Search Function not working

[DrAxelbauer]

Hi there!
I have been using Element since a few years but the search funtions is damaged in some rooms.

I encounter the following problem:

1. Try to search for an expression within a conversation
2. Search not working: Initialization of search is not working. Go to settings. In the setting i try to reset the search under "Security" Section.
3. Initialization of the search function still fails.

Desktop Client (Flatpak) on Ubuntu:

Version von Element: 1.11.43
Version von Olm: 3.2.14

Any hints how i can solve this issue? Is it known?

[drwoodard72]

Having the same issue ...
In the app Settings, Encryption, Message search: "Message search initialization failed" "Unknown error"
Journal log message: "Error getting the event index passphrase out of the secret store [Error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown]"

Hope this helps.

[SISheogorath]

@drwoodard72 you seem to have a very different problem. Your Element instances says that your dbus services has told it that you have no secret service installed.

Please make sure you have a daemon that implements this service: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/secret-service/latest/

(common implementations are gnome keyring or kwallet)

Some more in depth explanations can be found here: https://dev.to/setevoy/what-is-linux-keyring-gnome-keyring-secret-service-and-d-bus-4kgd