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Google Online Account setup not working on fresh install Ubuntu GNOME 16.04

I did a fresh installation of Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 (april 26, 2016) and, when i'm going to setup a google online account, the process doesn't work. It stop in the step 3, with a blank screen. I guess ...
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Unable to set Chrome as the default browser; what else can I try?

I have done everything I can to set Google Chrome as my default browser in Ubuntu 12.04, but absolutely nothing seems to work. Anything new I could try would be greatly appreciated. Whenever I open ...
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Google voice and video chat plug-in for Ubuntu Touch

I'd like to send and receive phone calls using my google number over Wifi. To do this in a browser on my ubuntu desktop I have to install the Google voice and video chat plug-in but this dose not seem ...
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Gnome Calendar not working in Ubuntu 22.04LTS

Everything was totally fine when I used Ubuntu 21.10. But after I upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04, Gnome Calendar stopped to sync my events of my Google accounts. I was not getting anything at first but then,...
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How do I install Google's "Drive File Stream"?

I was wondering if it is possible to install Google Drive File Stream on Ubuntu 18.04. I recently bought G-Suite and want to use it in Ubuntu. I have tried "Is there a Google Drive client available?", ...
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ubuntu 17.10 google drive takes more than 10 minutes to load

I have been looking for a solution for this for a while, but I haven found one on my own. I am using the native Google drive mounting in gnome with online accounts and nautilus, but it takes forever ...
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[HELP]Ubuntu 16.04 vs OpenVPN & Google Authenticator

:-) I tried searching for a solution to my problem, but was unable to find any, other than "it's a bug in OpenVPN". Essentially the problem is this: OpenVPN w. Google Authenticator does not seem to ...
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Settings Crash when trying to add Google Account

On Ubuntu 20.04Lts i can't add a Google Account in the settings. It always freezes when trying to log in after I type in my password and give Ubuntu access to my google account. I hope someone can ...
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How to correctly bind Google account to the Kubuntu?

I have just installed Kubuntu 19.10 on the virtual machine. I need to bind Google account to KDE to use Google services. So I did the following: started Online Accounts wizard from the KDE menu (the ...
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Duplicity & Google Drive error

In order to back up my data, from my Ubuntu 18.04.3 system, I use Duplicity (0.7.17-0ubuntu1.1) and have the back-up stored in Google Drive. After running, duplicity gives this report: Giving up ...
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GNOME control centre online accounts not verified with Google

In trying to sign in to my Google account on GNOME, I get the following error. Steps: $ gnome-control-center online-accounts Click "Add online account" Type in Google login. Thanks! EDIT 1: I ...
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Google Translate audio button missing

My Google Translate does not have an audio button: I made sure that the Adobe Flash Plugin is activated but I still can't find it. Now, I can't listen to Google Translate how to pronounce a word. ...
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Chrome webgl issue

Guys I know it seems a duplicated issue but I read the previous answers and none of them worked for me so I opened this issue here. I use ubuntu 16.04 nvdia drivers 361 (recommended) and google ...
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Online Accounts can't sign into google on Kubuntu

I am on freshly-installed Kubuntu 23.04 (KDE Plasma 5.27.4) trying to sign into my google account in system Settings → Online Accounts → Add Account → Google When I select Google, a pop-up window ...
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Can't connect with Google

I am running 23.04 - all updates current. When I got to connect my online account with Google, I type in my email address, but then when it gives me the password prompt, I am not able to type anything ...
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Kubuntu 20.04 LTS: Unable to complete web authentication when linking Google account as an online service

I am trying to link my Google account as an online service in Kubuntu 20.01 LTS, so I can access my files and stuff through the file manager link in Ubuntu. Every time I try to sign in, the window ...
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Can not connect to google

I am using ubuntu 20.04 with hp laptop with rtl8723be driver. I can not connect to google when on wifi. I can access other url. Google shows this error in browser This site can’t be reached www....
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Unusual "Google Cloud Print" notification

I received the following notification this morning, which does not look like the typical system notification. (1) Is it possible, in general, to find which application or service launched this ...
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Connecting Ubuntu 18.04 to Google WiFi

When I try to connect a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 to my home Google WiFi, I am repeatedly presented with the pop-up dialog "Authentication required by wireless network". Googling this problem ...
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Is there a way to install Chrome/Chromium in a sandboxed environment from Firefox?

I'm convinced that when Firefox and Chrome/Chromium are installed together on the same Ubuntu system, that Chrome/Chromium does something to make Firefox slower and less reliable. Whenever I install ...
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Google calendar reminders not imported in thunderbird

I have thunderbird with the lightning and the google calendar extension. It works almost perfect, which means that the tasks and events are imported correctly, the calendars synchronizes properly and ...
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How to sync calendar with GNOME without letting it to access dozen of other services?

