Re: signal-desktop breaks after upgrading kdewallet from 5 to 6

From	Nick Sal <specialroumpa@proton.me>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.maint.kde
Subject	Re: signal-desktop breaks after upgrading kdewallet from 5 to 6
Date	2025-11-21 18:20 +0100
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This file in my case contains "safeStorageBackend": "kwallet6"
I tried changing to "safeStorageBackend": "kwallet5" but no luck since kwallet5 is no longer installed.

On Friday, November 21st, 2025 at 10:24 AM, Shai Berger <shai@platonix.com> wrote:

> Look at a file named ~/.config/Signal/config.json
> 
> There's a line there that says
> 
> "safeStorageBackend": "kwallet5"
> 
> Change that to
> 
> "safeStorageBackend": "kwallet6"
> 
> I think it was mentioned here at some point -- I wish I remembered who
> to credit, because I didn't come up with this myself.
> 
> Good luck!

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signal-desktop breaks after upgrading kdewallet from 5 to 6 Nick Sal <specialroumpa@proton.me> - 2025-11-21 07:50 +0100
  Re: signal-desktop breaks after upgrading kdewallet from 5 to 6 Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2025-11-21 08:40 +0100
  Re: signal-desktop breaks after upgrading kdewallet from 5 to 6 Shai Berger <shai@platonix.com> - 2025-11-21 11:40 +0100
    Re: signal-desktop breaks after upgrading kdewallet from 5 to 6 "tv.debian" <tv.debian@googlemail.com> - 2025-11-21 12:20 +0100
    Re: signal-desktop breaks after upgrading kdewallet from 5 to 6 Nick Sal <specialroumpa@proton.me> - 2025-11-21 18:20 +0100

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