Skrooge Flatpak 2.6.1.20 database errors on Debian 13 (Trixie) - Cannot open/create files

viba1 · February 10, 2026, 9:59am

Skrooge launches via Flatpak but database functionality is broken. Cannot open existing .skg files or create new ones. Key errors:

text

[ERR-3]: No database defined
[ERR-5]: Document creation failed
[ERR-12]: Wrong password
[ERR-5]: Failed to open 'file.skg'
[ERR-10000]: Driver not loaded Driver not loaded

Root cause appears to be SKGSQLCIPHER driver failure (initial warning: QSqlDatabase: can not load requested driver 'SKGSQLCIPHER' despite being listed as available).

Steps to reproduce:

flatpak install flathub org.kde.skrooge
flatpak run org.kde.skrooge
Try “New File” → [ERR-5]: Document creation failed
Try opening existing .skg file → [ERR-5] + [ERR-10000]: Driver not loaded

Expected: Normal database file operations.

Actual: Complete database failure, app unusable for its core purpose.

Environment:

OS: Debian 13 (Trixie)
Flatpak: Latest system-wide installation
Skrooge: 2.6.1.20 (Flathub)
Session: X11

Additional notes:

Files tested in ~/Documents (host-fs access granted)
Clearing ~/.var/app/org.kde.skrooge/ config had no effect
Likely SKGSQLCIPHER driver sandboxing issue with KDE Platform 6.10 runtime

Impact: Skrooge completely unusable for database management.

Detailed logs:

F: No installations directory in /etc/flatpak/installations.d. Skipping
F: Opening system flatpak installation at path /var/lib/flatpak
F: Opening user flatpak installation at path /home/user/.local/share/flatpak
F: Opening user flatpak installation at path /home/user/.local/share/flatpak
F: Opening system flatpak installation at path /var/lib/flatpak
F: Opening user flatpak installation at path /home/user/.local/share/flatpak
F: Opening system flatpak installation at path /var/lib/flatpak
F: /var/lib/flatpak/runtime/org.kde.Platform/x86_64/6.10/a0fd8b396dc57700e0f805b2114d3925aa4aa72b10aa7b53cce4ab23c5bc68ac/files/lib32 does not exist
F: Cleaning up unused container id 311297199
F: Cleaning up per-app-ID state for org.kde.skrooge
F: Cleaning up unused container id 2758238197
F: Cleaning up per-app-ID state for org.kde.skrooge
F: Allocated instance id 1225113392
F: Add defaults in dir /org/kde/skrooge/
F: Add locks in dir /org/kde/skrooge/
F: Disallowing network access
F: Allowing dri access
F: Allowing host-fs access
F: Not sharing “/run/media” with sandbox: Unable to open path “/run/media”: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce nom
F: Allowing wayland access
F: Allowing x11 access
F: Allowing pulseaudio access
F: Pulseaudio user configuration file ‘/home/user/.config/pulse/client.conf’: Erreur lors de l’ouverture du fichier /home/user/.config/pulse/client.conf : Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce nom
F: Running ‘bwrap --args 44 – xdg-dbus-proxy --args=46’
F: Running ‘bwrap --args 44 – skrooge’
Qt: Session management error: Could not open network socket
##WARNING: QSqlDatabase: can not load requested driver ‘SKGSQLCIPHER’, available drivers: SKGSQLCIPHER QSQLITE
[2:21:0210/104808.200614:ERROR:bus.cc(408)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce nom
##WARNING: QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
##WARNING: QSqlDatabase: can not load requested driver ‘SKGSQLCIPHER’, available drivers: SKGSQLCIPHER QSQLITE
##WARNING: QSqlDatabasePrivate::removeDatabase: connection ‘SKGDATABASE_1’ is still in use, all queries will cease to work.
##WARNING: QSqlDatabasePrivate::addDatabase: duplicate connection name ‘SKGDATABASE_1’, old connection removed.
##WARNING: QSqlDatabase: can not load requested driver ‘SKGSQLCIPHER’, available drivers: SKGSQLCIPHER QSQLITE
##WARNING: QSqlDatabasePrivate::removeDatabase: connection ‘SKGDATABASE_1’ is still in use, all queries will cease to work.
##WARNING: QSqlDatabasePrivate::addDatabase: duplicate connection name ‘SKGDATABASE_1’, old connection removed.
##WARNING: QSqlDatabase: can not load requested driver ‘SKGSQLCIPHER’, available drivers: SKGSQLCIPHER QSQLITE
##WARNING: QSqlDatabasePrivate::removeDatabase: connection ‘SKGDATABASE_1’ is still in use, all queries will cease to work.
##WARNING: QSqlDatabasePrivate::addDatabase: duplicate connection name ‘SKGDATABASE_1’, old connection removed.
##WARNING: QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
##WARNING: QSqlDatabase: can not load requested driver ‘SKGSQLCIPHER’, available drivers: SKGSQLCIPHER QSQLITE
##WARNING: QSqlDatabasePrivate::removeDatabase: connection ‘SKGDATABASE_1’ is still in use, all queries will cease to work.
##WARNING: QSqlDatabasePrivate::addDatabase: duplicate connection name ‘SKGDATABASE_1’, old connection removed.

johnswr · February 10, 2026, 10:46am

This is occurring on Linux Mint 22.3

johnswr · February 10, 2026, 4:04pm

I set up a new computer and am still experiencing the issues. Have set up a VM. Same issues. Removed flatpak and installed from repository (deb). Installed 2.31.0. Clicking New does not allow me to create a new database. Cannot open existing database.

Hopefully this gets resolved soon. Flatpak version seems to have some issues. Distro repository (Linux Mint) seems to have problems as well.

TicTacVal · May 24, 2026, 8:09am

Same problem with Skrooge 26.4.0 installed by Flatpak, on Raspberry Pi OS (Debian 13) : cannot open my .skg file, cannot create new file.

The problem appeared today, after a flatpak update (of others packages).

skierpage · May 28, 2026, 6:08am

This is happening for me too. The last time it worked was May 18 (so way more recently than Feb 9). It happens with both flathub (org.kde.skrooge//stable) and the Skrooge nightly build (org.kde.skrooge//master), and I haven’t updated flathub (stable) recently, so yes it seems like something changed in the runtime org.kde.Platform/x86_64/6.10 , which changed “build of org.kde.Sdk, Fri May 22 07:14:38 AM UTC 2026, 058dd66…”. That date makes sense, but again, this is much more recent than the initial problem report.

So the thing to try is downgrade the KDE runtime . I followed those instructions and reverted it to “build of org.kde.Sdk, Thu Apr 2” with

sudo flatpak update \
    --commit 49bc183da466bec44bab4f6f641cab401584d1ee30872b428f46c3b8066527d3 \
    runtime/org.kde.Platform/x86_64/6.10

and Skrooge opened up my existing database fine.

I filed bug 520749

TicTacVal · May 29, 2026, 4:38pm

Thanks a lot !

I reverted to the previous build of runtime/org.kde.Platform/aarch64/6.10
(commit Date: 2026-04-02 11:56:42 +0000)

sudo flatpak update \
  --commit 174ab2f671db027add758f3941623a9ba35efda1f728aae932388e82c0623427 \
  runtime/org.kde.Platform/aarch64/6.10

And Skrooge 26.4.0 opened my database !

skierpage · May 29, 2026, 9:27pm

Stephane Mankowski fixed the Skrooge nightly flapak ( org.kde.skrooge//master), but the version on Flathub (stable) remains broken until it gets a new release. I’m glad the workaround of downgrading the KDE 6.10 runtime works.