Keyring required on Brave start in Linux Mint 21.1 - Resolved

[Raymond1954]

The following issue is resolved – For those who wish to resolve this issue in Linux Mint, simply install seahorse by entering the following command in the command line:
sudo apt install seahorse
After installing the application, you may launch it from the menu and follow the directions suggested by the Brave Help Center listed below.

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When launching Brave desktop browser, I am prompted to enter the keyring password (which for Linux is the user password.) This is known problem and there hasn’t been a real solution to the issue that I can find. However, in the Brave Help Center, there is a posting concerning this issue. It states:

1. Open thePasswords and Keys app
2. Ensure that the icon is unlocked (clickUnlock and enter your password to unlock)
3. Check to see ifBrave Safe Storage is there — if not, please click the+ button to add it.

The problem is the very first step - where do I find the “Passwords and Keys” app? I cannot find it after searching the Menu items and there is no app that I can find for Linux.

I am using Linux Mint 21.1 and Brave version 1.47.171. This issue is not critical, but really annoying.

Thanks for any help you may be able to provide!

[Raymond1954]

Legion99,
Sorry I did not mention this, but I am using the Cinnamon desktop environment which is pretty much the default for Mint. However, I did run into this problem with KDE when using the Fedora distro. Like you, I ended up going through a bunch of hoops and resolved it using a blank keyring entry. This problem resolution was much simpler in Cinnamon once I installed the seahorse app. The Brave Safe Storage key automatically loaded and the issue went away.

So I completely agree. The issue in KDE is much more difficult and it messes up the Sync.