Copying from this bug against "gdm": Bug 2250521 - gdm-session-wor: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file Error is reported in system logs. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Login to GNOME session Actual Results: Error is reported in system logs Expected Results: It would be nice if there were no error messages in logs related to default system components. Reproducible: Always The message occurs with lightdm too: $ journalctl --no-hostname -b -g gkr Jul 19 13:57:10 lightdm[1398]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file Jul 19 13:57:10 lightdm[1398]: gkr-pam: stashed password to try later in open session Jul 19 13:57:11 lightdm[1398]: gkr-pam: gnome-keyring-daemon started properly and unlocked keyring The "daemon control file" appears to be a socket: $ sudo lsof -w -l +c0 +D /run/user/1000/keyring/ COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME gnome-keyring-d 974 1000 6u unix 0x00000000bec26e08 0t0 10977 /run/user/1000/keyring/control type=STREAM (LISTEN) $ rpm -q gnome-keyring lightdm gnome-keyring-46.2-1.fc40.x86_64 lightdm-1.32.0-10.fc40.x86_64
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Still present in Fedora 43 (both on atomic and non-atomic GNOME version at least). See also: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/important-log-errors-in-new-install-of-silverblue/178975 More info in the upstream bug report: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/-/issues/28