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Ruben Bakker
Asked: 2013-05-18 10:59:39 +0800 CST

about:blank opens in Chromium when I type into the dash

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Here's a rather odd problem I'm having. Whenever I open the dash and type into it, Chromium opens up and opens an "about:blank" tab for just about every letter I write into the dash. Why is it doing this and how do I stop it from doing this?

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  1. Best Answer

    Fixed. Quite a weird bug. I had to re-login into Google in the "Online Accounts" settings under system settings.

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  2. The workaround is to turn "Include online search results" option off.

    Source: http://makairatech.com/blog/ubuntus-dash-opens-chromium-tabs-on-search/

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  3. I believe found a fix.

    If you have "Online Accounts" authorized for Ubuntu/unity system (the gear icon in the upper right -> System Settings -> Online Accounts) and there is a access issue (Shows a red gear icon and throws a warning on boot) then this bug happens.

    The fix is to re-authorize your existing accounts (Perhaps it occurred because I had changed my google password, and so they became unauthorized?) which can be done from

    System Settings -> Online Accounts. Correct any errors listed.

    In any case, re-authorizing my Google accounts seems to have fixed the problem for me. Hope this helps.

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