Can't log into github desktop

[mei1212123]

Describe the bug

When logging into GitHub desktop the application hangs

Version & OS

2.9.9-linux2 (github-desktop-bin on the aur)
Arch Linux (fresh install)

What I've tried

2 browsers (firefox and brave)
Reinstalling the program
adding:

source /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/50-systemd-user.sh &
eval $(/usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --start) &
export SSH_AUTH_SOCK &

assuming it was a keyring issue (which it wasnt)

Images of what happened

[yasanglass]

I have the same issue with Fedora 35. Tried both RPM & Flatpak. This is a fresh Fedora install but I didn't have this issue a month ago on the same system and os.

Not sure what exactly you meant by "hangs" but my app is responsive. But just gets stuck in the state of waiting for the login. It never ends but I can easily cancel it.

[VanderlyBelo]

I'm going thru the same issue too. The application gets stuck, always waiting for the login, just after the authorization and redirection by the browser. It's possible to cancel, but the process of syncing never ends. Here are my pieces of information so far:

• Os System and versions:
  Github Desktop 2.9.9-linux2
  Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS

• What I've tried so far:
  Installation by line code (2.9.6)
  Download and install Deb packages (.deb) direct from Github Shiftkey profile (I've tried several versions from 2.9.6 until 2.9.9 yet, and counting.)(uninstall and reinstall)
  Changing default browsers (I've tried Chrome, Firefox, and Chromium)

• Images:

• It is working now!

After the attempts described before, I only typed some commands such as auto-remove, update, and upgrade before turning the system off, and when I turned it on again, the application was working perfectly. I did not realize what exactly happened but now, the application is working smoothly. The last installation was made by the command line.

I hope this can help somehow. Thanks!

[Alessandro-filho]

I had the same problem and the solution was to have version 2.6.6 installed and from that I was able to log in, then just go to the synapics package manager and run update, then go to 2.9.6 already logged in.

[osbm]

I have a manjaro system(installed today).
I tried both github-desktop and github-desktop-git on AUR. Both does not work it just stays in this

pop up. I tried firefox and chrome.

It opens a link and that link tries to open immediately with github-desktop app. The browser page doesn't even open.

[lidarbtc]

@VanderlyBelo
delete 2.9.9
install 2.9.6 and it's work!
very thanks you
thank you for your help

[mwt]

Note: These reports are mostly about Arch Linux. This is probably just because 2.9.9 is in the AUR but is not yet in the deb/rpm repos.

Update: Yes. Definitely not an Arch-specific issue.

[liaoliaots]

@VanderlyBelo thanks, version 2.9.6 works fine.

[navalex]

Also have the same issue. I'm running the app on Kubuntu 20.04, my Github-Desktop app is on v2.9.9, tried with both Chrome and Firefox, the app just hang infinitely. Didn't found any workaround.

[andersenthomas]

Can't seem to get this working on my Ubuntu 20.04 even with v2.9.6 AppImage. Gettting an "Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.secrets: Timeout was reached" error message. Using FireFox by the way.

[whitetechnologies]

Same issue with Ubuntu 20.04 on v.2.9.9. Please fix : )

UPDATE: Using 2.9.6 works fine

Was using .deb in both cases

[tom-ricci]

Same issue on Ubuntu 21.09 and v2.2.9

[JamesMcCullochDickens]

@tom-ricci did you find a fix for this problem for Ubuntu?

[tom-ricci]

@tom-ricci did you find a fix for this problem for Ubuntu?

I just downgraded to v2.9.6 for now.