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Cinnamon Control Center Online Accounts Crashing

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Description

Distribution

Mint 21.3

Package version

6.0.4

Graphics hardware in use

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Frequency

Always

Bug description

The Online Accounts application crashes when trying to add a Google, Microsoft, Flickr or Foursquare account. This occurs as soon as each respective entry under "Add an account" is clicked.

Steps to reproduce

Run cinnamon-control-center. Click "Online Accounts". Click "Google". Application will immediately close.

Expected behavior

I expect to be prompted for my account login information.

Additional information

Running this from a terminal produces the following output when the application crashes:

EGLDisplay Initialization failed: EGL_BAD_ACCESS EGLDisplay Initialization failed: EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED Cannot create EGL context: invalid display (last error: EGL_SUCCESS) Segmentation fault (core dumped)

This is a fresh install of Linux Mint. I have ensured everything is up-to-date.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by running cinnamon-control-center on Linux Mint 21.3 and opening Online Accounts, then reproduce the crash by selecting Google or another listed provider. Use the reported EGL errors and segmentation fault as the initial diagnostic evidence; done means the account-login prompt opens instead of the application closing.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
authentication, desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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