Desktop environment wasn't detected (i3 with x11)

[goproslowyo]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version:

$ code-insiders --version
1.80.0-insider
39efe30bfc8e196f5be2119479092bd9eb83e174
x64

• OS Version:

$ cat /etc/os-release 
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 23.04"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="23.04"
VERSION="23.04 (Lunar Lobster)"
VERSION_CODENAME=lunar
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
UBUNTU_CODENAME=lunar
LOGO=ubuntu-logo

Steps to Reproduce:

Following the request on https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/blob/vnext/docs/editor/settings-sync.md#troubleshooting-keychain-issues to open a bug if my desktop environment wasn't detected. First off, if your desktop environment wasn't detected, please open an issue on VS Code with the verbose logs from above. This is important for us to support additional desktop configurations:

1. VERBOSE1:key_storage_util_linux.cc(54)] Password storage detected desktop environment: (unknown)
   My setup is i3 with x11 running on Ubuntu 23.04.

[TylerLeonhardt]

Thanks for opening this. Just to check, using the docs were you able to unblock yourself by following the workaround steps:
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/blob/vnext/docs/editor/settings-sync.md#other-linux-desktop-environments

@deepak1556 I think this issue is for you but please let me know if you need me for anything.

[goproslowyo]

Thanks for opening this. Just to check, using the docs were you able to unblock yourself by following the workaround steps: microsoft/vscode-docs@vnext/docs/editor/settings-sync.md#other-linux-desktop-environments

@deepak1556 I think this issue is for you but please let me know if you need me for anything.

Hey @TylerLeonhardt -- yep using --password-store="gnome" works properly (and had added those to the argv.json file for the time being...). I do see gnome-keyring-daemon in the background and launching seahorse properly shows my keyring as well.

[Abastro]

Not the same setup, but I have the same problem with X11+XMonad on Ubuntu 23.04. I checked that gnome-keyring-daemon is running properly. Why is vscode trying to detect desktop environment here?

[TylerLeonhardt]

@Abastro to determine what strategy to use to access the keyring on your machine. Can you and @goproslowyo please provide the full log output so we can see if there's anything else interesting in there?

[Jerry-Terrasse]

Hey @TylerLeonhardt, I'm encountered with the same issue on Manjaro 23.0.0 with i3wm.
here is my full log if it could help.

[TylerLeonhardt]

Let's fold this in to #187338 since that has more comments and is the same root cause.

[TylerLeonhardt]

/duplicate #187338

[vscodenpa]

Thanks for creating this issue! We figured it's covering the same as another one we already have. Thus, we closed this one as a duplicate. You can search for similar existing issues. See also our issue reporting guidelines.

Happy Coding!