Flatpak nextcloud no gui

theking2 · November 28, 2025, 5:43pm

I’ ve installed the flatpak version on F43 v4.0.1

when I click on the icon in the taskbar nothing happens. is this a buggy flatpak’?

j@ws-living:~$ flatpak run com.nextcloud.desktopclient.nextcloud
nextcloud.gui.application: Migrating old config from “/home/j/.var/app/com.nextcloud.desktopclient.nextcloud/data/Nextcloud” to “/home/j/.var/app/com.nextcloud.desktopclient.nextcloud/config/Nextcloud”
nextcloud.gui.application: Failed to move the old config directory to its new location ( “/home/j/.var/app/com.nextcloud.desktopclient.nextcloud/data/Nextcloud” to “/home/j/.var/app/com.nextcloud.desktopclient.nextcloud/config/Nextcloud” )
nextcloud.gui.application: Will move the individual files QList(“Nextcloud_sync.log”)
nextcloud.gui.application: Fallback move of “Nextcloud_sync.log” also failed
nextcloud.gui.application: Already running, exiting…

tflidd · November 30, 2025, 9:46am

There is an older and longer bug report on this:

github.com/nextcloud/desktop

[Bug]: Invalid warning: `Failed to move the old config directory to its new location`

opened 07:57PM - 06 Nov 23 UTC

robeke

bug feature:

GUI feature:

install and update 2. developing

### ⚠️ Before submitting, please verify the following: ⚠️ - [X] This is a **bug…**, not a question or a configuration issue. - [X] This issue is **not** already reported on Github (I've searched it). - [X] Nextcloud Server and Desktop Client are **up to date**. See [Server Maintenance and Release Schedule](https://github.com/nextcloud/server/wiki/Maintenance-and-Release-Schedule) and [Desktop Releases](https://nextcloud.com/install/#install-clients) for supported versions. - [X] I agree to follow Nextcloud's [Code of Conduct](https://nextcloud.com/contribute/code-of-conduct/) ### Bug description During startup, the following warning is logged: `nextcloud[2402]: nextcloud.gui.application: Failed to move the old config directory to its new location ( "/home/xxxxxxx/.local/share/Nextcloud" to "/home/xxxxxxx/.config/Nextcloud" )` I believe this is an invalid warning since my `~/.config/Nextcloud` directory already contains `nextcloud.cfg` and a series of monthly backups. The directory `~/.local/share/Nextcloud` does not contain `nextcloud.cfg` but does contain a `*_sync.log` file for each folder sync connection. There is also a `*_sync.log` file for each folder sync connection under `~/.config/Nextcloud` but these no longer appear to be up-to-date compared to those under `~/.local/share/Nextcloud`. Is it possible that the `*_sync.log` files in `~/.config/Nextcloud` are OBE and need to be removed? The Desktop Client appears to work at this point but I would have no way to know if the cause of this warning would eventually lead to a break in client functionality. ### Steps to reproduce Start the Nextcloud Client and view the message in the system log. ### Expected behavior The message should either correctly state the condition it is warning about or not be generated. ### Which files are affected by this bug nextcloud.cfg ### Operating system Linux ### Which version of the operating system you are running. Manjaro ### Package Distro package manager ### Nextcloud Server version 24.0.12 ### Nextcloud Desktop Client version 3.10.1 ### Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install? Updated from a minor version (ex. 3.4.2 to 3.4.4) ### Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module? Encryption is Enabled ### Are you using an external user-backend? - [ ] Default internal user-backend - [ ] LDAP/ Active Directory - [ ] SSO - SAML - [ ] Other ### Nextcloud Server logs _No response_ ### Additional info _No response_

tflidd · December 6, 2025, 4:23pm

I now got it on my PPA package version as well. I had the impression it wasn’t there recently, really strange…

system · February 26, 2026, 5:44pm

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