walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 06/08/2014 11:01 PM, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > Hi. I have a problem where sometime after reboot, I get hundreds of > > processes gnome-keyring-daemon --deamonize and this is without even > > running gdm or gnome at all! They complain about not being able to find > > the display, but they all sit there and it may slow down my box, or at > > least I am sure I should not have such. Last time this happened I > > killed them with seemingly no ill effect, but does anyone know the cause > > for this and how to stop? I don't mind if I am using gnome, to have > > however many are necessary, but it seems kind of strange without gnome, > > I have exactly one instance of gnome-keyring-daemonize after booting up > (no X session, just booting to console). > > I remember many months ago answering "yes" to some installation dialog > asking me if I want to authenticate during bootup using gnome-keyring, > but sadly I can't remember now who asked me that question :( > > The only clue I can think of is here: > > #grep -rI gnome /etc/pam.d/ > /etc/pam.d/system-login:auth optional pam_gnome_keyring.so > /etc/pam.d/system-login:password optional pam_gnome_keyring.so > /etc/pam.d/system-login:session optional pam_gnome_keyring.so > auto_start > > There are more gnome-keyring entries in /etc/xdg/autostart/ but IIUC > those are used only by X desktop programs. Maybe(?) > > Which logs does gnome-keyring-daemon complain to about the missing display? It is in my journal and it talks about not being able to connect to dbus or something -- I don't have it in front of me right now. I will take the autostart out and see if that fixes things -- thanks a lot.
-- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com