I'll double check, but I remember gears (official, from google) didn't want to install when I used the browser in a plain version as it comes from the repo.
When I changed the User Agent to Firefox, gears installed and worked. (Although lately the memory usage of Firefox sucks with gmail.) -- Usability: Rename Shiretoko to firefox 3.5 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/399517 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs