Sunday, March 8, 2009

Gnome Do, Gnome Keyring and Auto login

I like using Gnome-Do as my application launcher. You can install it in Ubuntu Hardy Heron by following this instruction. Try it! I also use it for update my twitter. Therefore, Gnome-Do uses gnome-keyring to keep my twitter account detail.
The problem starts when I enable auto login feature[1]. When I restarted my computer and login to my desktop, pop up will show asking me to insert my password.

pop up asking for password to access gnome-keyring

After searching for a while, I could not find the solution. However, I came across a workaround from other bug in launchpad[2]. To eliminate this pop up.

  • Go to System -> Preferences -> Encryption and Keyrings

  • select the Password Keyrings tab
  • select the default entry, and click on Change Unlock Password;
  • Insert your old password and leave new password BLANK


Resources:
[1] - http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-enable-automatic-login-in-ubutnu.html
[2] - http://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-keyring-manager/+bug/236264

3 comments:

diskin said...

Thanks for the tip. A small correction: go to Applications -> Accessories, not to System -> Preferences.

Patanachai said...

Thanks for comment diskin,
I certainly believe it appear on System -> Preferences (from screen-shot). However, your correction might help those who use Intrepid Ibex (8.10) or older version.

Ian said...

Ace, thank you! For those on other platforms, the utility mentioned here is Seahorse.