Timekpr-nExT

Failed to connect, openSuse Tumbleweed

Asked by Grzegorz

Hello there!
trying to run Timekpr-nExT Administration for the very first time after the install I have got:
Failed to connect, Please reopen the application if you are superuser and Timekpr-nExT is running.

I'm using openSuse Tumbleweed 20230816 with GNOME

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Eduards Bezverhijs (mjasnik) said : 		#1

Please specify version of timekpr you have installed.
Without details it is impossible to help.

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Grzegorz (heretyk) said : 		#2

Hi,

it is 0.5.3, but the same happened on 0.5.1 downloaded from https://software.opensuse.org/package/timekpr-next

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Eduards Bezverhijs (mjasnik) said : 		#3

Please use the version with “(SU)” atvthe start, it should work.
If it does not, maybe timekpr daenonbis not staryed by default in suse.

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Grzegorz (heretyk) said : 		#4

I'm logged as root using "(SU)" version. I can see timekpr.service up and running.

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Eduards Bezverhijs (mjasnik) said : 		#5

So, all good?

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Grzegorz (heretyk) said : 		#6

no, no good, still the same

timekpr.service is up and running in systemctl services, but still when running "(SU)" version I have got "Failed to connect"

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Eduards Bezverhijs (mjasnik) said (last edit ): 		#7

Please gather log files and send them to me. Log file locations are in readme.
Also, try running “sudo timekpra” in terminal, let’s see what comes up.

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Grzegorz (heretyk) said : 		#8

I have logs collected and sent them over to your email

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Eduards Bezverhijs (mjasnik) said (last edit ): 		#9

So, for everyone - the issue and the solution

openSuse, as it turns out, moved files which were needed to get system login/user information to different directory, than the rest.
That's why timekpr does not start, because it looked for file in a well known location and did not find it.

I'll add a search for multiple directories where the file may be and release a fix with next beta and stable version of version 0.5.5.

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Eduards Bezverhijs (mjasnik) said : 		#10

Please check 0.5.5 version in my google drive.

https://mjasnik.gitlab.io/timekpr-next/#installation

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