Email problem, evolution asking for unknow password

Pasha R pashar.ml at gmail.com
Mon Jun 6 08:29:27 UTC 2011


On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 1:15 AM, Vincent <vonelli at verizon.net> wrote:
>> From: Pasha R <pashar.ml at gmail.com>
>> On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Vincent <vonelli at verizon.net> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> > I just switched to F15, I had every thing working OK then the log in on
>> > boot up stop appearing, then when I try to log in to evolution the
>> > message appeared: "Enter password to unlock your login keyring the login
>> > keyring did not get unlocked when you logged into the computer" I
>> > entered the user password didn't accept, I try the root PW didn't accept
>> > then I cancel several times and eventually allowed me to get the email.
>> > by the way the user PW is still good because I used after I left the
>> > computer unused for while. Any idea?
>> >
>> > Also what is the intended way to shutdown without going to the terminal
>> > ant type shutdown?
>> > I will appreciate help, thank you
>> > Vinny
>> >
>> > P.S. I can't send email ether. It requires that not know PW
>>
>> evolution looks for password to unlock default keyring, where it (and
>> most Gnome apps) store passwords. Usually, on fresh installation, when
>> some application tries to store password for the first time, it asks
>> you to create password for default keyring.
>> You can try running keyring manager (seahorse in command line) to see
>> if keyring was created. If it exists and you don't know password for
>> it, you can delete it (you will lose any saved passwords, of course)
>> and it should be recreated when evolution tries to save password
>> again.
> which PW, it doesn't give me the opportunity to enter one I look at seahorse and
> there is nothing.
> Is this a new feature on F15 that was implemented through an update?
> Because initially was working like in the previous release it never
> asked for keyring PW, this is the first time that I am having problem.
> I do not need the password for email how can I eliminate it.

This feature (storing passwords in keyring) presents in several
releases already, since F12 at least. Try to create default keyring
without password using seahorse.


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