Kwallet stops working

[Oliver Gerlach]

Binary package hint: kwalletmanager

Hello everyone.
My KWallet suddendly stopped working. I first noticed the change when trying to access my E-Mails via Kontact and was asked for a password. I entered the password manually and after closing Kontact is complained about a missing KWallet. However, the wallet manager is running.I opened the manager to check and there was no wallet open. A .kwl file is present in ~/.kde/share/apps/kwallet. I tried to delete the kwallet-folder with the .kwl file and create a new wallet. Creating a new wallet did no work. No error occured, the menu item just did not react.

Kwallet did work at the start of the system when kopete requested access. However, kopete does not have access neither. So I assumed, that my system was corrupted after starting the system. I remembered an update through Adept right after booting. This is the changelog taken from /var/log/dpkg.log

2009-01-06 09:22:50 startup archives unpack
2009-01-06 09:23:38 upgrade libnm-util0 0.6.6-0ubuntu5 0.6.6-0ubuntu5.8.04.1
2009-01-06 09:23:38 status half-configured libnm-util0 0.6.6-0ubuntu5
2009-01-06 09:23:38 status unpacked libnm-util0 0.6.6-0ubuntu5
2009-01-06 09:23:38 status half-installed libnm-util0 0.6.6-0ubuntu5
2009-01-06 09:23:38 status half-installed libnm-util0 0.6.6-0ubuntu5
2009-01-06 09:23:38 status unpacked libnm-util0 0.6.6-0ubuntu5.8.04.1
2009-01-06 09:23:38 status unpacked libnm-util0 0.6.6-0ubuntu5.8.04.1
2009-01-06 09:23:38 upgrade network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu5 0.6.6-0ubuntu5.8.04.1
2009-01-06 09:23:38 status half-configured network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu5
2009-01-06 09:23:38 status unpacked network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu5
2009-01-06 09:23:38 status half-installed network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu5
2009-01-06 09:23:38 status half-installed network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu5
2009-01-06 09:23:39 status unpacked network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu5.8.04.1
2009-01-06 09:23:39 status unpacked network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu5.8.04.1
2009-01-06 09:23:39 upgrade xterm 229-1ubuntu1 229-1ubuntu1.1
2009-01-06 09:23:39 status half-configured xterm 229-1ubuntu1
2009-01-06 09:23:39 status unpacked xterm 229-1ubuntu1
2009-01-06 09:23:39 status half-installed xterm 229-1ubuntu1
2009-01-06 09:23:40 status half-installed xterm 229-1ubuntu1
2009-01-06 09:23:40 status unpacked xterm 229-1ubuntu1.1
2009-01-06 09:23:40 status unpacked xterm 229-1ubuntu1.1
2009-01-06 09:23:41 startup packages configure
2009-01-06 09:23:41 configure libnm-util0 0.6.6-0ubuntu5.8.04.1 0.6.6-0ubuntu5.8.04.1
2009-01-06 09:23:41 status unpacked libnm-util0 0.6.6-0ubuntu5.8.04.1
2009-01-06 09:23:41 status half-configured libnm-util0 0.6.6-0ubuntu5.8.04.1
2009-01-06 09:23:41 status installed libnm-util0 0.6.6-0ubuntu5.8.04.1
2009-01-06 09:23:41 status triggers-pending libc6 2.7-10ubuntu4
2009-01-06 09:23:41 configure network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu5.8.04.1 0.6.6-0ubuntu5.8.04.1
2009-01-06 09:23:41 status unpacked network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu5.8.04.1
2009-01-06 09:23:41 status unpacked network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu5.8.04.1
2009-01-06 09:23:41 status unpacked network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu5.8.04.1
2009-01-06 09:23:41 status unpacked network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu5.8.04.1
2009-01-06 09:23:41 status unpacked network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu5.8.04.1
2009-01-06 09:23:41 status half-configured network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu5.8.04.1
2009-01-06 09:23:43 status installed network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu5.8.04.1
2009-01-06 09:23:43 configure xterm 229-1ubuntu1.1 229-1ubuntu1.1
2009-01-06 09:23:43 status unpacked xterm 229-1ubuntu1.1
2009-01-06 09:23:43 status unpacked xterm 229-1ubuntu1.1
2009-01-06 09:23:43 status unpacked xterm 229-1ubuntu1.1
2009-01-06 09:23:43 status unpacked xterm 229-1ubuntu1.1
2009-01-06 09:23:43 status unpacked xterm 229-1ubuntu1.1
2009-01-06 09:23:43 status half-configured xterm 229-1ubuntu1.1
2009-01-06 09:23:43 status installed xterm 229-1ubuntu1.1
2009-01-06 09:23:43 trigproc libc6 2.7-10ubuntu4 2.7-10ubuntu4
2009-01-06 09:23:43 status half-configured libc6 2.7-10ubuntu4
2009-01-06 09:23:45 status installed libc6 2.7-10ubuntu4

From the packages installed libc6 seems most likely of being source of the bug. I cannot proof it, though. Anyone else experiencing the same problems? BTW, my System is running Kubuntu 8.04.

[Oliver Gerlach (oliver-gerlach)]

I do not exactly know why, but the bug is solved for me. Starting the KDE4 version of KWallet and restarting the system afterwards, solved it.