I want to sync calendar (located on top-bar on Ubuntu 18.04) with Google Calendar. In order to do that, I need to add Google to Online Accounts in system settings. When I log in, I'm informed that I ...
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Can't Access gnome-online-accounts

After installing KDE PLASMA, how do I use gnome-control-center and online-accounts? I need to access my google drive from my Ubuntu 17. When I open gnome-control-center it's just blank.
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Google account security

I use Ubuntu 17.10 and recently received a warning from Google that: Some apps & devices use less secure sign-in technology, which could make your account vulnerable. Google recommends ...
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Google 2FA (Two Factor Authentication) installation works with Ubuntu 16.04 Unity Sudo but NOT Login

I successfully followed the instructions on the linux.com site to setup 2FA on Ubuntu 16.04 Unity. Sudo asks for password then verification code and works. N.B. only accepts correct synced code - so I ...
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Adwords Editor 11.6

I am having trouble installing the latest (must have) version 11.6 of Google Adwords editor. Worked fine till the previews version. But now we need to have the new version in order to work with it and ...
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Google calendar & drive sync in Xenial Xerus 16.04

After adding my google credentials using online-accounts, I could not get the calendar to sync / see my google drive in the file manager. Maybe something is broken in the gnome packages ubuntu relies ...
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How to receive texts in Ubuntu desktop

I would like to receive and send texts on Ubuntu desktop. I would be preferable to receive them via pidgin, and also when my phone is not present. I do not have bluetooth. It is a google voice number,...
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Google Music Manager stops downloading after a while

I kept my music library, about 9000 songs, safe on Google Play Music while I was without a personal computer. Now I've got a laptop running 12.10. I've installed Google Music Manager beta and want ...
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TCP advertised window in Ubuntu 11.10

I want to increase TCP advertised window beyond 10 packets. I have tried tweaking most of the relevant parameters in /proc/sys/net/ like /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max, /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rmem I ...
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Building Chromium -- too long and the building args

A Chromium that I'm currently building, has been taking too long - around 12 hours already, it's still around 2/3 from completion at best: ...... [37717/51410] CXX obj/content/browser/browser/...
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Google Authenticator not giving correct verification code

I'm setting up a google authenticator for a linux image that i'm creating. Every time it gives me a verification code it's different to what my phone gives me. My question is because this is time ...
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Unable to share entire screen in google meet in Brave on Ubuntu 22.04

I am using Brave Version 1.45.131 Chromium: 107.0.5304.110 (Official Build) (64-bit) on Ubuntu 22.04 and when I try to share the entire screen in google meet, a complete black screen is shared. Please ...
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Problems with microphone in google meet

I have a laptop Levovo v110 with Ubuntu 20.04. I had a problem with the microphone: it wasn't working, but I found this solution (it's in Russian, sorry). I set the Right Channel slider to the zero ...
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Irritating popup re Google Calendar

I'm frequently being prompted by a popup (initiated by Thunderbird?) to input my password for Google Calendar, even though I've removed my Gmail account (with its data) from ThunderBird though I haven'...
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How can I remove the DRM from PDFs so that I can read them in Google Play Books

Google Play Books is my reader app of choice for Android. I like that I can highlight and take notes, and that I have a pipeline for those notes to get them in to an Anki deck (amongst other things). ...
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How can I stop evolution from trying to connect to google?

I'm only using Evolution for my calendar with EteSync but it keeps trying to connect to google which is very annoying. Does anyone know how to stop it from trying to connect to google? Thanks
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WebDriverException: Message: Process unexpectedly closed with status signal | How to run Selenium Firefox Geckodriver in Google Colaboratory?

Hey stackexchange community, I would like to run selenium for python, with firefox geckodriver in google recolab. I've found a post regarding this topic recently in which there's an answer by @...
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How to fix google sheet shortcuts in ubuntu?

I want to active google sheet shortcuts in ubuntu. When I was trying to alt+H, it directly jumped to help. How can I use it?
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overgrive app not launching

I installed the newest version of overgrive. and also I am using the licensed version. I downloaded the app, and works fine for some time. I am using this app on my main computer and on my remote ...
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Open Google Doc in Libreoffice with Gnome file integration

I signed into my Google account in Gnome, and I can access my files from nautilus, however opening any document opens google docs in my browser directly, and opening in LibreOffice Writer results in ...
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Latest update to UBUNTU 19.10 causes files from Google Drive to open as Read-Only

One of the updates this past week, April 13-17, 2020, caused my Google drive to mount my files as "READ-ONLY". I'm currently using Ubuntu 19.10 as my primary desktop. I have Ubuntu 20.04 BETA ...
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vnc grey screen (16.04, tightvnc, gcp, ) :

I was able to see the destkop when I was using "sudo reboot" on the GCP instance but when I stopped and started the GCP instance , I get a grey screen now. I used these steps to set up the desktop on ...
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Google drive File Downloads

After Downloading a file, it automatically gets converted to html format and on accessing it I can see Google sign in page only
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I can't entering in ICLOUD on GOOGLE CHROME

I'm new user in Linux and I can't use icloud in my navigator, look as in the images: Anyone help me?
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How to connect to Mobile Broadband with Google Fi SIM card

In Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS on a Lenovo Thinkpad T480s, I just plugged in a Google Fi SIM Card, and it's not connecting. After setting the APN name to "h2g2", as explained here, I get a "Activation of ...
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How to install an old version of google chrome

I have the latest version of google chrome. I need to test an issue in an older version. How to install the old version? and this also requires disabling the auto-updates.
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Very much offset (mkchromecast)

I downloaded and installed mkchromecast to cast my desktop audio to my google home mini. Everything works fine, but if I hit play on my computer, it needs about 30 seconds till the audio is played on ...
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AdWords editor installed ok but disappears when run

Goal: Use Adwords editor in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS normally as I can with Windows. Background: I installed AdWords Editor 12.3.3.0 using the .msi with Wine set to Windows 7. Worked perfect. The program ...
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Is there an email handler for gcal like gnome-gmail

I like using gnome-gmail for the simple reason that it makes is possible for me to use gmail as my default mail handler (as configured in System Settings:Details:Default Applications in 16.04). ...
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