Background: I'm planning to switch from a CentOS 6 workstation to one running Fedora 17. Some things are different. I have questions.
How can I prevent GNOME from prompting for my ssh key password?
[pdurbin@beamish ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle)
[pdurbin@beamish ~]$ echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK
/run/user/pdurbin/keyring-Nq4yQX/ssh
[pdurbin@beamish ~]$ ssh-add
Enter passphrase for /home/pdurbin/.ssh/id_rsa:
Identity added: /home/pdurbin/.ssh/id_rsa (/home/pdurbin/.ssh/id_rsa)
[pdurbin@beamish ~]$ ssh server1.greptilian.com
A pop up appears:
Enter password to unlock the private key
An application wants access to the private key 'pdurbin@beamish', but it is locked
Password:
() Automatically unlock this key whenever I'm logged in
(Cancel) (Unlock)
I click "Cancel" (twice) and see this back on the console:
Agent admitted failure to sign using the key.
Agent admitted failure to sign using the key.
pdurbin@server1.greptilian.com's password:
For now, this is my workaround:
[root@beamish ~]# cd /etc/xdg/autostart
[root@beamish autostart]# grep Exec gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop
Exec=/usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --start --components=ssh
[root@beamish autostart]# mv gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop.disabled
[root@beamish autostart]# reboot
[pdurbin@beamish ~]$ ssh-add
Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.
[pdurbin@beamish ~]$ exec ssh-agent bash
[pdurbin@beamish ~]$ ssh-add
Enter passphrase for /home/pdurbin/.ssh/id_rsa:
Identity added: /home/pdurbin/.ssh/id_rsa (/home/pdurbin/.ssh/id_rsa)
[pdurbin@beamish ~]$ ssh server1.greptilian.com
Last login: Wed Jul 11 09:57:51 2012 from dhcp-0164953481-93-7f.client.fas.harvard.edu
[pdurbin@server1 ~]$
The problem with this, however, is that I have to run exec ssh-agent bash and ssh-add every time I open a new terminal window!
See also:
http://blog.bogosity.se/2010/03/01/ssh-agent-without-the-gnome-keyring/
https://live.gnome.org/GnomeKeyring/Ssh
Fedora 16/17/??/20 random mouse clicking
Unfortunately, I'm suffering from this problem:
F17 cursor crazy - https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2013-February/431969.html
http://major.io/2013/08/24/get-a-rock-solid-linux-touchpad-configuration-for-the-lenovo-x1-carbon/ makes me wonder if this has something to do with my settings at /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf or /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-wacom.conf
The former says, "Some devices have the buttons as part of the lower edge of the touchpad. Pressing a button moves the cursor, causing cursor jumps and erroneous clicks." I'm definitely suffering from similar problems. Before making any changes, here are my current settings:
[pdurbin@localhost ~]$ synclient -l
Parameter settings:
LeftEdge = 1752
RightEdge = 5192
TopEdge = 1620
BottomEdge = 4236
FingerLow = 25
FingerHigh = 30
MaxTapTime = 180
MaxTapMove = 221
MaxDoubleTapTime = 180
SingleTapTimeout = 180
ClickTime = 100
EmulateMidButtonTime = 0
EmulateTwoFingerMinZ = 282
EmulateTwoFingerMinW = 7
VertScrollDelta = 100
HorizScrollDelta = 100
VertEdgeScroll = 0
HorizEdgeScroll = 0
CornerCoasting = 0
VertTwoFingerScroll = 1
HorizTwoFingerScroll = 1
MinSpeed = 1
MaxSpeed = 1.75
AccelFactor = 0.0398089
TouchpadOff = 0
LockedDrags = 0
LockedDragTimeout = 5000
RTCornerButton = 0
RBCornerButton = 0
LTCornerButton = 0
LBCornerButton = 0
TapButton1 = 1
TapButton2 = 3
TapButton3 = 2
ClickFinger1 = 1
ClickFinger2 = 3
ClickFinger3 = 2
CircularScrolling = 0
CircScrollDelta = 0.1
CircScrollTrigger = 0
PalmDetect = 0
PalmMinWidth = 10
PalmMinZ = 200
CoastingSpeed = 20
CoastingFriction = 50
PressureMotionMinZ = 30
PressureMotionMaxZ = 160
PressureMotionMinFactor = 1
PressureMotionMaxFactor = 1
GrabEventDevice = 1
TapAndDragGesture = 1
AreaLeftEdge = 0
AreaRightEdge = 0
AreaTopEdge = 0
AreaBottomEdge = 0
HorizHysteresis = 8
VertHysteresis = 8
ClickPad = 1
RightButtonAreaLeft = 3472
RightButtonAreaRight = 0
RightButtonAreaTop = 3900
RightButtonAreaBottom = 0
MiddleButtonAreaLeft = 0
MiddleButtonAreaRight = 0
MiddleButtonAreaTop = 0
MiddleButtonAreaBottom = 0
[pdurbin@localhost ~]$
Strangely, it almost seems related to being plugged into power... if I touch and hold my finger on the touchpad while plugged into power, the cursor oscillates. When I unplug from power, the cursor is more stable. As of this writing I'm on Fedora 20. I don't see this behavior when I reboot into Windows.
I wonder if this is related. I do have a Lenovo ThinkPad X220 Tablet: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics#Cursor_jump
"The original configuration renders the touchpad quite useless, as it behaves very jumpily." -- https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X230#Touchpad
"Using Ubuntu 12.04, 64-bit version, installed on Lenovo X220 laptop. Fresh "default" install and settings configuration. When the laptop is plugged into a power source, the touchpad's onscreen cursor (the white arrow that shows position) shakes excessively when trying to use the touchpad to control the cursor." -- Bug #1028617 “Cursor shakes violently when connected to power so...” : Bugs : “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package : Ubuntu - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/1028617
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/X220-Touchpad-jumpy-response-when-used-with-90w-slim-AC-adapter/ta-p/766543 via http://raywoodcockslatest.wordpress.com/2012/12/09/lenovo-thinkpad-jittery-touchpad/