chromium bookmark sync?

[woodrobin]

Using the latest Chromium build ( 4.0.248.0 (Ubuntu build 32003) ) I have working bookmark sync.

Here is my /etc/chromium/default file contents:

# Default settings for chromium-browser. This file is sourced by /bin/sh from # /usr/bin/chromium-browser # Options to pass to chromium-browser CHROMIUM_FLAGS="--enable-sync"

Without the --enable-sync added, the option is still grayed out. With it, the option is active and works.

[l-x-l]

Originally Posted by re404 And this is in my /etc/chromium-browser/default # Default settings for chromium-browser. This file is sourced by /bin/sh from # /usr/bin/chromium-browser # Options to pass to chromium-browser CHROMIUM_FLAGS="--enable-sync"

Works perfectly for me. Thx.

[jensbodal]

To enable browser sync I just added the --enable-sync to the end of the shortcut installer, and although it is no longer greyed out and claims my browser is synced, it does not seem to be syncing. I know I have my Chrome browser synced in Windows with 2 computers just fine, and after I enabled it in Ubuntu so far nothing has showed up, maybe it takes longer or maybe I need to do something else.

The feature and all the options are definitely there, just doesn't seem to be working.

[luptinpitman]

Upgraded to 4.0.249.11 and 'Sync my bookmarks' is again disabled (greyed out) with or without --enable-sync. Checked on two different machines one 9.04 and the other 9.10.

[ron5678]

All,

I had problems as you all have discribed recently but resolved it by renaming a directory. In all its a simple five steps.

First, I made /etc/chromium-browser/default contain the right flag (CHROMIUM_FLAGS="--enable-sync").

Second, I had to close chromium and delete the /home/username/.conf/chromium folder. This action loses your prior chromium settings. You might see other chromium related folders that need to deleted under /home/username/.conf and /home/username/.cache/.

Third, launch chromium. The application acts like this is the first time. Go to the wrench and you will see "Sync my bookmarks" enabled. Chose it then it gets straight forward.

Fourth, I made appropriate changes to my browser settings since I'd lost them in step 2.

Final, go to another computer and repeat the steps. This time you should see it get sync.

Hope this helps.

[ron5678]

oops, accidently posted #35 twice. I wish I could delete this.

[luptinpitman]

No such directory exists for me "/etc/chromium-browser/default"

I've reinstalled two machines clean with a fresh install of Chrome and the sync option is grey from the get go so killing an old config file doesn't seem like it would fix the problem anyway.

I am using the Google branded version of Chrome that is installable from Ubuntu Tweak (not that I think the behavior is any different for Chromium).

Thank you for the help.

For the record it looks like other people are seeing the issue as well: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/is...etail?id=28655

[ron5678]

/etc/chromium-browser/default is a file, not a directory. "default" is the file name.

[luptinpitman]

There is no chromium-browser folder under /etc...

Using google-chrome-unstable which obviously creates a different directory structure than a Chromium install, which would explain why I don't have the chromium-browser directory.

But again, the point is moot as a fresh install on a newly installed machine of either Karmic or Jaunty with this particular version disables bookmark sync so deleting any old config files isn't going to have an effect as far as I can see.

I am not the only one seeing the behavior and it appears to affect both google-chrome and chromium installs: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/is...etail?id=28655