Unity constantly opens blank tabs in Chrome when used

[Ada Wah]

When opening the dash or doing other activities in Unity, Chrome (not Chromium) keeps opening new tabs. I suspect this has to do with how the dash handles calls to the web service, and not with Chrome itself.

Each tab is opened with the URL "about:blank".

Please tell me if any more information is needed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: unity 7.0.0daily13.05.08ubuntu.unity.experimental.certified-0ubuntu1 [origin: LP-PPA-ubuntu-unity-experimental-certified]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-22.33-generic 3.8.11
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CrashDB: unity
Date: Tue Jun 4 13:40:59 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-11 (235 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-08 (56 days ago)

[Chris Roberts (chrisjrob)]

I think it opens a new tab for each letter typed.

I think this is the same bug mentioned in this:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/296801/aboutblank-opens-in-chromium-when-i-type-into-the-dash

Going to Settings and Granting Access to Google Accounts fixed the problem for me.

[Ada Wah (ailurius)]

Thank you, this worked for me :)

This bug is quite annoying. In my case, I had added a Google account in the settings, and granted access. Later, I changed the password for the account, but I didn't grant access again after this.

[Chris Roberts (chrisjrob)]

Excellent, that's good news.

In case it is relevant I have two-factor authentication enabled on my Google account.

[Ada Wah (ailurius)]

I only have password authentication, so probably It's not.

The expected behaviour would probably be that Chrome opens a page where Unity/Dash requests access to your Google account.

[Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)]

Is this still a problem?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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