this is what I see in the syslog - the ssh is being done with Private key. after 2 minutes - login succesfull.
Feb 8 10:01:53 systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 0...
Feb 8 10:01:53 systemd[34555]: gpgconf: error running '/usr/lib/gnupg/scdaemon': probably not installed
Feb 8 10:03:23 systemd[1]: user@0.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Feb 8 10:03:23 systemd[1]: user@0.service: Killing process 34555 (gpgconf) with signal SIGKILL.
Feb 8 10:03:23 systemd[1]: user@0.service: Killing process 34556 (awk) with signal SIGKILL.
Feb 8 10:03:23 systemd[1]: user@0.service: Killing process 34561 (dirmngr) with signal SIGKILL.
Feb 8 10:03:23 systemd[1]: user@0.service: Killing process 34555 (gpgconf) with signal SIGKILL.
Feb 8 10:03:23 systemd[1]: user@0.service: Killing process 34556 (awk) with signal SIGKILL.
Feb 8 10:03:23 systemd[1]: user@0.service: Killing process 34561 (dirmngr) with signal SIGKILL.
Feb 8 10:03:23 systemd[1]: user@0.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Feb 8 10:03:23 systemd[1]: user@0.service: Unit process 34561 (dirmngr) remains running after unit stopped.
Feb 8 10:03:23 systemd[1]: Failed to start User Manager for UID 0.
Feb 8 10:03:23 systemd[1]: Started Session 14 of user root.