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    From William Unruh@2:250/1 to All on Wed Dec 31 21:19:31 2025
    I would like to switch from chrome to chromium for my browser. However
    there is a huge hrdle-- namely chromium does not allow me to save
    passwords, etc.If I transfer my chrome passwords to chromium, the
    passwords are there (eg password Manager shows them all). But if I
    reboot, nothing is there.
    /etc/pam.d/sddm-autologin:-session optional pam_kwallet5.so auto_start /etc/pam.d/sddm:-auth optional pam_kwallet5.so
    /etc/pam.d/sddm:-auth optional pam_kwallet.so
    /etc/pam.d/sddm:-session optional pam_kwallet5.so auto_start /etc/pam.d/sddm:-session optional pam_kwallet.so auto_start


    I tried putting in .config/chromium-flags.conf in my home directory with --password-store=kwallet5

    , but that did not help.

    s there any help available?

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  • From Mike Easter@2:250/1 to All on Thu Jan 1 02:44:07 2026
    William Unruh wrote:
    I would like to switch from chrome to chromium for my browser. However
    there is a huge hrdle-- namely chromium does not allow me to save
    passwords, etc.I

    I didn't have a Mageia or chromium up, so I booted a live MX and
    installed chromium there and was able to enable the setting to ask for password, which was NOT the default.

    Then I booted a live Mageia and went thru' a little dance to get more
    packages listed so that I could add the tainted. I don't like how Mageia handles the default condition of a live boot; I was able to 'get past'
    its backward condition and install chromium after I added tainted.

    Then I opened the Mageia chromium and approached the process of enabling
    the pw manager similar to how I did it in MX, but I found that the
    Mageia chromium already had that condition 'offer to save passwords'
    already enabled, perhaps because I had enabled the encryption which I
    had not done in MX.

    --
    Mike Easter

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  • From Mike Easter@2:250/1 to All on Thu Jan 1 02:59:16 2026
    Mike Easter wrote:
    I don't like how Mageia handles the default condition of a live boot

    I don't think it 'wise' of the Mageia dev/s to make their distro an 'unfriendly' live boot.

    There are a great many people who like to 'sample' distro/s as they are released by booting them live.

    If Mageia is a difficult odd-ball which doesn't perform conventionally
    under the simple condition of being booted live, and the user has to
    learn some 'crazy' sekrit handshake to be able to install a package in a
    live boot, he isn't going to like it and move on w/o appreciating
    whatever features its current cadre of users like about the distro.

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    Mike Easter

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  • From Markus Robert Kessler@2:250/1 to All on Fri Jan 2 11:41:03 2026
    On Wed, 31 Dec 2025 18:59:16 -0800 Mike Easter wrote:

    Mike Easter wrote:
    I don't like how Mageia handles the default condition of a live boot

    I don't think it 'wise' of the Mageia dev/s to make their distro an 'unfriendly' live boot.

    There are a great many people who like to 'sample' distro/s as they are released by booting them live.

    If Mageia is a difficult odd-ball which doesn't perform conventionally
    under the simple condition of being booted live, and the user has to
    learn some 'crazy' sekrit handshake to be able to install a package in a
    live boot, he isn't going to like it and move on w/o appreciating
    whatever features its current cadre of users like about the distro.

    Similar problem / root cause here:

    Given, I use 2 user-ids, user1 and unser2.

    I log into (xfce) desktop under user1 and open chromium browser, use and
    store a password, then after next login it is still there and autofilled.

    When logging into desktop as user2, after that opening a shell and
    performing a 'su - user1', then all should be same. But it's not:
    Chromium 'forgets' all passwords from before and asks again. Though, when logged in at desktop as user1, chromium remebers them.

    Strange. Looks like being part of the same bug.

    Best reagards,

    Markus

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  • From Mike Easter@2:250/1 to All on Fri Jan 2 18:01:11 2026
    Markus Robert Kessler wrote:
    Strange. Looks like being part of the same bug.

    You are referring to the W Unruh beef related to 'accessibility' of the
    saved pw/s in chromium; not my 'beef' about the default condition of
    booting a live Mageia having 'no' access to installing programs,
    especially not installing a 'tainted' program like chromium.

    Since I only 'store' website 'user' not website pw/s, and normally don't
    often use chromium, I'm not familiar w/ the problem.

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    Mike Easter

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  • From Markus Robert Kessler@2:250/1 to All on Fri Jan 2 18:42:33 2026
    On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 10:01:11 -0800 Mike Easter wrote:

    Markus Robert Kessler wrote:
    Strange. Looks like being part of the same bug.

    You are referring to the W Unruh beef related to 'accessibility' of the
    saved pw/s in chromium; not my 'beef' about the default condition of
    booting a live Mageia having 'no' access to installing programs,
    especially not installing a 'tainted' program like chromium.

    Since I only 'store' website 'user' not website pw/s, and normally don't often use chromium, I'm not familiar w/ the problem.

    Yes, referring to what the original poster reported. Anyway, really
    annoying having to enter the password each time, and I remember that this
    once worked in former versions.

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