The old Acer AspireOne netbook no longer has Linux on it (I was making it into a FreeDOS machine), but I made a VM of LMDE5 (32-bit edition) with a "qemu32" processor, and tested this with the v106 Chromium build there.
The extension installed on that Chromium browser, and I was able to mark some files for "offline" storage. Closed the browser, disabled the network on the VM, then opened Chromium and started GoogleDocs. I was able to edit one of the offline docs, and then when I re-enabled networking it uploaded my changes (comfirmed by viewing the doc from my host machine). It would seem to be working now, at least in a Debian/Ubuntu-based system similar to what I had on the AspireOne. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1692319 Title: Cannot activate "Google Docs Offline" extension Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: ~ $ lsb_release -rd Description: Linux Mint 18.1 Serena Release: 18.1 ~ $ apt-cache policy chromium-browser chromium-browser: Installed: 58.0.3029.110-0ubuntu0.16.04.1281 Candidate: 58.0.3029.110-0ubuntu0.16.04.1281 Version table: *** 58.0.3029.110-0ubuntu0.16.04.1281 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe i386 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 49.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.1233 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe i386 Packages ================================= Have tried this under both 32 and 64bit installs, slightly different behaviour. My concern is with the 32bit build, so I will focus on that, with a footnote on 64bit. On a 32bit netbook (Acer AspireOne) I have LinuxMint 18.1 (Ubuntu 16.04-based) with the Chromium browser installed. I have installed the https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-docs- offline/ghbmnnjooekpmoecnnnilnnbdlolhkhi"Google Docs Offline" extension into the browser, and restarted the browser (multiple tries installing & uninstalling, to make sure there wasn't a failure in the install). Extension is at https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-docs- offline/ghbmnnjooekpmoecnnnilnnbdlolhkhi According to directions I should make sure offline sync is enabled in Google Drive (which it is), and then make sure they are enabled in the settings for Google Docs. Once that is enabled I should have an option in each document's preferences to save offline. Expected: I should be able to enable the offline function in Google Docs by moving the switch to active. After that I should be able to mark a document for offline synchronization. What Happened: The setting in Google Drive is checked as enabled. However, when I go to the settings screen for Google Docs, the 'slider' to enable the option is stuck in a half-way position (neither off nor on). Consequentially the offline sync option will not be available for the document. ----------------- I had tried this with the 64bit version on another system (same Mint 18.1 on a 64bit system). Same chromium version as above. It actually enables the option and lets me sync a document, and I can do an offline edit (disabling the network to test). However, it will only work for a couple exits/restarts of the browser, at which point it will disable itself. Strange behaviour in itself; perhaps related or not, just put here in case it's relevant. I have tried this on the official Google Chrome (58.0.3029.96-1) on the same 64bit system and it works no problem. Obviously I cannot do the comparable test on 32bit (no 32bit Linux can be found anywhere, Google wiped out every copy in existence). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1692319/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
