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4 years agoBrowser and desktop app sync not working.
Hi,
I have a DELL XPS 13 laptop, ubuntu 22.04 kernel 5.15.0-46-generic - I use KDE as a DE with i3 as window manager.
Syncing between the app and browser(s) doesn't work. I downloaded deb file ...
AliH1P
1Password Team
4 years agoHey @bravedistribution, I apologize for our delayed response.
If your browser has been installed from Flatpak or Snap, it's sandboxed from other processes meaning that the communication between the 1Password browser extension and the main app can't take place. To allow the browser extension to lock and unlock along with the main 1Password app, you'll need to install a browser from a source like deb or rpm, depending on your distribution.
Regarding Native Messaging support in Firefox Snap, this is definitely something our team has been waiting for. Although I don't have any timelines to share, this is on our radar and hopefully this distribution now includes what we need to allow the main app and browser extension to communicate.
Brave have instructions on how to install through deb here: Installing Brave on Linux | Brave Browser
Before completing those steps, you'll need to run flatpak remove brave or similar.
Similarly, Firefox has been switched to Snap by default. So using the apt command installs the Snap version. You can find steps to install Firefox from a deb package here: How to Install Firefox as Classic DEB App on Ubuntu 22.04
Let me know if that resolves the issue for you!
Ali