NOTE: Experienced this problem with Google Chrome 5.0.342.9 beta on Ubuntu 9.10 Answer:

  • First make a backup of all you personal settings eg. Bookmarks

  • Close Google Chrome (Press the key combination Ctrl+e in order to close Chrome)

  • Open a new Terminal Window and type in the following command

    rm -rf ~/.config/google-chrome
    

    or

    rm -rf /home/YOURNAME/.config/google-chrome
    
  • Start Google Chrome and you’ll notice that Chrome has been reset and problem may be fixed.