How do I fix "No such secret collection at path: /" for gnome-keyring and Arch Linux?

Question

I'm running Arch Linux. When I try to save credentials using Vinagre (VNC client) it gives me an error:

Error saving credentials on a locked keyring

Cannot create item in a locked collection

I found this guide on the Arch wiki, and followed it. In the troubleshooting section it has:

Ensure that the seahorse package is installed, open it ("Passwords and Keys" in system settings) and select View > By Keyring If there is no keyring in the left column (it will be marked with a lock icon), go to File > New > Password Keyring and give it a name. You will be asked to enter a password. If you do not give the keyring a password it will be unlocked automatically, even when using autologin, but passwords will not be stored securely. Finally, right-click on the keyring you just created and select "Set as default".

When I start up Seahorse it does have a Passwords section with a Login folder with a lock icon to the right of that. Swell, right? Well, nothing really works with that as far as I can tell (no feedback, but apparently I was able to delete it)

When I try to create a new keyring it tells me:

Couldn't add keyring

No such secret collection at path: /

I found this problem with exactly the same message, but ~/.local/share/keyrings has drwxr-xr-x permissions (and has my name and group).

So how do I resolve this error so I can store keys in my keyring?

Edit:

Some further information - after deleting the useless keyring, Vinagre gives me this message instead:

No such interface 'org.freedesktop.Secret.Collection' on object at path /org/freedesktop/secrets/collection/login

Answer 1

I could fix it on my machine by sourcing /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/50-systemd-user.sh from ~/.xinitrc.
The solution was found on https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/46374 because journalctl --this-boot --no-pager | grep -i WARNING showed, that 'org.gnome.keyring.SystemPrompter' failed.

Reference

Answer 2

I had this error in seahorse 3.20.0 on Mint 19 Xfce. I resolved it by creating the following directory in my home:

.local/share/keyrings/

Answer 3

If you still have the No such interface 'org.freedesktop.Secret.Collection' on object at path /org/freedesktop/secrets/collection/login problem, check out:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME/Keyring

If you use the console login make sure to have both the PAM and the .xinitrc commands. Having them both works for me using i3.

Answer 4

I had this issue and before following anything else here, you might want to restart.

Answer 5

While just a workaround rather than a proper fix, but this worked for me: I installed Gnome DE (the gnome package on Archlinux), then logged into "Gnome Wayland" session, launched an app that would want to store a password to the keyring (in my case that was evolution), and stored the password.

Afterwards the error is gone, secret-tool no longer hangs, and keyring started storing passwords in other DEs as well.

Apparently Gnome does some initial configuration that isn't automated when used from other DEs (e.g. in my case it's KDE with i3).