Further info. The keyring password request started appearing after I opened a Software Centre account. It seems to appear when the Software Updater runs.
This might suggest - in relation to kwill's question - that the problem is related to different passwords. The Software Centre asks for a new username and password. The request is for a low security setting: a software feeback forum on the web. It is sensible to give it a password other than your primary/root password. It is therefore most likely to be different to your keyring password. This, by the way, is the only time the system ever makes mention of a keyring password. The request for a keyring password is meaningless to the user. The error is therefore twofold: a failure of the Update and password manager - if, that is, they are indeed using a software forum password for software updates; and a failure of the user interface/experience - in that the request for a keyring password is a breakdown of usual user protocol. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-keyring in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575877 Title: gnome-keyring mysteriously asks for keyring password on startup Status in “gnome-keyring” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: gnome-keyring I recently (yesterday) upgraded from Karmic to Lucid. Now whenever I start up, gnome-keyring asks me for my keyring password. Note that I use a password to log in, and I also have a keyring password. So I am not using auto-login. What confuses me is that I cannot tell what application is trying to access the keyring. And when I am asked for my password, I am unable to switch to other applications, e.g. terminal, to perform any debugging. This behavior did not occur before the upgrade. As far as I know, I should not have to enter my keyring password until something actually has to use the keyring. And it should only unlock that portion of the keyring that it uses. But the dialog I get provides me with no information other than "an application wants to access the keyring". From apt-cache policy gnome-keyring: gnome-keyring: Installed: 2.92.92.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu3 Candidate: 2.92.92.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu3 Version table: *** 2.92.92.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu3 0 500 http://ubuntu.osuosl.org/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status From lsb_release -rd: Description: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Release: 10.04 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: gnome-keyring 2.92.92.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed May 5 12:10:00 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-keyring To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/575877/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
