I'm using Ubuntu Maverick (Gnome), a month ago I updated like usual whenever Update Manager informed me of new updates. The thing that happened is that a program called kdewallet
got installed on my machine, and every time I try to do something that requires password like svn
, it pops up and starts getting really annoying. How can I get rid of it? It's not even in the Synaptic Package Manager.
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You tagged it "kde", are you using Gnome or KDE? (just to be sure, kde could be a dependency of an other program)– LekensteynJun 6, 2011 at 8:48
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2As far as I know, Ubuntu uses Gnome and Kubuntu uses KDE. Is that right? and I don't really know why a program called kde-something is running on my computer!– David WengJun 7, 2011 at 0:29
5 Answers
KDE Wallet is a core part of KDE, it's in the package kdebase-runtime
.
To disable it run kcmshell4 kwalletconfig
and continue at step 3 or start from the beginning:
- Start System setings
- Open Account Details
- Go to the "KDE Wallet" tab
- Uncheck Enable the KDE Wallet subsystem
- Click
Apply
to apply the changes and close the settings window.
To get a list of the programs that depends on the kdebase-runtime
package, run:
apt-cache --no-enhances --no-suggests --no-recommends --installed rdepends kdebase-runtime
On Ubuntu, the output shows just "kdebase-runtime [newline] Reverse Depends:". On Kubuntu, a whole list follows.
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3I can't find this
System settings
you're talking about, I'm using Ubuntu, don't know if it's the case in Kubuntu! Jun 7, 2011 at 0:26 -
1@David Weng: try running the
kcmshell4 kwalletconfig
command directly. Could you paste the output ofapt-cache --no-enhances --no-suggests --no-recommends --installed rdepends kdebase-runtime
on paste.ubuntu.com and add that link in a comment? Jun 7, 2011 at 7:34 -
1This works for some applications but not chrome. I think because there are multiple kwallets floating around. See superuser.com/questions/994551/…– jozxyqkNov 2, 2015 at 2:30
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I got rid of the "KDE Wallet System" dialog (whenever I started Chrome) as follows:
Edit
~/.config/kwalletrc
(see note below), and add[Wallet] Enabled=false
Kill the kdewallet daemon:
pkill kdewallet5
(orkillall kdewallet5
)
I found this option when I looked through the source code (on kde.org or at the Github mirror).
If putting kwalletrc
in ~/.config
does not work, then your system probably uses a different directory for storing configuration files. The config file is created in a directory identified by QStandardPaths::GenericConfigLocation
, so I used qtpaths
to look up the path (~/.config
= /home/rob/.config
in my case):
$ qtpaths --paths GenericConfigLocation
/home/rob/.config:/etc/xdg
Note: if you don't want to completely disable kwallet, but only for Chrome, you can use the --password-store=basic
flag as I explained at Disable kwallet popups from chrome. If you start Chrome via a wrapper script or shortcut, I recommend using --password-store=basic
in case you need kwallet for something else. I disabled kwalletd instead of using this flag because I develop Chrome, and it's inconvenient to add this flag all the time when I run ./chrome
.
(Tested on ArchLinux, but it should also work on Ubuntu. Use sudo apt-get install qttools5-dev-tools
if you want to use qtpaths
to find the configuration directory).
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I executed:
- Start System settings.
- Go to the Advanced tab.
- Press KDE Wallet icon.
- Uncheck Enable the KDE Wallet subsystem.
OS: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS.
In Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty), step (2) is now "Go to Account Details"
I use Ubuntu 16.04.LTS and found the 'kdwalletrc' file in this path
~/.kde/share/config/kdwalletrc
Switch the option 'Enable' from 'true' to 'false' to disable kdeWallet
[Wallet]
Close When Idle=false
Enabled=false
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When I look on my 16.04 system, I see ~/.kde/share/ but there is no config directory. I still have the KDE wallet system prompting me every time I reboot.– JohnJun 21, 2017 at 4:11
Disable password required notification Kwallet
RESUME
KDE menu => system preferences => notifications => wallet (dropdown) => password required option => show popup (uncheck) => reboot.
DESCRIPTION
I'm spanish and maybe the options could have another translation.
I use KDE Plasma 5.12. Open the KDE menu and search "system preferences" and click on it. Now search for "notifications". At top right of the window you could see a dropdown, in my case, I had already choosen "accesibility" option, then change it and choose "wallet". The last step, click on "password required" option and uncheck show pop up or something similar (at bottom). Save and reboot, done :-).
Hope it helps and you can disable this annoying notifications.