F16: ssh-add: Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.

[Ranjan Maitra]

On Sat, 7 Apr 2012 15:24:22 +0800 Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com>
wrote:

> On 04/07/2012 03:01 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> > Dear friends,
> >
> > Just updated to the latest kernel 3.3.1 and rebooted and tried to get
> > everything going but I get:
> >
> > $ ssh-add
> > Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.
> > $
> >
> > What is this supposed to mean? This is perhaps the first time I have
> > seen this error in almost 15 years on linux. How can I fix it?
> >
> > Of course, the kernel update may have nothing to do with it. I also
> > updated  kernel-headers, libtasn1 and taglib at the same time.
> >
> > Many thanks and best wishes,
> > Ranjan
> 
> It means /usr/bin/ssh-agent isn't running.

But why did it suddenly stop?

> 
> How are you logging in? 

The usual way: type password in lxdm. Is this what you were asking?

Many thanks,
Ranjan