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KeePass2 won't start in Ubuntu 12.04 after package install

Bug #1239454 reported by umoser
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Bug Description

The KeePass2 package for Debian/Ubuntu provided with 12.04 and as well as the ppa package install KeePass2 with "keepass2 --auto-type" in Unity launcher. This way keepass2 won't start. Trying this command in a terminal window yields the same result. Keepass2 terminates immediately without any comment. Just calling keepass2 and changing the menu entry to not contain --auto-type works and auto-type also works. Seems it is default and the command line option is no longer recognized.

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Julian Taylor (jtaylor) wrote :

the package does not use --auto-type in its .desktop file or the starting script.
$ grep Exec /usr/share/applications/keepass2.desktop
Exec=keepass2

are you sure you don't have some local setting interfering? (e.g. in ~/.local/share/applications)

Changed in keepass2 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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kasi (adnc15) wrote :

I have the same issue on Kubuntu 13.10:
mono /usr/lib/keepass2/KeePass.exe => Works
mono /usr/lib/keepass2/KeePass.exe --auto-type => close without error in terminal

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Julian Taylor (jtaylor) wrote :

--auto-type is not used anywhere in packaging, it must be a local setting that is interfering

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umoser (ulrich-moser) wrote :

This was an error in the setup. I don't know how it happened but it did not happen any more when installing KeePass2 on several other Ubuntu machines. Drop the bug.

Changed in keepass2 (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Fix Committed
Julian Taylor (jtaylor)
Changed in keepass2 (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Invalid
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evgenymsc (evgeny-msc) wrote :

I confirm this bug.
Reinstalling and removing config file doesn't fixes problem.

Ubuntu 12.04. Keepass 2.24.

Changed in keepass2 (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → Confirmed
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Dominik (dominik.k) wrote :

I'm also experiencing that KeePass is not starting anymore. I think it started with the update to 2.27 (2.27+dfsg-1~ubuntu12.04~ppa1 -> Julian Taylors PPA).

How can I contribute with logs helpful to investigate it?

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Julian Taylor (jtaylor) wrote :

what error message do you get when you start it from the terminal?
does reverting back to the regular repository version fix it?
I currently don't have a precise machine available, but it works for me in a chroot on a trusty host.

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Dominik (dominik.k) wrote :

Hmm, confusing:
As I reported it, it just didn't start *without* any message in the terminal. So, I used version 2.18+dfsg-2 (from Ubuntu 12.04 repository) instead.
Now I just reinstalled 2.27+dfsg-1~ubuntu12.04~ppa1 to test again and it's working fine :-)
Maybe the older version repaired or replaced a config file. Actually that couldn't be the case because I used apt-get purge.

If it would be the case again, what logs would be helpful, if there's no error message in the terminal?

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EliCoten (launchpad-elicoten) wrote :

This just happened to me on Ubuntu 17.04, although it's the first time its happened in ages - at least a year maybe even two years.

Anyway when this happens to me, I find that killing the process called cli using ps aux | grep cli or just sudo killall /usr/bin/cli seems to fix it. Then I can open KeePass normally after that.

So must be some kind of rare hang during KeePass' initialisation which leaves it running but not visible.

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