"Google Docs Offline" for Chromium linux

[James LaBarre]

I have been trying to get the "Google Docs Offline" extension to work under Chromium on Linux (Mint 18.1 in my case).  I have v58.0.3029 on a 64bit and 32bit installation.  The 64bit version will activate, and work briefly (enabling the extension, setting a couple docs for offline sync, start and start the application a couple of times) and then deactivate itself.  Under 32bit it can't be started at all (the on/off slider is stuck half-way).  Really need it to work under 32bit, as it's a Netbook I would carry to places where I don't have connectivity (I loaded linux on it in place of the extremely obsolete WinXP that was on it).

[PhistucK]

Sounds weird, perhaps extensions by Google have some kind of a "protection" that prevents their use in non Google Chrome products... That would be kind of petty and bumming of them, but it is possible.

Though not running at all on 32 bit installations... That is very weird. I thought it might be using Native Client modules (which are platform specific), but the extension seems to only include JavaScript files (which are not platform specific, obviously).

Not sure.

☆PhistucK

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 4:36 PM, James LaBarre <j.e.l...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have been trying to get the "Google Docs Offline" extension to work under Chromium on Linux (Mint 18.1 in my case).  I have v58.0.3029 on a 64bit and 32bit installation.  The 64bit version will activate, and work briefly (enabling the extension, setting a couple docs for offline sync, start and start the application a couple of times) and then deactivate itself.  Under 32bit it can't be started at all (the on/off slider is stuck half-way).  Really need it to work under 32bit, as it's a Netbook I would carry to places where I don't have connectivity (I loaded linux on it in place of the extremely obsolete WinXP that was on it).

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[Torne (Richard Coles)]

Does your chromium build have up to date API keys with all the APIs used by current Chrome enabled? It's possible the extension is relying on an extension API that's backed by a Google API that your build can't reach..

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[PhistucK]

I see usages of chrome.storage.managed. But it seems to be related to G Suite accounts.

☆PhistucK

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 7:56 PM, Torne (Richard Coles) <to...@chromium.org> wrote:

Does your chromium build have up to date API keys with all the APIs used by current Chrome enabled? It's possible the extension is relying on an extension API that's backed by a Google API that your build can't reach..

On Fri, 19 May 2017 at 12:47 PhistucK <phis...@gmail.com> wrote:

Sounds weird, perhaps extensions by Google have some kind of a "protection" that prevents their use in non Google Chrome products... That would be kind of petty and bumming of them, but it is possible.

Though not running at all on 32 bit installations... That is very weird. I thought it might be using Native Client modules (which are platform specific), but the extension seems to only include JavaScript files (which are not platform specific, obviously).

Not sure.

☆PhistucK

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 4:36 PM, James LaBarre <j.e.l...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have been trying to get the "Google Docs Offline" extension to work under Chromium on Linux (Mint 18.1 in my case).  I have v58.0.3029 on a 64bit and 32bit installation.  The 64bit version will activate, and work briefly (enabling the extension, setting a couple docs for offline sync, start and start the application a couple of times) and then deactivate itself.  Under 32bit it can't be started at all (the on/off slider is stuck half-way).  Really need it to work under 32bit, as it's a Netbook I would carry to places where I don't have connectivity (I loaded linux on it in place of the extremely obsolete WinXP that was on it).

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[James LaBarre]

On Friday, May 19, 2017 at 12:56:24 PM UTC-4, Torne (Richard Coles) wrote:

Does your chromium build have up to date API keys with all the APIs used by current Chrome enabled? It's possible the extension is relying on an extension API that's backed by a Google API that your build can't reach..

It's a pre-compiled build from an Ubuntu repository (running LinuxMint 18.1), so I don't know what I would need to look for in the package information.  It's not one I compiled myself (build 58.0.3029.110-0ubuntu0.16.04.12 if it makes any difference).

[Torne (Richard Coles)]

I don't know if this is actually the problem with this particular extension or not, but if it was, then this would be something the packager of your build would have to investigate/fix.

[Olivier Tilloy]

Le vendredi 19 mai 2017 20:33:48 UTC+2, Torne (Richard Coles) a écrit :

I don't know if this is actually the problem with this particular extension or not, but if it was, then this would be something the packager of your build would have to investigate/fix.

If the same extension works (although briefly) on a 64bits system with the same chromium package, then it's unlikely that the issue lies with API keys, as the 32bits and 64bits packages were built with the same API keys.