Keyring always asking for password

Hello,
I am trying to configure an auto login (gdm), but on startup the keyring thing makes me nuts. I emptied the keyring password and reboot, and it works for the first time. But after 2 or 3 reboots it starts asking for a keyring again.
When I try to empty the keyring password again, it asks me for the old password first, but it is not accepting an empty password as I set it before, but my root password.
How can I solve this?
Thanks,
S
Last edited by saif (2014-02-10 23:41:31)

If I remember correctly: If you create an empty 'login' keyring the gnome_keyring.so in pam will unlock it and replace it with the login password of the user.
Are you using autologin with root? I hope not.
What for do you need an unlocked keyring? Maybe there is a simpler alternative.

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