After using Fedora since 2006, I’ve decided to try out some other Linux distributions. I briefly tried Ubuntu before I moved on to Linux Mint, and for now I am more than happy with Linux Mint. I’ve noticed on Linux Mint, immediately after booting the gnome keyring asks for a password before Network Manager can establish a connection. This is extremely annoying, and after a couple of months the keyring was starting to drive me crazy.
To remove the keyring password start out by doing the following.
- Open up your home folder
- View hidden files by going to View -> Show Hidden Files.
- Open up the folder .gnome2.
- Open up the folder keyrings, and delete and files in this folder.
- Reboot.
After rebooting enter in your password to connect to the internet, and when you are prompted to create the new keyring password click create. Do not enter a password before moving on. When the next window pops up, click use unsafe storage. Now you will no longer be prompted to enter in a password for the gnome keyring.
For all those who are skimming through the instructions:
- Connect to the internet; if this does not happen automatically.
- When prompted for the keyring password, leave the entry box blank and hit create.
- Cick Use Unsafe Storage.