1 Background: I'm planning to switch from a CentOS 6 workstation to one running Fedora 17. Some things are different. I have questions.
5 ## How can I prevent GNOME from prompting for my ssh key password?
7 [pdurbin@beamish ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
8 Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle)
9 [pdurbin@beamish ~]$ echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK
10 /run/user/pdurbin/keyring-Nq4yQX/ssh
11 [pdurbin@beamish ~]$ ssh-add
12 Enter passphrase for /home/pdurbin/.ssh/id_rsa:
13 Identity added: /home/pdurbin/.ssh/id_rsa (/home/pdurbin/.ssh/id_rsa)
14 [pdurbin@beamish ~]$ ssh server1.greptilian.com
18 > Enter password to unlock the private key
20 > An application wants access to the private key
21 > 'pdurbin@beamish', but it is locked
25 > () Automatically unlock this key
26 > whenever I'm logged in
30 I click "Cancel" (twice) and see this back on the console:
32 Agent admitted failure to sign using the key.
33 Agent admitted failure to sign using the key.
34 pdurbin@server1.greptilian.com's password:
36 For now, this is my workaround:
38 [root@beamish ~]# cd /etc/xdg/autostart
39 [root@beamish autostart]# grep Exec gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop
40 Exec=/usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --start --components=ssh
41 [root@beamish autostart]# mv gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop.disabled
42 [root@beamish autostart]# reboot
44 [pdurbin@beamish ~]$ ssh-add
45 Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.
46 [pdurbin@beamish ~]$ exec ssh-agent bash
47 [pdurbin@beamish ~]$ ssh-add
48 Enter passphrase for /home/pdurbin/.ssh/id_rsa:
49 Identity added: /home/pdurbin/.ssh/id_rsa (/home/pdurbin/.ssh/id_rsa)
50 [pdurbin@beamish ~]$ ssh server1.greptilian.com
51 Last login: Wed Jul 11 09:57:51 2012 from dhcp-0164953481-93-7f.client.fas.harvard.edu
54 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!
58 http://blog.bogosity.se/2010/03/01/ssh-agent-without-the-gnome-keyring/
60 https://live.gnome.org/GnomeKeyring/Ssh
62 ## Fedora 16/17/??/20 random mouse clicking
64 Unfortunately, I'm suffering from this problem:
66 F17 cursor crazy - https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2013-February/431969.html
68 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
70 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:
72 [pdurbin@localhost ~]$ synclient -l
82 MaxDoubleTapTime = 180
83 SingleTapTimeout = 180
85 EmulateMidButtonTime = 0
86 EmulateTwoFingerMinZ = 282
87 EmulateTwoFingerMinW = 7
89 HorizScrollDelta = 100
93 VertTwoFingerScroll = 1
94 HorizTwoFingerScroll = 1
97 AccelFactor = 0.0398089
100 LockedDragTimeout = 5000
111 CircularScrolling = 0
112 CircScrollDelta = 0.1
113 CircScrollTrigger = 0
118 CoastingFriction = 50
119 PressureMotionMinZ = 30
120 PressureMotionMaxZ = 160
121 PressureMotionMinFactor = 1
122 PressureMotionMaxFactor = 1
124 TapAndDragGesture = 1
132 RightButtonAreaLeft = 3472
133 RightButtonAreaRight = 0
134 RightButtonAreaTop = 3900
135 RightButtonAreaBottom = 0
136 MiddleButtonAreaLeft = 0
137 MiddleButtonAreaRight = 0
138 MiddleButtonAreaTop = 0
139 MiddleButtonAreaBottom = 0
140 [pdurbin@localhost ~]$
142 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.
144 I wonder if this is related. I do have a Lenovo ThinkPad X220 Tablet: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics#Cursor_jump
146 "The original configuration renders the touchpad quite useless, as it behaves very jumpily." -- https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X230#Touchpad
148 "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
150 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/