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Cannot login automatically in Ubuntu 9.10

Asked by Edward Karavakis

Binary package hint: gdm

Automatic login does not work after upgrading to 9.10 from 9.04. My username is not in the 'log in as' userlist.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Nov 1 00:04:02 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gdmsetup
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gdm 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: gdm
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:2416): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:2416): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2527): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:2500): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (gnome-panel:2499): Gdk-WARNING **: /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.18.3/gdk/x11/gdkdrawable-x11.c:952 drawable is not a pixmap or window

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This question was originally filed as bug #467682.

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Edward Karavakis (edward-karavakis) said : 		#1
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Edward Karavakis (edward-karavakis) said : 		#2

My /etc/gdm/custom.conf follows (there's no username in the AutomaticLogin for some reason...):

TimedLoginEnable=false
AutomaticLoginEnable=true
TimedLogin=
AutomaticLogin=
TimedLoginDelay=30

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Neil Perry (nperry) said : 		#3

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs.

Many Thanks,
Neil Perry

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Edward Karavakis (edward-karavakis) said : 		#4

Hello Neil,
It is a bug. gdmsetup doesn't detect my username and hence I cannot select it to automatically login. Have you checked my screenshot?
Cheers,
Eddie

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Edward Karavakis (edward-karavakis) said : 		#5

It's definitely not a support question, I already know how to automatically login by editing the /etc/gdm/custom.conf file... gdmsetup is supposed to work and it doesn't.
Cheers,
Eddie

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

Log a bug if it doesn't work as it should.

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