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?
3 Answers
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
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1I don't see this anywhere in Ubuntu or Google Chrome. Whose preferences should I be looking under? Jan 14, 2015 at 0:58
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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.– FvDJan 24, 2018 at 16:41
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.
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.