Bug#627311: gnome-control-center: SetAutomaticLogin call failed: failed to change automatic login: No such file or directory

[Chris]

Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:3.0.1.1-1
Severity: normal

When trying to activate automatic login from the User Accounts menu, the option
initialy activates but when you go back to All Settings then check again its
disabled. This error appears in the command line output:
(gnome-control-center:6064): user-accounts-cc-panel-WARNING **:
SetAutomaticLogin call failed: failed to change automatic login: No such file
or directory



-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers experimental
  APT policy: (500, 'experimental'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-control-center depends on:
ii  accountsservice         0.6.10-1         query and manipulate user account 
ii  apg                     2.2.3.dfsg.1-2   Automated Password Generator - Sta
ii  desktop-file-utils      0.15-2           Utilities for .desktop files
ii  gnome-control-center-da 1:3.0.1.1-1      configuration applets for GNOME - 
ii  gnome-desktop-data      2.30.2-2         Common files for GNOME desktop app
ii  gnome-icon-theme        3.0.0-1          GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbol 3.0.0-1          GNOME Desktop icon theme (symbolic
ii  gnome-menus             3.0.0-1+b1       GNOME implementation of the freede
ii  gnome-settings-daemon   3.0.0.1-1        daemon handling the GNOME session 
ii  gsettings-desktop-schem 3.0.0-1          GSettings deskop-wide schemas
ii  libatk1.0-0             2.0.0-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                   2.13-4           Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo-gobject2       1.10.2-6         The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcairo2               1.10.2-6         The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0      0.26-3           Gtk+ 3.0 helper for playing widget
ii  libcanberra0            0.24-1           a simple abstract interface for pl
ii  libcomerr2              1.41.12-4        common error description library
ii  libcups2                1.4.6-5          Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libdbus-1-3             1.4.8-3          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2        0.92-1           simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1          2.8.0-2.2        generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6            2.4.4-1          FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4             2.32.1-2         GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11             1.4.6-5          LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0      2.23.3-3         GDK Pixbuf library
ii  libglib2.0-0            2.28.6-2         GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-control-center 1:3.0.1.1-1      utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  libgnome-desktop-3-0    3.0.0-1          Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-menu2          3.0.0-1+b1       GNOME implementation of the freede
ii  libgnomekbd7            3.0.0.1-1        GNOME library to manage keyboard c
ii  libgnutls26             2.10.5-1+b1      the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2        1.9+dfsg-1+b1    MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k
ii  libgtk-3-0              3.0.8-1          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgtop2-7              2.28.3-1         gtop system monitoring library (sh
ii  libk5crypto3            1.9+dfsg-1+b1    MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - C
ii  libkrb5-3               1.9+dfsg-1+b1    MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libnm-glib4             0.8.999-1        network management framework (GLib
ii  libnm-util2             0.8.999-1        network management framework (shar
ii  libpango1.0-0           1.28.3-6         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0   0.101-4          PolicyKit Authorization API
ii  libpulse-mainloop-glib0 0.9.22-1         PulseAudio client libraries (glib 
ii  libpulse0               0.9.22-1         PulseAudio client libraries
ii  libstartup-notification 0.11-2           library for program launch feedbac
ii  libupower-glib1         0.9.10-1         abstraction for power management -
ii  libx11-6                2:1.4.3-1        X11 client-side library
ii  libxi6                  2:1.4.2-1        X11 Input extension library
ii  libxklavier16           5.1-1            X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxml2                 2.7.8.dfsg-2+b1  GNOME XML library
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gnome-control-center recommends:
ii  gnome-session                 3.0.0-2    GNOME Session Manager - GNOME 3 se
ii  gnome-user-guide              3.0.1-1    GNOME user's guide
ii  iso-codes                     3.25.1-1   ISO language, territory, currency,
ii  mousetweaks                   2.30.2-1   mouse accessibility enhancements f
ii  policykit-1-gnome             0.101-2    GNOME authentication agent for Pol

Versions of packages gnome-control-center suggests:
ii  gstreamer0.10-alsa [gstreamer 0.10.34-1  GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii  gstreamer0.10-gconf [gstreame 0.10.29-2  GStreamer plugin for getting the s
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad [gs 0.10.22-2  GStreamer plugins from the "bad" s
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good [g 0.10.29-2  GStreamer plugins from the "good" 
ii  gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio [gst 0.10.29-2  GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio
ii  libcanberra-gtk-module        0.24-1     translates Gtk+ widgets signals to
ii  x11-xserver-utils             7.6+2      X server utilities
ii  xscreensaver                  5.13-1     Automatic screensaver for X

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