shell: add notes about DEs trying to be (un)helpful

[~bandali/configs] / .profile

diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index 3b0071f..883d1a7 100644 (file)
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -70,3 +70,11 @@ setxkbmap \
 xmodmap -e "keysym Menu = Super_R"
 
 xrdb -merge "$HOME/.Xresources"
+
+# 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