It's 2014, this bug is already 2 years old, and hasn't been fixed yet, at least on Xubuntu 12.04. Fixing it seems trivial.
Possible solutions: 1. If the package gnome-keyring is not needed on Xubuntu (or other affected Ubuntu flavors), it should be considered to be removed from it as a default package so that other applications don't try to connect to it. 2. If the package gnome-keyring is required, it should be fixed so that it runs properly on all the Ubuntu flavors that use it. The problem seems to be in /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-keyring-pkcs11.desktop which is only enabled for Gnome and Unity. 2.1. Fix the line OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity; 2.1.1. by appending XFCE;KDE;LXDE; and any other DE that may need or use pkcs11. 2.1.2. by deleting or commenting out that line so that all DEs may use it (if anything, add a NotShowIn=... blacklist for DEs in which this may cause problems). 2.2. Make XFCE include an identical .desktop file with OnlyShowIn=XFCE; in it, so that the fix for XFCE is independent from other DEs. 2.3. Make XFCE load all Gnome services at startup by default (which may also include some unwanted stuff and thus may not be a good idea). 3. If the package gnome-keyring is required due to dependencies, but the service pkcs11 is not needed for it and other applications to run properly, the warning message it displays should be removed. 3.1. Making gnome-keyring not display that warning. 3.2. Making gnome-keyring inform applications that the service pkcs11 is unavailable. 3.3. Making all applications that use gnome-keyring check whether the service pkcs11 is available before requesting it (which would imply fixing them one by one, which may be a bad idea). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932177 Title: XFCE (and other non-GNOME) desktops do not initialise gnome-keyring correctly / WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to PKCS11 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-keyring/+bug/932177/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs