I upgraded from google-chrome-stable_40.0.2214.95-1_amd64
to google-chrome-stable_41.0.2272.76-1_amd64 (automatic update on
Ubuntu MATE 14.04 64 bit) and the mouse text selection stopped working
and the cursor icons did not change when hovering over links in the
updated browser, also got an annoying 'Enter you password to unlock
login keyring' prompt when Chrome started.
To eliminate the distro from the mix I also upgraded Google Chrome on
Xubuntu 14.04 64-bit from Google Chrome 39.0.2171.95-1 to
41.0.2272.76-1 and ran into the same problem.
I tried reinstalling the browser:
sudo apt-get purge google-chrome-stable
rm -rf ~/.config/google-chrome
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
But the problem still persisted so I downgraded back to the previous
version, this worked, the problems dishappeared:
sudo apt-get purge google-chrome-stable
rm -rf ~/.config/google-chrome
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_40.0.2214.95-1_amd64.deb
Older versions of Google Chrome can be downloaded from
http://mirror.pcbeta.com/google/chrome/deb/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/
See also:
Best Answer
Have you tried the workaround?
If this workaround causes problems, use this command to uninstall:
Source: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=456222#c175