Background: I'm planning to switch from a CentOS 6 workstation to one running Fedora 17.  Some things are different.  I have questions.

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## 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 ~]$