728,612135776437230997,131072 --enable-crash-reporter=e10f842f-2e3b-4773-9e66-7e0b7e03ff17, --gpu-preferences=KAAAAAAAAACAAACAAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAA --service-request-channel-token=14003487884351161854
 3725 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=-broker
 3741 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=3127510087132043728,612135776437230997,131072 --service-pipe-token=13853926457551779350 --lang=pt-BR --enable-crash-reporter=e10f842f-2e3b-4773-9e66-7e0b7e03ff17, --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=13853926457551779350 --renderer-client-id=7 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --shared-files=v8_context_snapshot_data:100,v8_natives_data:101
 3817 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=3127510087132043728,612135776437230997,131072 --service-pipe-token=4234779571667657876 --lang=pt-BR --enable-crash-reporter=e10f842f-2e3b-4773-9e66-7e0b7e03ff17, --extension-process --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=4234779571667657876 --renderer-client-id=3 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --shared-files=v8_context_snapshot_data:100,v8_natives_data:101
 3845 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=3127510087132043728,612135776437230997,131072 --service-pipe-token=14130276234297054033 --lang=pt-BR --enable-crash-reporter=e10f842f-2e3b-4773-9e66-7e0b7e03ff17, --extension-process --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=14130276234297054033 --renderer-client-id=4 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --shared-files=v8_context_snapshot_data:100,v8_natives_data:101
 6106 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=3127510087132043728,612135776437230997,131072 --service-pipe-token=1105491960801759215 --lang=pt-BR --enable-crash-reporter=e10f842f-2e3b-4773-9e66-7e0b7e03ff17, --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=1105491960801759215 --renderer-client-id=70 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --shared-files=v8_context_snapshot_data:100,v8_natives_data:101
 6167 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=3127510087132043728,612135776437230997,131072 --service-pipe-token=18228045149230041600 --lang=pt-BR --enable-crash-reporter=e10f842f-2e3b-4773-9e66-7e0b7e03ff17, --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=18228045149230041600 --renderer-client-id=69 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --shared-files=v8_context_snapshot_data:100,v8_natives_data:101
 6180 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=3127510087132043728,612135776437230997,131072 --service-pipe-token=7644340091502831181 --lang=pt-BR --enable-crash-reporter=e10f842f-2e3b-4773-9e66-7e0b7e03ff17, --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=7644340091502831181 --renderer-client-id=68 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --shared-files=v8_context_snapshot_data:100,v8_natives_data:101
 6207 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=3127510087132043728,612135776437230997,131072 --service-pipe-token=3756294107921279265 --lang=pt-BR --enable-crash-reporter=e10f842f-2e3b-4773-9e66-7e0b7e03ff17, --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=3756294107921279265 --renderer-client-id=73 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --shared-files=v8_context_snapshot_data:100,v8_natives_data:101
 6228 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=3127510087132043728,612135776437230997,131072 --service-pipe-token=9129535788251446015 --lang=pt-BR --enable-crash-reporter=e10f842f-2e3b-4773-9e66-7e0b7e03ff17, --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=9129535788251446015 --renderer-client-id=74 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --shared-files=v8_context_snapshot_data:100,v8_natives_data:101
 6412 grep --color=auto chrome

After a killed all process it started to work again.

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