Bug#1146749: sddm: gnome keyring won't unlock upon login by default

Chris Hofstaedtler zeha at debian.org
Sat Sep 5 12:33:27 BST 2026


Control: reassign -1 libpam-gnome-keyring
Control: forcemerge 1142693 -1

Hi,

thanks for your patch.

On Sat, Sep 05, 2026 at 12:34:54PM +0200, Wolfgang Thumser wrote:
> Package: sddm
> Though this is a minor issue, I would suggest to include the following
> patch to /etc/pam.d/sddm:
> 
> ------------------------- cut here --------------------------------
> --- etc/pam.d/sddm      2026-08-23 15:05:53.000000000 +0200
> +++ /etc/pam.d/sddm     2026-09-04 22:06:54.131577353 +0200
> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ session optional        pam_keyinit.so f
>  session required        pam_limits.so
> 
>  @include common-session
> +session optional        pam_gnome_keyring.so auto_start
> 
>  @include common-password
> ---------------------- cut here ----------------------------------
> 
> The 'session optional ...' line can also be included as an option
> like  '# session optional ...' to facilitate the unlocking of the
> gnome keyring for the user when needed.

However this really needs to be fixed in gnome-keyring so it works 
for all display managers.

Merging with the existing libpam-gnome-keyring bug.

Chris




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