Well, despite all my attempts mentioned by various people here. The only time I can get auto login to work is if I comment the autologin-user-timeout=xxx option.
Otherwise it stays forever on the login prompt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/902852 Title: Timed autologin feature not working Status in Light Display Manager: Fix Released Status in Unity Greeter: Fix Released Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “unity-greeter” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “lightdm” source package in Precise: Fix Released Status in “unity-greeter” source package in Precise: Fix Released Status in “lightdm” source package in Quantal: Fix Released Status in “unity-greeter” source package in Quantal: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] Not able to set an automatic login with a timeout on Ubuntu 12.04.1 [Test Case] 1. Enable automatic login in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf: [SeatDefaults] autologin-user=bob autologin-user-timeout=10 2. Restart machine 3. Wait on greeter Expected result: Greeter automatically logs in as bob after 10 seconds Observed result: Remain on login screen, nothing happens after 10 seconds. [Regression potential] Other authentication may be affected. Tested with lightdm regression tests. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/902852/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
