Ah, thanks, so it is definitely in the works on the upgrade to 26. Just a note to anyone else coming across this, the changelog is available here: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~cmiller/chromium-browser/ppa-state- stable-lucid/revision/743 as "* Use Google API keys in Ubuntu, as approved by Paweł Hajdan @ Google."
As I've needed geolocation working for development purposes right now, I found a workaround by setting up my own Google API Key, as of this link: http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/api-keys Run the following lines (with the keys you get from the above list) or put in and run "source x" from a file: export GOOGLE_API_KEY=<API key> export GOOGLE_DEFAULT_CLIENT_ID=<Client Id> export GOOGLE_DEFAULT_CLIENT_SECRET=<Client secret> Then shutdown chromium (Use the Menu->Exit command to completely shut it down) and start it back up, and geolocation will still work. This should suffice until the update to version 26 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of UBUNTU - AL - BR, which is subscribed to Chromium Browser. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1174414 Title: Geolocation not working in Chromium Status in Chromium Browser: Unknown Status in “chromium-browser” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: navigator.geolocation in Ubuntu's chromium-browser package is not working. Easiest way to see what's wrong is to go to http://html5demos.com/geo According to developers from chromium.org, it's a packaging issue. I've linked to the bug report and google group post below. But here's the post: #7 [email protected] This is a packaging issue on Ubuntu side. The Ubuntu packagers should contact me (it's not obvious from their pages whom I should contact) about this. According to forum and issues post, this started happening sometime after February 20, 2013. Release info: $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS Release: 10.04 $ apt-cache policy chromium-browser chromium-browser: Installed: 25.0.1364.160-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 Also seen on a co-worker's Ubuntu 13.04 install. What is expected: When browsing to http://html5demos.com/geo and allowing the site to see your location, you should get a google map with your location started. This is working in Google Chrome 26.0.1410.64 on Windows 7 32-bit, and in Firefox 20.0 in Ubuntu 10.04 and on Firefox in Ubuntu 13.04. What is happening: Getting "failed" on page, with Links: Test site: http://html5demos.com/geo Google Project Issue: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=179686 Google Groups post: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/chromium-html5/UCPBx33MW_s/5JtyVMQhklcJ I'll attach screenshots later To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/chromium-browser/+bug/1174414/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~linux-traipu Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~linux-traipu More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
