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Unlock default keyring

Asked by Michael Light

I am new to Ubuntu and was a proud Luddite prior to being 'converted' to Ubuntu so apologies if this is a stupid question. I recently signed up for Ubuntu One and I think it was since then that I lost that cool African sound on start-up. Instead, I get a window requesting that I enter my admin password because the 'ubuntuone-client-applet' (/usr/bin/python2.6) wants to unlock the default keyring. Is there another way to unlock the default keyring and still have access to Ubuntu One? Do I have to disable the applet and lose access to Ubuntu One? Can I unlock the default keyring somehow and still have access to Ubuntu One AND get that mojo sound back when I start up my computer? Please reply in 'Ubuntu 101 for Dummies'. Thanks. M

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Luke Jennings (ubuntujenkins) said : 		#1

Does the computer automatically log you in or do you have to select/enter your user name then enter a password? I only get the screen I think you describe when I set it to auto login. You can disable auto login and this should stop the box asking you to enter a password for ubuntu one. You will have to enter a password to login, however a passworded login protects your computer.

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Luke Jennings (ubuntujenkins) said : 		#2

you can disable auto login by going system > administration > login screen

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Michael Light (m-light) said : 		#3

Thanks for the suggestion. I am on auto login but I don't think that was the problem. I have, however, managed to remove the window that requested my admin password to unlock the default keyring on startup. After signing up for Ubuntu One, I had set my Ubuntu One preferences to connect to Ubuntu One automatically after (auto) login. This then would bring up the prompt to enter the admin password to unlock the default keyring (which I still haven't managed to find an app for...and not in .gnome2/keyrings). Even if I just clicked Deny (or entered the password) I would go to Ubuntu One. But that wasn't my preferred homepage. When I changed my Ubuntu One Preferences/Connect on Start ... to 'Never', the window stopped popping up after initial startup. I would then get my usual Ubuntu homepage and be was still able to open Ubuntu one manually whenever I chose to - at which point I would get the same request to unlock the default keyring - but at a time when I wanted to access Ubuntu One, not automatically on login. Trouble is, I still haven't recovered the Ubuntu audio theme on startup despite loading what I assumed were the Ubuntu audio theme packages. Problem half-solved. Thanks for helping. It moved things forward. Happy New Year.

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Best Luke Jennings (ubuntujenkins) said : 		#4

If you go System > Preferences > start up Aplications , this opens up a window. Look for "Gnome login sound" and see if the box next to it is ticked If it is not then tick it. If you are missing it my entry for it is, use the add button and then log out an login to see if it works.
Name : GNOME Login Sound
Command : /usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play --id="desktop-login" --description="GNOME Login"
Comment: Plays a sound whenever you log in

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Michael Light (m-light) said : 		#5

"Gnome login sound" was already ticked. I also went into System> Preferences> Sound. Default from Theme was selected but I had the Alert Volume on Mute. Derrrrr. I must have done that in my journeys through all the features. Unticking that fixed it. I also realized that the various aspects of my original problem were not connected. Needing to unlock 'default keyring' to go to Ubuntu One had nothing to do with the loss of sound on login. I only got this computer 21/12/09 and am still finding my way around Ubuntu and, as I indicated in my initial question, I am a relatively late up-taker of new technology! I won't tell you how old I am but when I went to school my smarter Maths mates were writing programs on cardboard computer cards. This has been a great experience. The IT consultant/friend who sold me his computer before leaving the country said the community support was awesome and you proved it. Thanks for hanging in there with me. I definitely feel the 'Ubuntu' spirit and I got my mojo back! Cheers.