Bug#652472: gdm3: Autologin does not work (reopen #645425)

[julien]

Package: gdm3
Version: 3.4.1-4
Followup-For: Bug #652472



I installed debian wheezy (testing) today, with a netinst iso, with default settings.
Autologin does not work via graphical interface (clic on username on
top right of screen, then clic on "System parameter", then clic on "User accounts").
Turning on autologin switch does not have any effect.

To solve the problem, I changed this file : /etc/gdm3/daemon.conf
Now, autologin is working.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii  accountsservice                             0.6.21-6
ii  adduser                                     3.113+nmu3
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend                     0.12.1-2
ii  dconf-tools                                 0.12.1-2
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]                       1.5.46
ii  dpkg                                        1.16.9
ii  gir1.2-freedesktop                          1.32.1-1
ii  gir1.2-glib-2.0                             1.32.1-1
ii  gnome-session [x-session-manager]           3.4.2.1-3
ii  gnome-session-bin                           3.4.2.1-3
ii  gnome-session-fallback [x-session-manager]  3.4.2.1-3
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                       3.4.2+git20120925.a4c817-2
ii  gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]        3.4.1.1-2
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                   3.4.2-2
ii  libaccountsservice0                         0.6.21-6
ii  libatk1.0-0                                 2.4.0-2
ii  libattr1                                    1:2.4.46-8
ii  libaudit0                                   1:1.7.18-1.1
ii  libc6                                       2.13-35
ii  libcairo-gobject2                           1.12.2-2
ii  libcairo2                                   1.12.2-2
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0                          0.28-5
ii  libcanberra0                                0.28-5
ii  libdbus-1-3                                 1.6.8-1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2                            0.100-1
ii  libfontconfig1                              2.9.0-7
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                          2.26.1-1
ii  libglib2.0-0                                2.33.12+really2.32.4-3
ii  libglib2.0-bin                              2.33.12+really2.32.4-3
ii  libgtk-3-0                                  3.4.2-4
ii  libpam-modules                              1.1.3-7.1
ii  libpam-runtime                              1.1.3-7.1
ii  libpam0g                                    1.1.3-7.1
ii  libpango1.0-0                               1.30.0-1
ii  librsvg2-common                             2.36.1-1
ii  libselinux1                                 2.1.9-5
ii  libupower-glib1                             0.9.17-1
ii  libwrap0                                    7.6.q-24
ii  libx11-6                                    2:1.5.0-1
ii  libxau6                                     1:1.0.7-1
ii  libxdmcp6                                   1:1.1.1-1
ii  libxklavier16                               5.2.1-1
ii  libxrandr2                                  2:1.3.2-2
ii  lsb-base                                    4.1+Debian7
ii  metacity [x-window-manager]                 1:2.34.3-3
ii  policykit-1-gnome                           0.105-2
ii  upower                                      0.9.17-1
ii  x11-common                                  1:7.7+1
ii  x11-xserver-utils                           7.7~3
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator]                 278-2

Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii  at-spi2-core               2.5.3-2
ii  desktop-base               7.0.3
ii  gnome-icon-theme           3.4.0-2
ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic  3.4.0-2
ii  x11-xkb-utils              7.7~1
ii  xserver-xephyr             2:1.12.4-1
ii  xserver-xorg               1:7.7+1
ii  zenity                     3.4.0-2

Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
ii  gnome-orca            3.4.2-2
ii  gnome-shell           3.4.2-2
pn  gok                   <none>
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring  3.4.1-5

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/gdm3/daemon.conf changed:
[daemon]
  AutomaticLoginEnable = true
  AutomaticLogin = julien
[security]
[xdmcp]
[greeter]
[chooser]
[debug]


-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3
  gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3