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I want to add my Google account, but the settings page instantly freezes when I click on Google. The same happens for the Microsoft, Flickr, foursquare and Microsoft exchange options. So everything that uses SSO? The other options give a little system pop-up where I can enter my credentials and connect without issue.

On my first clean install, I could use my Google account without any issues. This sadly lasted only for 2 days.

I've tried:

  • Disabling ipv6
  • Rebooting my router
  • Reinstalling gnome
  • Use a VPN
  • Run gnome-control-center from the terminal to collect some logs, which resulted in this:
(gnome-control-center:10442): dconf-WARNING **: 14:13:23.381: Unable to open /usr/local/share/dconf/profile/user: Permission denied
bwrap: Can't find source path /usr/local/share: Permission denied

This output is generated when I open gnome settings, after that nothing, not even when it eventually crashes. I collect the output with command gnome-control-center > ~/errorerror.txt 2>&1

  • Suggestions?
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  • I can reproduce this problem on Parrot OS 5.0 (Electro Ara) as well.
    – D.A.
    Commented Apr 17, 2022 at 0:37

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I'm not sure about the cause, but the WEBKIT_FORCE_SANDBOX answer didn't fix it for me, instead I had to do the following

  1. Open a Terminal
  2. Enter export WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 press enter
  3. Enter gnome-control-center and proceed with adding the account without a crash.
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  • Thanks. It worked for me.
    – priosshrsth
    Commented Aug 8, 2023 at 3:12
  • Is there a way to set that value when the computer starts?
    – apaderno
    Commented Aug 25, 2023 at 8:46
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In a terminal, run:

export WEBKIT_FORCE_SANDBOX=0
gnome-control-center

That should get the settings dialogs to work. It appears that the GNOME Control Center ("Settings") -> Online Accounts dialogs use WebKit to prompt for additional details. WebKit is affected by a bug in at a particular package release. A bug report from Mageia has additional details: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30041. I was able to reproduce and test the work-around on Parrot OS 5.0.

Missing from this Answer are confirmation that this work-around succeeds with Ubuntu and a link to an authoritative bug report to track the fix upstream. This should be a temporary work-around until the patched package or packages roll forward.

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