Syncthing daemon cannot be started, check log for more details

[tuxedotje]

Syncthing daemon cannot be started, check log for more details. [@X ~]$ journalctl | syncthing [start] 2023/08/25 14:13:36 INFO: syncthing v1.23.6 "Fermium Flea" (go1.20.5 linux-amd64) mockbuild@fedora-koji 2023-07-07 00:00:00 UTC [start] 2023/08/25 14:13:36 WARNING: Error opening database: resource temporarily unavailable (is another instance of Syncthing running?) [monitor] 2023/08/25 14:13:36 INFO: Syncthing exited: exit status 1 [start] 2023/08/25 14:13:37 INFO: syncthing v1.23.6 "Fermium Flea" (go1.20.5 linux-amd64) mockbuild@fedora-koji 2023-07-07 00:00:00 UTC [start] 2023/08/25 14:13:37 WARNING: Error opening database: resource temporarily unavailable (is another instance of Syncthing running?) [monitor] 2023/08/25 14:13:37 INFO: Syncthing exited: exit status 1 [start] 2023/08/25 14:13:38 INFO: syncthing v1.23.6 "Fermium Flea" (go1.20.5 linux-amd64) mockbuild@fedora-koji 2023-07-07 00:00:00 UTC [start] 2023/08/25 14:13:38 WARNING: Error opening database: resource temporarily unavailable (is another instance of Syncthing running?) [monitor] 2023/08/25 14:13:38 INFO: Syncthing exited: exit status 1 [start] 2023/08/25 14:13:39 INFO: syncthing v1.23.6 "Fermium Flea" (go1.20.5 linux-amd64) mockbuild@fedora-koji 2023-07-07 00:00:00 UTC [start] 2023/08/25 14:13:39 WARNING: Error opening database: resource temporarily unavailable (is another instance of Syncthing running?) [monitor] 2023/08/25 14:13:39 INFO: Syncthing exited: exit status 1 [monitor] 2023/08/25 14:13:40 WARNING: 4 restarts in 4.062420656s; not retrying further

error message does not appear when gnome shell syncthing indicator is closed.

[2nv2u]

I assume you run syncthing yourself outside of systemd, this extension tries to run syncthing with systemd and that might clash with you trying to run it in some other way.