Created attachment 706002 [details] strace log Fresh installation of chromium-browser chromium-browser -v: [7834:7867:0504/183119.335001:ERROR:bus.cc(393)] Failed to connect to the bus: Could not parse server address: Unknown address type (examples of valid types are "tcp" and on UNIX "unix") [7834:7867:0504/183119.335036:ERROR:bus.cc(393)] Failed to connect to the bus: Could not parse server address: Unknown address type (examples of valid types are "tcp" and on UNIX "unix") [7863:7863:0504/183119.409218:ERROR:gpu_init.cc(426)] Passthrough is not supported, GL is egl [7863:7863:0504/183119.413472:ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(374)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process. [7834:7949:0504/183119.465997:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(621)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get: object_path= /org/freedesktop/UPower: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.UPower was not provided by any .service files [7834:7949:0504/183119.466148:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(621)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.UPower.GetDisplayDevice: object_path= /org/freedesktop/UPower: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.UPower was not provided by any .service files [7834:7949:0504/183119.466286:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(621)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.UPower.EnumerateDevices: object_path= /org/freedesktop/UPower: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.UPower was not provided by any .service files [7834:7834:0504/183144.160593:ERROR:dice_turn_sync_on_helper.cc(228)] Cannot turn Sync On for invalid account. [7834:7834:0504/183339.611607:ERROR:dice_turn_sync_on_helper.cc(228)] Cannot turn Sync On for invalid account. EIX: [I] www-client/chromium Available versions: 90.0.4430.93 ~91.0.4472.27 [M]~92.0.4491.6 {component-build cups custom-cflags +hangouts headless +js-type-check kerberos official pic +proprietary-codecs pulseaudio screencast selinux +suid +system-ffmpeg +system-icu +tcmalloc vaapi wayland widevine CPU_FLAGS_ARM="neon" KERNEL="linux" L10N="+am +ar +bg +bn +ca +cs +da +de +el +en-GB +es +es-419 +et +fa +fi +fil +fr +gu +he +hi +hr +hu +id +it +ja +kn +ko +lt +lv +ml +mr +ms +nb +nl +pl +pt-BR +pt-PT +ro +ru +sk +sl +sr +sv +sw +ta +te +th +tr +uk +vi +zh-CN +zh-TW"} Installed versions: 90.0.4430.93(03:32:58 AM 05/04/2021)(hangouts js-type-check pic proprietary-codecs pulseaudio suid system-ffmpeg system-icu tcmalloc wayland -component-build -cups -custom-cflags -headless -kerberos -official -screencast -selinux -vaapi -widevine CPU_FLAGS_ARM="-neon" KERNEL="linux" L10N="pl -am -ar -bg -bn -ca -cs -da -de -el -en-GB -es -es-419 -et -fa -fi -fil -fr -gu -he -hi -hr -hu -id -it -ja -kn -ko -lt -lv -ml -mr -ms -nb -nl -pt-BR -pt-PT -ro -ru -sk -sl -sr -sv -sw -ta -te -th -tr -uk -vi -zh-CN -zh-TW") Homepage: https://chromium.org/ Description: Open-source version of Google Chrome web browser Entered right credentials.
https://blog.chromium.org/2021/01/limiting-private-api-availability-in.html
I'll try with the "official" use flag
I'm led to believe that you will only be able to use google sync via www-client/google-chrome*, it will not be possible with chromium at all. I cannot find any gentoo announcement for that, though.
(In reply to Ben Kohler from comment #3) > I'm led to believe that you will only be able to use google sync via > www-client/google-chrome*, it will not be possible with chromium at all. I > cannot find any gentoo announcement for that, though. We were going to do a news item, not sure why we didn't in the end
This just had me wondering as well. Linking the draft here for reference: https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/dc2cd04d6a7ea41457237bfce5bd5128
Thanks for fast feedback. There was no public information about this issue (on Gentoo websites). Hope an news will appear asap.
We never published the news item, because until now signing in into Chromium still works. From your log I see: [7834:7834:0504/183144.160593:ERROR:dice_turn_sync_on_helper.cc(228)] Cannot turn Sync On for invalid account. Either you have given wrong credentials or you have not allowed third-party apps access to your account (Chromium is a third-party app).
Unfortunately my work changed policies very recently so it's no longer possible to sign in with Chromium. I have to switch to official Chrome to get sync.
To the best of my knowledge, google revoked the Google API keys in chromium to prevent developers making a chromium based browser that could readily compete with Chrome out of the box (as discussed in the blog post above). As long as you are not packaging and distributing your build of chromium outside of your organization (read any license agreement carefully), you can obtain your own Google API keys. With your own API keys, you will be able to have chromium utilize google services just as before, including sync. I've done just that, and I've outlined how I did it in this forum post: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1132125-highlight-.html Feel free to give it a try. I don't know if I'll be able to answer any questions any of you may have, I'm no expert, but I'll try to do so.
Maybe USE flag can be added, in order to simplify enabling of sync?
