Comment #6 still stands - this needs to be flipped around. Make 'autologin=yes' per-user information that is provided by the accountsservice, and make interested display managers use that information.
Adding code for reading and writing all the display managers config file formats is not a sane or scalable approach. -- 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/798962 Title: g-c-c "automatic login" settings not working with lightdm Status in D-Bus interfaces for querying and manipulating user account information: Confirmed Status in “accountsservice” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “accountsservice” source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Status in “lightdm” source package in Oneiric: Invalid Bug description: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center sytem, user accounts, select user, unlock, enter sudo pw, change "Automatic Login" to Yes, close window. drill into it, "Automatic Login" is No. Set to yes again, reboot, not logged in. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.0.2-1ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-1.2-generic 3.0.0-rc3 Uname: Linux 3.0-1-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jun 17 16:01:44 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, user) LANGUAGE=en_US: LANG=en_US SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/accountsservice/+bug/798962/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
