Can't enter search term in url bar

[cariboo]

Binary package hint: chromium-browser

Whenever I enter a search term in the url bar and press enter, nothing happens. If a enter a url, it does work. this happens on two systems running natty eg:

If I enter ubuntu nfs howto, nothing happens
If I enter help.ubuntu.com it goes to the web page

THis is putting serious crimp in the way I work.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: chromium-browser 7.0.517.41~r62167-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.36-1.6-generic 2.6.36-rc8
Uname: Linux 2.6.36-1-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Oct 21 17:16:01 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_CA.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
chromium-default: CHROMIUM_FLAGS=""