Package: kdm
Version: 4:4.11.13-2
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
I have had a problem with autologin on desktop computers.
* What led up to the situation?
I attempted to use autologin with KDM (and LightDM for that matter).
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
I uncommented the lines in kdmrc that enable autologin, as can be seen
in the attached kdmrc.
* What was the outcome of this action?
Nothing happened upon reboot, KDM still showed a greeter asking for
username and password.
* What outcome did you expect instead?
I expected KDM to log me in to my desktop as I had configured it to
do.
KDM has only been tested with XFCE. But on two different desktop computers, it
has failed to autologin, and has continued to ask for username and password.
The reason I mention LightDM is because LightDM also failed to autologin. These
were installed on a nearly clean installation of Debian 8.2 with XFCE, SSH
server, and standard system utilities tasks selected on install.
The LightDM bug report can be found at #807616.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=807616
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.2
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages kdm depends on:
ii adduser 3.113+nmu3
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.56
ii kde-runtime 4:4.14.2-2
ii kde-wallpapers-default 4:4.14.0-1
ii kde-workspace-kgreet-plugins 4:4.11.13-2
ii libc6 2.19-18+deb8u1
ii libkdecore5 4:4.14.2-5
ii libkdeui5 4:4.14.2-5
ii libkio5 4:4.14.2-5
ii libknewstuff3-4 4:4.14.2-5
ii libkworkspace4abi2 4:4.11.13-2
ii libpam0g 1.1.8-3.1
ii libqimageblitz4 1:0.0.6-4
ii libqt4-svg 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1
ii libqt4-xml 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1
ii libqtcore4 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1
ii libqtgui4 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1
ii libstdc++6 4.9.2-10
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.2-3
ii libxau6 1:1.0.8-1
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.1.1-1+b1
ii libxtst6 2:1.2.2-1+b1
ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian13+nmu1
Versions of packages kdm recommends:
ii logrotate 3.8.7-1+b1
ii mutter [x-window-manager] 3.14.4-1~deb8u1
ii xfce4-session [x-session-manager] 4.10.1-10
ii xfce4-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 0.6.3-1+b1
ii xfwm4 [x-window-manager] 4.10.1-3
ii xserver-xephyr [xserver] 2:1.16.4-1
ii xserver-xorg [xserver] 1:7.7+7
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 312-2
Versions of packages kdm suggests:
pn kde-wallpapers <none>
pn kdepasswd <none>
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc changed:
[General]
ConfigVersion=2.4
StaticServers=:0
ReserveServers=:1,:2,:3
ServerVTs=-7
ConsoleTTYs=tty1,tty2,tty3,tty4,tty5,tty6
PidFile=/var/run/kdm.pid
GreeterUID=kdm
[Xdmcp]
Enable=false
Willing=/etc/kde4/kdm/Xwilling
[Shutdown]
[X-*-Core]
Setup=/etc/kde4/kdm/Xsetup
Startup=/etc/kde4/kdm/Xstartup
Reset=/etc/kde4/kdm/Xreset
Session=/etc/kde4/kdm/Xsession
AllowRootLogin=false
AllowNullPasswd=false
AllowShutdown=Root
ClientLogFile=.xsession-errors-%d
[X-*-Greeter]
LogoArea=Logo
LogoPixmap=/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/pics/kdelogo.png
MinShowUID=1000
MaxShowUID=29999
Preloader=/usr/bin/preloadkde
UseTheme=true
Theme=@@@ToBeReplacedByDesktopBase@@@
[X-:*-Core]
ServerCmd=/usr/bin/X
ServerArgsLocal=-br -nolisten tcp
AllowNullPasswd=true
AllowShutdown=All
[X-:*-Greeter]
PreselectUser=Previous
FocusPasswd=true
LoginMode=DefaultLocal
AllowClose=true
[X-:0-Core]
AutoLoginUser=oldtechaa
ClientLogFile=.xsession-errors
[X-:0-Greeter]
-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3
kdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/kdm
kdm/stop_running_server_with_children: false
