Removing flatpak/dbus-user-session did not change anything for me on 16.04.2. dbus-user-session was first installed on May 8th 2017 in conjunction with an upgrade of flatpak (and other software) as can be seen in attached apt history log entry.
flatpak list org.pitivi.Pitivi/x86_64/stable org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/3.22 user,runtime flatpak --user uninstall org.pitivi.Pitivi flatpak --user uninstall org.gnome.Platform apt-get purge flatpak autoremoved libostree-1-1 xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gtk apt-get purge dbus-user-session reboot and check for running gnome-keyring-daemon $ psa | grep gnome-keyring-daemon antonios 4592 0.0 0.0 14524 980 pts/17 S+ 13:58 0:00 | \_ grep gnome-keyring-daemon lightdm 1589 0.0 0.0 123296 3148 ? Sl 13:56 0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --daemonize --login antonios 2652 0.1 0.2 232048 34776 ? SLl 13:57 0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --daemonize --login the lightdm owned process stopped running after a few minutes. to workaround, I still have to run `gnome-keyring-daemon --replace' ** Attachment added: "I think the issue started after this upgrade" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/1689825/+attachment/4914766/+files/upgrade-issue-begin.txt -- 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/1689825 Title: gnome-keyring not unlocked on boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dbus/+bug/1689825/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs