GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 746899
Gnome Shell Extensions
Last modified: 2015-03-27 21:57:07 UTC
"We cannot detect a running copy of GNOME on this system, so some parts of the interface may be disabled. See our troubleshooting entry for more information." When I go the this link --> https://extensions.gnome.org/ I get the message above in red. I have checked the 'click-to-play' feature of my browser and it is disabled. I have checked to see if 'unzip' is on my path, and it is. I am running Ubuntu Gnome 14.04 LTS, amd64. This worked in the past, since I have installed gnome extensions previously.
Are you using Chrome/Chromium?
I was using Chrome. I tried Firefox, my backup browser, and was able to get to the Gnome Extensions page, so I have a backup.
Thanks for taking the time to report this. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 727936 ***