Readd new version for sponsoring has derivatives have no more autologin.
casper (1.210) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
* Readd scripts/casper-bottom/15autologin changes: derivatives have
now a custom.conf file and still need autologin in live version.
Merge with my previous fix proposed for sponsoring one week ago:
use echo -e to enable \n interpretation (/bin/sh is busybox ash
which behavior differs from vanilla ash interpretor) (LP: #500786)
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: casper
- Lucid amd64 20091222.1 iso booted via grub loopback from hd was the
- first iso where I was presented with a login screen but could not login.
- 20091221 was the last iso with which I was able to get to the desktop
- just fine.
+
+ Readd for sponsoring:
+
+ casper (1.210) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * Readd scripts/casper-bottom/15autologin changes: derivatives have
+ now a custom.conf file and still need autologin in live version.
+ Merge with my previous fix proposed for sponsoring one week ago:
+ use echo -e to enable \n interpretation (/bin/sh is busybox ash
+ which behavior differs from vanilla ash interpretor) (LP: #500786)
+
+
+ --------------------
+ Lucid amd64 20091222.1 iso booted via grub loopback from hd was the first iso
where I was presented with a login screen but could not login. 20091221 was the
last iso with which I was able to get to the desktop just fine.
Today I looked at /etc/gdm/custom.conf and saw that it looked like this:
[daemon]\nAutomaticLoginEnable=true\nAutomaticLogin=ubuntu\nTimedLoginEnable=true\nTimedLogin=ubuntu\nTimedLoginDelay=10
when it should look like this:
[daemon]
AutomaticLoginEnable=true
AutomaticLogin=ubuntu
TimedLoginEnable=true
TimedLogin=ubuntu
TimedLoginDelay=10
When I manually change it to that and "sudo restart gdm" it
automatically logs in to the desktop just fine.
I am not an expert but when I looked around a bit this changelog entry
aroused my suspicion:
Publishing details
Published on 2009-12-21
Changelog
casper (1.208) lucid; urgency=low
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+
[...]
- [ Didier Roche ]
- * scripts/casper-bottom/15autologin: Don't erase /etc/gdm/custom.conf but
- only append autologin on casper startup if needed. This avoids removing
- default session set in this file for ubuntu derivatives which use GDM.
- The script also check if the modification is already there for
- persistent usb keys. (LP: #498971)
- -- Martin Pitt < [email protected]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:54:36 +0100
+ [ Didier Roche ]
+ * scripts/casper-bottom/15autologin: Don't erase /etc/gdm/custom.conf but
+ only append autologin on casper startup if needed. This avoids removing
+ default session set in this file for ubuntu derivatives which use GDM.
+ The script also check if the modification is already there for
+ persistent usb keys. (LP: #498971)
+ -- Martin Pitt < [email protected]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:54:36 +0100
It seems to fit the timing of the breakage exactly. Could you please
take a look?
** Changed in: casper (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Triaged
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regression: /etc/gdm/custom.conf messed up
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/500786
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