Bug#606986: gdm: Autologin does not work

[arno renevier]

Package: gdm
Version: 2.20.11-4
Severity: normal

Hi,
I've set up auto login on gdm, so I don't have to enter my account/password
every time I open my computer.


here is a part of my gdm.conf file
[daemon]
AutomaticLoginEnable=true
AutomaticLogin=arno

It used to work fine, but a few months ago, it started seeing the login screen
sometimes, about once every two or three reboots. And now, I'm never
autologged.

The bug started about at the same time parallel boot was enabled by default in
debian unstable.

Is there anything I can do to help debug the problem ?

arno

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii  adduser                  3.112+nmu2      add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.5.37          Debian configuration management sy
ii  gksu                     2.0.2-5         graphical frontend to su
ii  icewm [x-window-manager] 1.3.7~pre2-1+b1 wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like wi
ii  libart-2.0-2             2.3.21-1        Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0              1.30.0-1        The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1                 1:2.4.44-2      Extended attribute shared library
ii  libaudit0                1.7.13-1+b2     Dynamic library for security audit
ii  libc6                    2.11.2-7        Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2                1.8.10-6        The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3              1.2.24-3        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2         0.88-2          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdmx1                  1:1.1.1-1       X11 Distributed Multihead extensio
ii  libfontconfig1           2.8.0-2.1       generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6             2.4.2-2.1       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libglade2-0              1:2.6.4-1       library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0             2.24.2-1        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0        2.30.1-1        A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgtk2.0-0              2.20.1-2        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpam-modules           1.1.1-6.1       Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime           1.1.1-6.1       Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g                 1.1.1-6.1       Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpango1.0-0            1.28.3-1        Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  librsvg2-2               2.26.3-1        SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  librsvg2-common          2.26.3-1        SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1              2.0.96-1        SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii  libwrap0                 7.6.q-19        Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6                 2:1.3.3-4       X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                  1:1.0.6-1       X11 authorisation library
ii  libxdmcp6                1:1.1.0-1       X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxext6                 2:1.1.2-1       X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxi6                   2:1.3-5         X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1             2:1.1.1-1       X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2                  2.7.8.dfsg-1    GNOME XML library
ii  lsb-base                 3.2-26          Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  rxvt-unicode-lite [x-ter 9.09-3          RXVT-like terminal emulator with b
ii  xfce4-session [x-session 4.6.2-3         Xfce4 Session Manager
ii  xfwm4 [x-window-manager] 4.6.2-1         window manager of the Xfce project
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulat 266-1           X terminal emulator

Versions of packages gdm recommends:
ii  dialog                    1.1-20100428-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  gdm-themes                0.6.2          Themes for the GNOME Display Manag
ii  whiptail                  0.52.11-2      Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  xserver-xephyr            2:1.7.7-10     nested X server
ii  xserver-xorg              1:7.5+8        the X.Org X server
ii  zenity                    2.30.0-1       Display graphical dialog boxes fro

Versions of packages gdm suggests:
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring          2.30.3-4   PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
ii  locales                       2.11.2-7   Embedded GNU C Library: National L
ii  pm-utils                      1.3.0-3    utilities and scripts for power ma

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/gdm/gdm.conf changed:
[daemon]
AutomaticLoginEnable=true
AutomaticLogin=arno
[xdmcp]
Enable=false
HonorIndirect=false
PingIntervalSeconds=15
DisplaysPerHost=2
[greeter]


-- debconf information:
  gdm/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm