On Tuesday 13 Dec 2016 11:35:33 Jörg Schaible wrote: > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 11:10:31 AM Jörg Schaible wrote: > >> Peter Humphrey wrote: > >> > Hello list, > >> > > >> > Until this morning I've had no real problems with KMail and co. for > >> > quite a while, but something's upset the wallet system so that my > >> > password is no longer recognised when I start KMail-2. This is what > >> > I've tried: > >> > > >> > 1. Re-created a blank /home partition and restored from yesterday's > >> > backup. (Yesterday's setup was working nicely.) > >> > No difference, so: > >> > > >> > 2. Deleted ~/kde4/share/apps/kwallet (while not running live) and > >> > rebooted. No difference there either. > >> > > >> > Is there something I can restore from backup to enable me to use the > >> > wallet again - perhaps something in /etc/ssl or /var/tmp? Maybe I need > >> > to remerge the wallet packages, or maybe I'll have to create an > >> > entirely new user for myself. I hoped I'd seen the last of that kind of > >> > masochism. > >> > > >> > In case it's relevant, the appearance of this problem coincided with a > >> > new kernel, 4.9.0, which I compiled as usual and rebooted. I just got a > >> > blank screen. I had to revert to 4.8.14 and rebuild the associated > >> > modules before I could boot, and then fsck ran to check all the file > >> > systems. > >> > >> Just in case: Did you activate kwallet-pam? > > > > I don't think this is a requirement. I have this disabled and need to > > enter the password twice. Once for kwallet-4 and once for kwallet-5. > > No, that's the point: If you enable it, all kwallet-4 based apps will fail. > At least until 5.7. I've not tested 5.8 yet. > > Cheers, > Jörg
This is what works here without any problems:
$ eix -l kwallet
[I] kde-apps/kwalletd
Available versions:
(4)
16.04.3 (4/16.04)^t [aqua debug gpg]
[M]~ 16.04.3-r1 (4/16.04)^t [aqua debug gpg] Michael Palimaka
<[email protected]> (12 Nov 2016) Depends on masked app-crypt/gpgme[cxx]
Installed versions: 16.04.3(4)^t(10:27:17 08/20/16)(-aqua -debug -gpg)
Homepage: https://www.kde.org/
Description: KDE Password Server
[I] kde-apps/kwalletmanager
Available versions:
(4)
15.04.3-r1 (4/15.04) [aqua debug +handbook]
(5)
16.04.3 [debug +handbook]
~ 16.04.3-r1 [debug +handbook]
~ 16.08.3 [debug +handbook]
Installed versions: 16.04.3(5)(09:27:22 08/20/16)(handbook -debug)
Homepage: https://www.kde.org/
Description: KDE Wallet management tool
[I] kde-apps/signon-kwallet-extension
Available versions:
(5)
16.04.3 [debug]
~ 16.08.3 [debug]
Installed versions: 16.04.3(5)(08:51:14 08/20/16)(-debug)
Homepage: https://01.org/gsso/
Description: KWallet extension for signond
[I] kde-frameworks/kwallet
Available versions:
(5)
5.26.0 (5/5.26) [debug gpg +man test]
~ 5.28.0 (5/5.28) [debug gpg +man test]
[M]~ 5.28.0-r1 (5/5.28) [debug gpg +man test] Michael Palimaka
<[email protected]> (12 Nov 2016) Depends on masked app-crypt/gpgme[cxx]
Installed versions: 5.26.0(5)(15:11:59 10/15/16)(man -debug -gpg -test)
Homepage: https://www.kde.org/
Description: Framework providing desktop-wide storage for
passwords
[I] kde-plasma/kwallet-pam
Available versions:
(5)
5.8.3 [debug +oldwallet]
~ 5.8.4 [debug +oldwallet]
Installed versions: 5.8.3(5)(10:46:42 12/10/16)(oldwallet -debug)
Homepage: https://www.kde.org/
Description: KWallet PAM module to not enter password again
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Regards,
Mick
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