Bitwarden copying password

andiskufi

Hi,
I can't copy password from Bitwarden and paste them to Firefox or anywhere else.
I used to work on the Flatpak version that I had before but I decided to use the version on the repo and it's not working as it should. Can someone have a look?
Thanks

brent

andiskufi
In KeepassXC, which I use in an offline capacity as it appears you do, has CTRL+B as it's cut and paste login, and CTRL+C as it's cut and paste password. Both with a tiny window of staying alive for about 5 seconds as you toggle from their app to the browser login fields to paste..

if you can do this in Chrome instead of FF, then it's a FF problem and you've at least ruled something out.

if it fails in both, then you have a repo package problem, but is it a timeout problem as mentioned above?

if flatpak worked flawlessly, why did you switch to repo version? or are you saying it worked in Flatpak until recently? like yesterday? if that's the case that's the 4th flatpak horror story I've read here in 24 hours...if this doesn't match your situation please disregard.

see anything else about this on the internet? (bitwarden plus no cut and paste)

you have to start eliminating variables here to sharpen the diagnosis/prognosis, as it were.

...of course the first person to replicate your problem will nullify all my hypotheses🙂.

Harvey

Could not reproduce on a Plasma wayland session.

andiskufi

Thank you both for your input, you guided me on the right direction.
After removing the flatpak version, I didn't clean any leftover so the 2 version were conflicting somewhere.
I uninstalled the version from the repo, cleaned every trace of Bitwarden from the system from both the flatpak and the repo version and reinstalled from the repo. Working as it should now.
How to mark it solved?

brent

andiskufi makes me wonder how many problems really do come from cross-contamination (same app in two or more forms, common folders, etc)?
edit: I have 3 Zooms..if I uninstall all and nuke every single folder, file, cache or temp remnant, and hiding place and start fresh....

Bhibb

andiskufi Hey there, I'm having this same issue with Bitwarden off and on. Sometimes it will copy paste just fine, then other times it won't.

In your response above you mentioned that you 'cleaned every trace of Bitwarden from the system': could you elaborate a little about what steps you took to achieve this? I'm curious if your same work around could work for my issue.

PS: I have had both Flatpak and repo version installed, but now only have the repo version installed.

Cheers!

Axios

brent Could not hurt dont think their is any important user data there.
Remb our winders days..

andiskufi

@brent I never really thought it could be an issue. But when trying to find out what was wrong, I realised that the icon on the menu was from the flatpak version but was pointing and opening the repo version which was installed and I don't really know how things were mixing up even more so I believe the best solution is to keep only one version but before deciding which, delete every trace of the app.

brent

Bhibb I would agree with @andiskufi that search function (I originate in System Files to see all, not /home) is thorough and best for a search and destroy file mission.

sudo rm -r /home/folderA/fileB.txt for the stubborn app residue. edit--format

andiskufi

@Bhibb Hi. Don't remember every directory I deleted to be honest. Use the search function on your file manager. I remember that flatpak files are under /home/yourusername/.var/app/ , also from the repo should be here /usr/share/ . Another important step is that after you have deleted everything, reinstall from the repo and the file you should use to open the app should be "bitwarden-desktop" located here /usr/share/bitwarden-desktop/. I manually added the entry on my menu pointing on that file. Hope this helps you.