Using virt-manager in Gnome asks for ssh-key password every host it connects to

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I use Gnome as my desktop environment, and I use virt-manager to connect to some KVM/QEMU remote hosts. The connection auths from my ssh key, saved in ~/.ssh/id_rsa, I’ve noticed that if I launch virt-manager from the Gnome shortcut virt-manager comes up with a sshaskpass window asking me to put in my ssh key password (if I type it in for the first server, it then asks me again for the second server). However, if I launch virt-manager from terminal instead (where my ssh-key is already unlocked) it doesn’t ask me for my ssh key password.

I would rather not have to put my password in every time I want to connect to QEMU on a remote machine, I would like virt-manager to use my unlocked ssh key.

I have checked in seahorse, the key is listed under Secure Shell, I also tried importing the key in to my login keychain. But after trying to launch virt-manager from Gnome again it still asks me for my password again.

Is there any way to make sure that graphical applications are passed the unlocked ssh-key so I don’t have to put my password in every time I launch virt-manager from Gnome. I have had some issues with virt-manager in the past, so I have it from git locally. I tried pointing the desktop shortut to use that version instead, but it does the same. I can run either from terminal and neither then ask me for my password.

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Did you install your virtualization using
YAST > Install Hypervisor and Tools
and <not> any oither tool like Software Manager?

When you see an inconsistency like that,
Your first move should always be to update your system with

zypper up

TSU

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Honestly, I’m not sure how I installed it, I probably changed the version I used at some point by installing from software.opensuse.org and then went back to the main version using the same method when the bug I reported was fixed, using zypper dup to change installed version

I can try uninstalling and reinstalling and see if that fixes the issue.

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I tried installing again via YaST and it seems to work fine now, thanks

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Just launched virt-manager again and it’s asking for passwords again… I tried reinstalling from YaST again and that doesn’t fix it any more…

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Hi
Maybe ssl on the remote hosts not up to date? Have you tried ssh(ing) to the hosts? On my remote system I added my keys, all works fine in gnome and virt-manager.