I'm sorry, but that's not a legit action: removing a required component is not the way to handle this case.
smart card login can be disabled "properly" by using gsettings sudo -u gdm env DCONF_PROFILE=gdm settings set \ org.gnome.login-screen enable-smartcard-authentication false Or use https://github.com/realmazharhussain/gdm-settings See more on https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GDM for further details on dconf settings. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2017780 Title: gdm was failing to start for me, because smarcard.desktop was missing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/2017780/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs