I have my own ssh server (on raspberry pi 5, Ubuntu Server 23) but when I try to connect from my PC using key authentication (having password disabled), I get a blank screen. A blinking cursor.
However, once I enter the command eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" and try ssh again, I successfully login after entering my passphrase. I don’t want to issue this command every time. Is that possible?
This does not occur when I have password enabled on the ssh server. Also, ideally, I want to enter my passphrase EVERYTIME I connect to my server, so ideally I don’t want it to be stored in cache or something. I want the passphrase to be a lil’ password so that other people can’t accidentally connect to my server when they use my PC.
Can you post the result of the env command as well? It sounds like your config is very minimal, but the fact that it’s looking for a local Unix socket in the strace output is weird.
SYSTEMD_EXEC_PID=3980
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/gcr/ssh
SESSION_MANAGER=local/computername:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/3857,unix/computername:/tmp/.ICE-unix/3857
GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN=/org/gnome/Terminal/screen/668d083f_5746_4268_beac_1ab8e7e69305
GTK3_MODULES=xapp-gtk3-module
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
GRADLE_HOME=/usr/share/java/gradle
LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_GB.UTF-8
DISPLAY=:1
QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct
COLORTERM=truecolor
QT_IM_MODULE=ibus
USER=username
LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.UTF-8
XDG_MENU_PREFIX=gnome-
HOME=/home/username
PWD=/home/username
DESKTOP_SESSION=gnome
XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
LC_NUMERIC=en_GB.UTF-8
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/home/username/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/
WINDOWPATH=2
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=gnome
VTE_VERSION=7602
LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/username
DEBUGINFOD_URLS=https://debuginfod.archlinux.org
QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=1
LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8
LOGNAME=username
MEMORY_PRESSURE_WATCH=/sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys.service/memory.pressure
MEMORY_PRESSURE_WRITE=c29tZSAyMDAwMDAgMjAwMDAwMAA=
XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus
GNOME_TERMINAL_SERVICE=:1.870
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
SHELL=/bin/zsh
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
LC_MONETARY=en_GB.UTF-8
EDITOR=/usr/bin/nano
PATH=/home/username/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/default/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl
USERNAME=username
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/1000/keyring
LC_TELEPHONE=en_GB.UTF-8
GDM_LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_NAME=en_GB.UTF-8
MOTD_SHOWN=pam
TERM=xterm-256color
GDMSESSION=gnome
XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority
LC_ADDRESS=en_GB.UTF-8
SHLVL=1
OLDPWD=/home/username
LESS_TERMCAP_mb=
LESS_TERMCAP_md=
LESS_TERMCAP_me=
LESS_TERMCAP_se=
LESS_TERMCAP_so=
LESS_TERMCAP_ue=
LESS_TERMCAP_us=
LESS=-R
LS_OPTIONS=--color=auto
LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=00:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=00:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.7z=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.alz=01;31:*.apk=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.cab=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.crate=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.drpm=01;31:*.dwm=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.egg=01;31:*.esd=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.lrz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.lz4=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.lzo=01;31:*.pyz=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.swm=01;31:*.t7z=01;31:*.tar=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.tzo=01;31:*.tzst=01;31:*.udeb=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.whl=01;31:*.wim=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.zst=01;31:*.avif=01;35:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.mjpg=01;35:*.mjpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.webp=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.m4a=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.opus=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:*~=00;90:*#=00;90:*.bak=00;90:*.crdownload=00;90:*.dpkg-dist=00;90:*.dpkg-new=00;90:*.dpkg-old=00;90:*.dpkg-tmp=00;90:*.old=00;90:*.orig=00;90:*.part=00;90:*.rej=00;90:*.rpmnew=00;90:*.rpmorig=00;90:*.rpmsave=00;90:*.swp=00;90:*.tmp=00;90:*.ucf-dist=00;90:*.ucf-new=00;90:*.ucf-old=00;90:
P9K_SSH=0
_P9K_SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/0
P9K_TTY=old
_P9K_TTY=/dev/pts/0
_=/usr/bin/env
Hey that works too! Same effect as my previous workaround, that I just posted yesterday.
I do have to repeat this command everytime, so I had to put it into ~/.zshrc so it’s executed beforehand in every new terminal.
It still does feel lile a workaround since it ‘resets’ itself (as I said) with every new terminal.
