Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 12/22/2010 11:39 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> Right, which AFAIK, doesn't work with the new US federal PIV-II cards. >> Certainly, I can't add the card when it's inserted in the reader with >> just that. > > OK. Well, that's more or less what I meant when I asked if there was > something non-standard. It looks to me like the older systems should > have worked properly, before GNOME got its keyring manager involved. > So, I'd recommend that you do two things. First, edit > /usr/share/xsessions/gnome.desktop or create a new session file of your > own. Change the "Exec" line to: > Exec=ssh-agent gnome-session > > That'll launch your gnome-session as a child of ssh-agent. When you log <snip> Thanks a *lot* Gordon. I'll try that out when I get back from my vacation, and let y'all know how it goes. mark