I've and issue where I can't seem to log into google on my new installation of Ubuntu 23/10. I found it really useful on my old install which was the 22.04LTS but when I go to Settings>Online Accounts and click on the 'Google' option, I'm just getting a blank popup. Would really appreciate if someone could explain where I'm going wrong. Many thanks in advance.
There are two answers here. For your particular issue, I'd check here and here for similar questions that match your symptoms. However, I ran into a second issue immediately afterward that I want to share here in case it comes up for you too.
As arturpio suggested, I was indeed having trouble with an account that has 2FA enabled. After entering my password, that dialog seemed to load forever. However, I wasn't exactly excited to disable 2FA, so I did a bit more digging.
This reddit user in the same predicament tried something that hadn't occurred to me -- right click in the login dialog and hit "Reload." It immediately pushed me on to the 2FA step without any more trouble. Hope this helps!
I have 3 google accounts. Two are not protected with 2-Step Verification (double question), one is activated with this feature.
Since the day the 2-Step Verification was activated, I can not connect (Ubuntu) Gnome to this Google account. The pop-up window freezes after password question and nothing happen.
I was using every feature I can find on Internet, nothing works. Finally I ask myself : why two account connect to Gnome without problem and only one freezes?
The one sole and unique difference between those 3 accounts was this 2-Step Verification. So, simply, I deactivated it in the account. And, it solved the Ubuntu/Gnome connection problem instantaneously.
That is this. The solution is simple: do not use 2-Step Verification with Google...
