Bug#1051785: workaround

[Luca Boccassi]

On Fri, 21 Jun 2024 14:55:13 +0100 Simon McVittie <smcv at debian.org>
wrote:
> The intended way to change the settings of the Debian-gdm user is to
edit
> /etc/gdm3/greeter.dconf-defaults. In this case I think the equivalent
would
> be to locate the line "[org/gnome/login-screen]" and fill in
> "enable-smartcard-authentication=false" below it, so it looks
> something like this:
> 
> ...
> [org/gnome/login-screen]
> enable-smartcard-authentication=false
> logo='/usr/share/images/vendor-logos/logo-text-version-64.png'
> ...
> 
> And then restart gdm (the easiest/most reliable way is to reboot).

I can confirm this works (I too have a yubikey with a cert for
unrelated purposes).

Previously this was a mere annoyance as it just meant having to type
the username manually, which is no big deal. However, since gnome 46
migrated to testing, this actually breaks login completely - after
typing the password, the greeter is just stuck there.

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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