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Dowefu

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Registered: 2014-03-25

Posts: 68

GDM 3.22 automatic login

The GNOME session isn't automatically started by GDM after the update to 3.22. ‘AutomaticLoginEnable=True´ and ‘AutomaticLogin=username´ are present at ‘/etc/gdm/custom.conf´.

How can I configure GDM to address the problem?

Thanks.

gaim123

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From: Poland

Registered: 2015-04-27

Posts: 34

Re: GDM 3.22 automatic login

# sytemctl enable gdm.service

Dowefu

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Registered: 2014-03-25

Posts: 68

Re: GDM 3.22 automatic login

The service is already enabled but doesn't automatically start a session.

gaim123

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From: Poland

Registered: 2015-04-27

Posts: 34

Re: GDM 3.22 automatic login

Show result:

$ systemctl status gdm

Dowefu

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Registered: 2014-03-25

Posts: 68

Re: GDM 3.22 automatic login

● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Ср 2016-10-12 22:13:01 MSK; 23min ago
 Main PID: 417 (gdm)
    Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/gdm.service
           └─417 /usr/bin/gdm

Warning: Journal has been rotated since unit was started. Log output is incomplete or unavailable.

gaim123

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From: Poland

Registered: 2015-04-27

Posts: 34

Re: GDM 3.22 automatic login

You tried to reinstall gdm?

# pacman -Rns gdm

and then:

# pacman -S gdm

and

# systemctl enable gdm.service

Dowefu

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Registered: 2014-03-25

Posts: 68

Re: GDM 3.22 automatic login

GDM works fine, but the problem is I can't configure it to start a GNOME session without prompting me a login/password beforehand. I wonder, does anybody have the same problem?

Xabre

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2009-03-19

Posts: 752

Re: GDM 3.22 automatic login

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gd … atic_login not working?

ESPNSTI

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Registered: 2016-06-21

Posts: 11

Re: GDM 3.22 automatic login

I had the same issue after the update.
Uncommenting the "WaylandEnable=false" line in /etc/gdm/custom.conf fixed the issue.

I don't have Wayland working on my machine (UEFI boot, GeForce GTX 580, using nVidia proprietary), but I haven't taken the time to look into it.

Dowefu

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Registered: 2014-03-25

Posts: 68

Re: GDM 3.22 automatic login

Xabre, unfortunately not. Probably, it has something to do with Wayland, since it starts an X session perfectly fine.

TheChickenMan

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From: United States

Registered: 2015-07-25

Posts: 354

Re: GDM 3.22 automatic login

Bug with GDM 3.22
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/51122

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Dowefu

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Registered: 2014-03-25

Posts: 68

Re: GDM 3.22 automatic login

TheChickenMan Thank you.