ScreenCloud does not save preferences across process instances [Version 1.30, Ubuntu 16.04]

[silicWulf]

ScreenCloud does not preserve its preferences (hotkeys, ssh settings) across process starts. Simple as that.

Installed on Ubuntu 16.04 using these instructions. (OpenSUSE repo install).

[olav-st]

Try using the AppImage from here instead: https://github.com/olav-st/screencloud/releases The packages from the Open SUSE build service are no longer maintained.

[silicWulf]

Seems that using the AppImage causes errors within the Crypto module for sftp. Using Python 2's PyCrypto, a syntax error is raised. Using Python 3's PyCrypto, an ImportError is raised:

File "/home/user/.local/share/screencloud/ScreenCloud/plugin/sftp/modules/Crypto/Util/Counter.py", line 59, in <module>
    from Crypto.Util import _counter
ImportError: cannot import name '_counter'

I'm unfamiliar with the internals of PyCrypto, but this error did not occur with the OpenSUSE repo's version of ScreenCloud. Crypto/Util/_counter.py exists in neither the py3 version of PyCrypto, nor the py2 version of PyCrypto.

Edit: It also does not save preferences.

[olav-st]

I'm unable to reproduce this issue on a clean install of Ubuntu 16.04. You shouldn't need to have PyCrypto or Paramiko installed, so maybe the system versions are interfering.

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