Solved Passwords

Ayespy

@flaken It would make no difference. The fault is with a corrupted login data file, and uninstalling/reinstalling will not touch that - unless you care to lose all your user data, in which case a total wipe and a clean install would replace that one defective file.

Flaken

So much for that then!

I'm a noob with terminal and tried entering the
/home/XXXX/.config/vivaldi/Default to which it comes back as

/home/XXXX/.config/vivaldi/Default: Is a directory

How do I get into that directory?

guigirl

@flaken Oh no, whilst you can do it in terminal, you don't have to. Pls tell me, what is your Linux distro & desktop environment?

Flaken

Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
Not sure what you mean by "desktop environment".

guigirl

@flaken GNOME, KDE, Xfce, MATE, Budgie, Deepin, etc.

Anyway, if your Ubuntu is standard, it will use GNOME, so your graphical file manager in your applications overview is iirc Files [or maybe it's called Thunar?].

I use KDE, whose f/m is Dolphin, & this is similar to what you're looking for:

If you use V Stable not Snapshot, just adjust your path accordingly as you browse in your f/m.

Flaken

@flaken said in Passwords:

desktop environment

Gnome

guigirl

@flaken

Flaken

OK, completely lost now. How do I get to that?

guigirl

@flaken Do you mean you need help in how to use the GNOME f/m?

If yes, then gee, that's going a bit off-topic, but as a one off i could fire up one of my GNOME VMs & copy a screenshot for you. However, not trying to be rude, but basic things like this really should be on your urgent To Do Learning list IMO...

Alternatively, & maybe much simpler, going back to your terminal...

Close V, then in terminal enter

mv '/home/XXXX/.config/vivaldi/Default/Login Data' '/home/XXXX/.config/vivaldi/Default/Login Data_DODGY'

then relaunch V. All passwords will be lost, but unless there's other damage, all new passwords should successfully save & display.

Flaken

I have absolutely no problems with all of you laughing at my ignorance of the inner workings of Ubuntu. If you want something even better, I've been using Ubuntu since 2007 as my only OS. Or something even funnier, I got my degree in computers back in 1984, but never worked in the field.

Ubuntu just simply works for me. I very seldom use terminal and have never have had the need to use a file manager of any sort.

I just tried using your suggestion and off to see if it worked.

guigirl

@flaken said in Passwords:

all of you laughing

Not laughing. Just a bit surprised.

Flaken

Oh, believe me, I'm chuckling heartily. Others should enjoy the chuckle, too.

As I said, I tried your suggestion and checked in Settings to see if it worked. It appears that it did as there is now passwords back in that I can view if needed. Now the fun begins as I attempt to get all the passwords back.

Thank you very much for the help everyone has given me!