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and subject line closing old gdm3 bugs
has caused the Debian Bug report #652472,
regarding gdm3: Autologin does not work (reopen #645425)
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652472: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=652472
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: gdm3
Version: 3.0.4-4
Severity: normal
The autologin feature doesn't work.
This bug was closed after a user reported that it works after "a bunch of
updates",
but my system is fully updated (completely standard fresh wheezy install) and
it still does't work.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii accountsservice 0.6.15-2
ii adduser 3.113
ii dconf-gsettings-backend 0.10.0-3
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.41
ii gconf2 2.32.4-1
ii gnome-session-bin 3.2.1-1
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.2.0-2
ii libaccountsservice0 0.6.15-2
ii libatk1.0-0 2.2.0-2
ii libattr1 1:2.4.46-5
ii libaudit0 1.7.18-1
ii libc6 2.13-21
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.10.2-6.1
ii libcairo2 1.10.2-6.1
ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.28-3
ii libcanberra0 0.28-3
ii libdbus-1-3 1.4.16-1
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.98-1
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-3
ii libfreetype6 2.4.8-1
ii libgconf2-4 2.32.4-1
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.24.0-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.30.2-4
ii libglib2.0-bin 2.30.2-4
ii libgtk-3-0 3.2.2-3
ii libpam-modules 1.1.3-6
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.3-6
ii libpam0g 1.1.3-6
ii libpango1.0-0 1.29.4-2
ii librsvg2-common 2.34.2-1
ii libselinux1 2.1.0-4
ii libupower-glib1 0.9.15-1
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-21
ii libx11-6 2:1.4.4-4
ii libxau6 1:1.0.6-4
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.1.0-4
ii libxklavier16 5.1-2
ii libxrandr2 2:1.3.2-2
ii lsb-base 3.2-28
ii policykit-1-gnome 0.105-1
ii upower 0.9.15-1
ii xfce4-session [x-session-manager] 4.8.2-1
ii xfce4-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 0.4.8-1+b1
ii xfwm4 [x-window-manager] 4.8.2-1
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 276-1
Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii at-spi 1.32.0-1
ii desktop-base 6.0.7
ii gnome-icon-theme 3.2.1.2-1
ii gnome-power-manager 3.0.2-3
ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.0.3-3+b1
ii x11-xkb-utils 7.6+4
ii xserver-xephyr 2:1.11.2.901-1
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.6+9
ii zenity 3.2.0-1
Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
pn gnome-mag <none>
pn gnome-orca <none>
pn gok <none>
pn libpam-gnome-keyring 3.2.2-1
pn metacity <none>
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/gdm3/daemon.conf changed:
[daemon]
AutomaticLoginEnable=true
AutomaticLogin=vanessa
[security]
[xdmcp]
[greeter]
[chooser]
[debug]
-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3
gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
There have been many changes to Debian since this bug was originally
reported. If you are still experiencing this issue with Debian 13 (or
with Debian 12 or Testing or Unstable), please report a new bug.
Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha
--- End Message ---
