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Hello,

I have a strange issue (on Garuda linux, Cinnamon DE).

If I launch the program from the application menu, the program starts, but the sync remains blocked on "stage 1/10" and never goes further.

But, if I launch from the command line in a terminal, then everything runs just fine.

Same if I use the original appimage file : If I launch the program by double-clicking the file from the file manager (nemo), the sync remains blocked on "stage 1/10", whereas if I type in a terminal ./kDrive-3.7.9.1-amd64.AppImage, it's OK.

Any suggestions/thoughts about this?

Thanks.

--> Edit : working normally since this morning.

The rendering issue can be resolved by launching kDrive with:

QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb /usr/bin/kDrive

See https://github.com/Infomaniak/desktop-kDrive/issues/880#issuecomment-3325307613

I can confirm that there is a rendering issue with kDrive. This may be due to a combination of Plasma 6.5, Wayland and the Nvidia driver, although I'm unsure about the latter.

I have two machines with this software configuration, but the issue only occurs on one of them.

I configured kDrive in Gnome (Wayland) and it worked.

Furthermore, the problem is not only related to the login window; the entire app has serious rendering issues. For example, some elements are invisible, and the pop-up menu is in the wrong position.

gamescope works also for me

@tr92

Thanks for sharing this temporary workaround.

Confirmed on my side as well — running kDrive through gamescope does bypass the login webview issue (tested with kdrive-bin).

"gamescope /usr/bin/kDrive".

Copy/paste remains unavailable, but the method works fine to complete the initial authentication.

Really appreciate you taking the time to document this while we wait for an official client fix.

found a temporary workaround on github run kdrive through gamescope, login, then re-launch kDrive as normal (I've tested this on both appimage and aur package) text of the github comment below...

"I found a very stupid workaround for this problem, run kDrive through gamescope:

gamescope ./kDrive-3.7.5.20250812-amd64.AppImage

This will make the login webview appear inside the embedded XWayland session (or whatever gamescope creates). It's not great since you can't copy/paste in it, but at least you can log in. After you've logged in once, you can quit the gamescope-wrapped kDrive and use it normally again."

I'm not 3.7.5 and it asks me to connect but doesn't give me a prompt to do it. When I try kDrive --settings I still get the message without the prompt and that in my terminal :

kDrive server starting
sentry_init returned 0
log4cplus:ERROR file is not open: /tmp/kDrive-logdir/20250816_1958_kDrive.log
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::__ios_failure'
  what():  basic_filebuf::_M_convert_to_external conversion error: iostream error
Sentry detected a crash in the app Server(1)
[31845:31845:20250816,195804.926561:ERROR elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[31845:31845:20250816,195804.926779:ERROR elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[31845:31845:20250816,195804.926825:ERROR elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[31845:31845:20250816,195804.926869:ERROR elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[31845:31845:20250816,195804.926909:ERROR elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[31845:31845:20250816,195804.926986:ERROR elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[1]    31835 IOT instruction (core dumped)  kDrive

How can I relogin?

This looks to be related: https://github.com/Infomaniak/desktop-kDrive/issues/880

On my fresh install of Arch with KDE Plasma 6, kDrive will attempt to launch, an icon as if sync was suspended / paused will briefly appear before disappearing.

I tried to launch it via the console, but log only outputs:
kDrive server starting
sentry_init returned 0

The new version should be the 3.7.1

Strange... ok I did it :)