I decided to play with this a bit tonight and I was having trouble reproducing this behavior in my "stable" updated Ubuntu Saucy, so I did a fresh install of Ubuntu Saucy i386 selecting to auto-login during installation. Then I ran all updates and rebooted when prompted.
Upon reboot auto-login worked as it should but when I went to System Settings > User Accounts I see it's set to "off". Please look at the screenshot. I must get some sleep but this is indeed mind boggling :^( ** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2013-11-05 04:18:02.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1245915/+attachment/3900437/+files/Screenshot%20from%202013-11-05%2004%3A18%3A02.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1245915 Title: Can't change auto login status to "no" in Ubuntu or Ubuntu GNOME Saucy after "yes" is selected Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I've been testing alternative DE's in both Ubuntu and Ubuntu GNOME Saucy and I've been selecting "auto-login" during installation of the OS. I now notice that going to System Settings > User Accounts and changing the automatic login status from on to off has no effect. Since it effects both Ubuntu and Ubuntu GNOME it's also fair to say it effects both lightdm and gdm. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu44 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Oct 29 09:52:09 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-17 (11 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release i386 (20131016.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_gnome-control-center: activity-log-manager 0.9.7-0ubuntu4 deja-dup 27.3.1-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-datetime 13.10.0+13.10.20131016.2-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-signon 0.1.7~+13.10.20130724.1-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-unity 1.3+13.10.20131004-0ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1245915/+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
