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authorAmin Bandali <bandali@gnu.org>2019-08-10 15:18:02 -0400
committerAmin Bandali <bandali@gnu.org>2019-08-10 15:18:02 -0400
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shell: add notes about DEs trying to be (un)helpful
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@@ -70,3 +70,11 @@ setxkbmap \
xmodmap -e "keysym Menu = Super_R"
xrdb -merge "$HOME/.Xresources"
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+# footenote: when on a foreign distro and using Xfce, don't forget to
+# disable its auto-start of gpg- and ssh-agent, by issuing
+# xfconf-query -c xfce4-session -p /startup/ssh-agent/enabled -n -t bool -s false
+# xfconf-query -c xfce4-session -p /startup/gpg-agent/enabled -n -t bool -s false
+# see https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/advanced#ssh_and_gpg_agents
+# also, MATE does something similar with gnome-keyring-daemon:
+# http://william.shallum.net/random-notes/disabling-gnome-keyring-daemon-ssh-agent-on-mate-desktop