Ferdi: Enable Password Lock - crash Ferdi

[aurelien-castel]

Bug description:
Enabling Password Lock make the app unusable

Steps to reproduce:

1. Go to Settings
2. Click on Enable Password Lock
3. Click on Reload
4. The app is unusable stucked on a purple screen (even after reloading)

Expected behavior
The app should not be stucked

Screenshots
After clicking on Enable Password Lock:

After clicking on Reload:

Environment:

• Operating System: Linux (Pop OS 20.04)
• Ferdi Version: 5.5.0
• Server: Using without an account

• Debug information:
  Sorry can't get it (clicking on ?>Copy Debug Information doesn't paste any information).
  If anyone has this problem I solved it by deleting the .var/app/com.getferdi.Ferdi file

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[ogarsan]

Im having the same issue but my screen is black, i guess it's because i had the black mode activated.
Did you manage a way to get it working back again?
Even if it's without the locking feature.
TY

[aurelien-castel]

Hi, try to delete your Ferdi user data folder and relaunch Ferdi. On Windows, maybe in AppData doing Win+R and entering %appdata%. I don't know on Mac.

[ogarsan]

Hi thank you, i managed to fix it. For reference I'm using Fedora, i went to /home/USER/.config/Ferdi/config/ and opened the settings.json file, then i changed the "lockingFeatureEnabled": option back to false, that fixed it without having to set my whole profile again.

[kelmee]

Hi, try to delete your Ferdi user data folder and relaunch Ferdi. On Windows, maybe in AppData doing Win+R and entering %appdata%. I don't know on Mac.

This fixed my issue (Permanently blacked out after selecing the lock feature #917).
I went to appdata and just deleted the whole folder, on reopening I got a fresh login screen.
I wonder if this happen only when you are in no-account mode?

[kelmee]

Any word on whether this might be fixable?
The locking feature was a primary decision factor for me trying Ferdi

[sam1am]

You don't need to delete your entire ferdi folder in appdata. Go to AppData\Roaming\Ferdi\config and edit the settings.json file.

Make sure the lockingFeatureEnabled line says "false"

"lockingFeatureEnabled": false,

Also looking forward to a fix for this!

[Sanjay-marwal]

The same issue, I found but I got my profile back after using the aforementioned methods. Regards

[magjogui]

ok, but this means that you cant use the password setting when you are using no account needed?.
I am using ferdi on fedora 31

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