Unable to disable ssh component of gnome-keyring

[Patrick Fasano]

Under previous versions of Ubuntu MATE (18.04 in particular), it was possible to disable the ssh component of gnome-keyring-daemon either by a) unchecking a box in Startup Applications, or b) editing ~/.config/autostart/gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop to include "X-MATE-Autostart-enabled=false". However, in 19.10 (and possibly before), disabling this component seems to be a no-op. This means that I can't easily use a gpg smartcard for ssh keys.

To replicate:
  * Disable gnome-keyring-ssh, either by unchecking the box in Startup Applications or by editing the .desktop file directly.
  * Log out and in again.
  * At a command prompt, run "echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK".

Expected behavior: get ssh-agent or gnupg-agent socket info.

Actual behavior: get "/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh"

I can see from `ps aux` that gnome-keyring-daemon is not having its components started separately, but rather just launched with `/usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --daemonize --login`.

I see on the release notes "Fixed a gnome-keyring timeout in mate-session-manager" -- is it possible that now gnome-keyring-daemon is being started incorrectly?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for Ubuntu MATE because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Patrick Fasano (kc9jud)]

This is still broken in Ubuntu MATE 20.04.2.

[Patrick Fasano (kc9jud)]

A workaround is to modify org.mate.session gnome-compat-startup and remove 'keyring'.