Further info. The keyring password request started appearing after I opened a Software Centre account. It seems to appear when the Software Updater runs.
This might suggest - in relation to kwill's question - that the problem is related to different passwords. The Software Centre asks for a new username and password. The request is for a low security setting: a software feeback forum on the web. It is sensible to give it a password other than your primary/root password. It is therefore most likely to be different to your keyring password. This, by the way, is the only time the system ever makes mention of a keyring password. The request for a keyring password is meaningless to the user. The error is therefore twofold: a failure of the Update and password manager - if, that is, they are indeed using a software forum password for software updates; and a failure of the user interface/experience - in that the request for a keyring password is a breakdown of usual user protocol. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-keyring in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575877 Title: gnome-keyring mysteriously asks for keyring password on startup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/575877/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
