On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:38 AM, John Aldrich <jmaldrich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Why does Google Chrome want my Gnome Keyring password? I don't use Gnome. I > use KDE/Openbox. It *only* happens when I'm accessing my computer from > remote using VNC, though. It does NOT happen when I'm accessing my computer > from the local console. > > Don't know if that gives a hint as to why it's trying to open the Gnome > keyring, but I thought I ought to mention it. There was an issue some while ago related to chrome storing passwords (for web pages) in the gnome-keyring which was largely transparent - and then chrome moved to local encrypted store instead - if you are on the most up to date version of chrome and had your passwords stored in the gnome keyring then there is a procedure that will allow you to get your passwords back into the local profile after which it will not need the gnome-keyring any more. The process is as follows: Turn off password sync (if it is on) and quit Chrome Restart it with the --password-store=detect command line to temporarily enable GNOME keyring integration. Re-enable password sync in Preferences, syncing your passwords to your Google Account. Restart Chrome without the --password-store=detect command line to add your synced passwords to Chrome's basic password manager. Once you have done that you should be free of gnome-keyring for chrome, and then you can also copy the chrome profile to another machine and it will see passwords as normal. http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1230517 -- mike c -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
