[Pkg-owncloud-maintainers] Bug#1072382: nextcloud-desktop: Randomly starts, keeps restarting on exit

Roland Hieber rohieb+debian-g9KN6FJU at rohieb.name
Wed May 21 23:39:41 BST 2025 

Package: nextcloud-desktop
Version: 3.16.4-1
Followup-For: Bug #1072382

Hi,

I have the same issue since updating from bookworm to testing/trixie. If I quit
Nextcloud via the context menu of the tray icon, it re-starts after a few
seconds; same if I use 'nextcloud --quit' on the command line.

Additionally; I've noticed log output like the following in journalctl:

    May 21 22:19:09 glados dbus-daemon[1259]: [session uid=1000 pid=1259 pidfd=5] Activating service name='com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud' requested by ':1.909' (uid=1000 pid=793971 comm="/usr/bin/firefox-esr")
    May 21 22:19:09 glados com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud[1791706]: Detected locale "C" with character encoding "ANSI_X3.4-1968", which is not UTF-8.
    May 21 22:19:09 glados com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud[1791706]: Qt depends on a UTF-8 locale, and has switched to "C.UTF-8" instead.
    May 21 22:19:09 glados com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud[1791706]: If this causes problems, reconfigure your locale. See the locale(1) manual
    May 21 22:19:09 glados com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud[1791706]: for more information.
    May 21 22:19:10 glados com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud[1791706]: nextcloud.gui.application: Migrating old config from "/home/rohieb/.local/share/Nextcloud" to "/home/rohieb/.config/Nextcloud"
    May 21 22:19:10 glados com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud[1791706]: nextcloud.gui.application: Failed to move the old config directory to its new location ( "/home/rohieb/.local/share/Nextcloud" to "/home/rohieb/.config/Nextcloud" )
    May 21 22:19:10 glados com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud[1791706]: nextcloud.gui.application: Will move the individual files QList("Nextcloud_sync.log")
    May 21 22:19:10 glados com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud[1791706]: nextcloud.gui.application: Fallback move of  "Nextcloud_sync.log" also failed
    May 21 22:19:10 glados dbus-daemon[1259]: [session uid=1000 pid=1259 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud'

The command name of the activating DBus service varies:

    $ journalctl --user  --since '5 days ago'  | grep "service name='com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud' requested"
    May 19 21:23:57 glados dbus-daemon[1259]: [session uid=1000 pid=1259 pidfd=5] Activating service name='com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud' requested by ':1.117' (uid=1000 pid=14506 comm="/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk")
    May 21 22:19:09 glados dbus-daemon[1259]: [session uid=1000 pid=1259 pidfd=5] Activating service name='com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud' requested by ':1.909' (uid=1000 pid=793971 comm="/usr/bin/firefox-esr")
    May 21 22:19:13 glados dbus-daemon[1259]: [session uid=1000 pid=1259 pidfd=5] Activating service name='com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud' requested by ':1.548' (uid=1000 pid=626253 comm="/usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/variety --next")
    May 21 22:19:26 glados dbus-daemon[1259]: [session uid=1000 pid=1259 pidfd=5] Activating service name='com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud' requested by ':1.117' (uid=1000 pid=14506 comm="/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk")
    May 21 22:22:31 glados dbus-daemon[1259]: [session uid=1000 pid=1259 pidfd=5] Activating service name='com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud' requested by ':1.909' (uid=1000 pid=793971 comm="/usr/bin/firefox-esr")
    May 21 22:24:40 glados dbus-daemon[1259]: [session uid=1000 pid=1259 pidfd=5] Activating service name='com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud' requested by ':1.117' (uid=1000 pid=14506 comm="/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk")
    May 21 22:29:51 glados dbus-daemon[1259]: [session uid=1000 pid=1259 pidfd=5] Activating service name='com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud' requested by ':1.909' (uid=1000 pid=793971 comm="/usr/bin/firefox-esr")
    May 21 22:30:35 glados dbus-daemon[1259]: [session uid=1000 pid=1259 pidfd=5] Activating service name='com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud' requested by ':1.909' (uid=1000 pid=793971 comm="/usr/bin/firefox-esr")
    May 21 22:32:01 glados dbus-daemon[1259]: [session uid=1000 pid=1259 pidfd=5] Activating service name='com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud' requested by ':1.909' (uid=1000 pid=793971 comm="/usr/bin/firefox-esr")
    May 21 22:34:27 glados dbus-daemon[1259]: [session uid=1000 pid=1259 pidfd=5] Activating service name='com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud' requested by ':1.548' (uid=1000 pid=626253 comm="/usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/variety --next")
    May 21 22:42:18 glados dbus-daemon[1259]: [session uid=1000 pid=1259 pidfd=5] Activating service name='com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud' requested by ':1.909' (uid=1000 pid=793971 comm="/usr/bin/firefox-esr")

