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eisenschweinchen

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Registered: 2022-04-10

Posts: 1

GDM autologin no longer works after fresh install under GNOME 42

The usual config doesn't seem to work anymore:
echo "[daemon]
AutomaticLogin=chaudeen
AutomaticLoginEnable=True" >> /etc/gdm/custom.conf;

On another machine, which has been upgraded from GNOME 41 to 42, the autologin still works. Do you know what could be the reason for this?

makujama

Member

Registered: 2022-09-03

Posts: 1

Re: GDM autologin no longer works after fresh install under GNOME 42

Because the session if failing. Do you get gnome-session errors in your log? Really surprised nobody pointed you to that debugging and reporting gnome errors page.

Anyhow, if you rebuild gdm with this patch, then bob's your uncle.

--- a/daemon/gdm-local-display-factory.x    2022-03-27 15:34:40.260983491 -0500
+++ b/daemon/gdm-local-display-factory.c    2022-03-27 15:34:56.360928948 -0500
@@ -634,6 +634,7 @@
         return lookup_by_seat_id (id, display, user_data);
}

+#undef HAVE_UDEV
#ifdef HAVE_UDEV
static gboolean
udev_is_settled (GdmLocalDisplayFactory *factory)

2ManyDogs

Forum Fellow

Registered: 2012-01-15

Posts: 4,648

Re: GDM autologin no longer works after fresh install under GNOME 42

Thanks for the contribution, but the OP has not been here since April.

Closing.