Hi all,
I am trying to use Syncthing-gtk to sync folders from an old to a new PC. Both run Linux. I found the device IDs are the same on both computers. This might come from my manual copy action using a ssd.
Now I would like to restart the new computer from the beginning without any traces of the previous install. I deleted all config files I found:
~/.config/syncthing/*
~/.config/syncthing-gtk/*
~/.local/share/syncthing/*
But with “show ID” I see always the same device id that is the same as on the old computer. I expected that there is a new generated device ID.
Note that the default config location changed to ~/.local/state/syncthing a while back (since it is not just “configuration”). This applies for new installations first started since that change, so may not be your culprit.
How did you install Syncthing-GTK? If by any chance from flatpak / snap or some other tech that isolates apps, the config might live somewhere else, e.g. ~/.var/app/... or ~/snap/.... Maybe easiest to search for the relevant files in your whole home folder, from a terminal:
find ~/ -name cert.pem
Or if you still have the instance running, check under Help > About > Paths in the Web GUI. That might not match your actual file system path though if isolation / namespacing etc. is involved.