I'm not really sure why the DBus service is triggered. Given that all three
apps use GTK, I suspect something about GNOME cloudprovider integration…?

I've removed /usr/share/dbus-1/services/com.nextcloudgmbh.Nextcloud.service for
now, and after rebooting, the problem is no longer present and I can use (and
quit!) nextcloud normally again. (This is more of a workaround than a fix, since
the file will get re-installed again on a package update…)

HTH,

 - Roland

-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers testing-debug
  APT policy: (991, 'testing-debug'), (991, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.12.25-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages nextcloud-desktop depends on:
ii  libc6                                   2.41-7
ii  libcloudproviders0                      0.3.6-2
ii  libgcc-s1                               14.2.0-19
ii  libglib2.0-0t64                         2.84.1-2
ii  libkf6archive6                          6.13.0-1
ii  libkf6guiaddons6                        6.13.0-1
ii  libnextcloudsync0t64                    3.16.4-1
ii  libqt6core6t64                          6.8.2+dfsg-6
ii  libqt6dbus6                             6.8.2+dfsg-6
ii  libqt6gui6                              6.8.2+dfsg-6
ii  libqt6keychain1                         0.15.0-1
ii  libqt6network6                          6.8.2+dfsg-6
ii  libqt6qml6                              6.8.2+dfsg-7
ii  libqt6quick6                            6.8.2+dfsg-7
ii  libqt6quickcontrols2-6                  6.8.2+dfsg-7
ii  libqt6sql6-sqlite                       6.8.2+dfsg-6
ii  libqt6svg6                              6.8.2-3
ii  libqt6webenginecore6                    6.8.2+dfsg-4
ii  libqt6webenginecore6-bin                6.8.2+dfsg-4
ii  libqt6webenginewidgets6                 6.8.2+dfsg-4
ii  libqt6widgets6                          6.8.2+dfsg-6
ii  libssl3t64                              3.5.0-1
ii  libstdc++6                              14.2.0-19
ii  nextcloud-desktop-common                3.16.4-1
ii  nextcloud-desktop-l10n                  3.16.4-1
ii  qml6-module-qt-labs-platform            6.8.2+dfsg-7
ii  qml6-module-qt5compat-graphicaleffects  6.8.2-3+b1
ii  qml6-module-qtmultimedia                6.8.2-8
ii  qml6-module-qtqml                       6.8.2+dfsg-7
ii  qml6-module-qtqml-models                6.8.2+dfsg-7
ii  qml6-module-qtquick                     6.8.2+dfsg-7
ii  qml6-module-qtquick-controls            6.8.2+dfsg-7
ii  qml6-module-qtquick-dialogs             6.8.2+dfsg-7
ii  qml6-module-qtquick-layouts             6.8.2+dfsg-7
ii  qml6-module-qtquick-window              6.8.2+dfsg-7

Versions of packages nextcloud-desktop recommends:
ii  nextcloud-desktop-doc  3.16.4-1

nextcloud-desktop suggests no packages.

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