GDM problem: Autologin not working

[Gilbert Sebenste]

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006, Jim Cornette wrote:

> Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> I updated to the very latest version of GDM to automatically log in to a 
>> user account. But instead of auto-logging in, the bootup does it's usual 
>> thing and then I see a black screen with a small text box that says:
>> 
>> Automatic login (user)
>> Password:
>> 
>> And then if I type in the password, the login proceeds as usual. Is this an 
>> "undocumented feature" of the new GDM? :-)
>> 
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>> Gilbert Sebenste 
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>
> This is a bug pointed out earlier by an earlier poster that described the 
> problem. You are seeing the normal GDM login screen.
>
> Configuration for the development version of GDM is totally busted. Wait for 
> a fixed version for FC5.

Thanks Jim, I didn't see the earlier post. Will do so...

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Gilbert Sebenste                                                     ********
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