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kahnmeither
Asked: 2020-07-07 14:56:53 +0800 CST

Why I'm facing this problem "The application Passwords and Keys has closed unexpectedly" and how to solve it?

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Error message screenshot

Details:

About the installation: Ubuntu 20.04 - Clean installation with this options:

  • Minimal installation
  • Custom partitions
  • Download updates while installing
  • Install third-party software
  • Wayland session

I've also tried reinstalling without luck. It appears about one or five minutes after login in. The updates are up to date.

system-installation gnome seahorse wayland 20.04

3 Answers

  1. I think Password and Keys is the "seahorse" application (?). You might want to file a bug report over there, they might be able to help.

    https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/seahorse/-/issues

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  2. Copy '/usr/share/gnupg' to your home directory sudo cp -r /usr/share/gnupg ~/.gnupg and then reboot and see if that works.

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  3. I fixed this by removing my .gnupg directory from my home folder.

    rm -rf ~/.gnupg

    You might want just move it instead of deleting it so you have a backup though. After restart it had regenerated a new .gnupg folder. Even though I had deleted it, I still have all my saved passwords/logins available in Seahorse.

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