dieter-erich
August 2nd, 2013, 10:25 AM
Hi,
since I do not get along with UNITY I have installed GDM on a 12.04 box. Everything was fine until I tried to activate autologin ( either by entering the lines below into the file /etc/gdm/custom.conf) or making this file with the users dialog gui.
The result is the lines below in custom.conf
[daemon]
AutomaticLoginEnable=True
AutomaticLogin=Imyself"
On bootup the screen shows the splash but then becomes black with "OK" or some other messages appearing in the upper right corner.
The box is completely unresponsive.
HOWEVER: I can access the box from another PC over the net with ssh and gnome-panel normally (i.e. I do see the GDM screen)!!
when outcommenting "AutomaticLogin" in both lines of custom.conf above I can again login normally again. But, clearly, autologin does not work.
What I want is an unattended box that I can wake when required and work on it remotely showing to a local user what I am doing. This also requires a functional VNC session but this is another chapter of the story......
Thanks for comments, D-E
since I do not get along with UNITY I have installed GDM on a 12.04 box. Everything was fine until I tried to activate autologin ( either by entering the lines below into the file /etc/gdm/custom.conf) or making this file with the users dialog gui.
The result is the lines below in custom.conf
[daemon]
AutomaticLoginEnable=True
AutomaticLogin=Imyself"
On bootup the screen shows the splash but then becomes black with "OK" or some other messages appearing in the upper right corner.
The box is completely unresponsive.
HOWEVER: I can access the box from another PC over the net with ssh and gnome-panel normally (i.e. I do see the GDM screen)!!
when outcommenting "AutomaticLogin" in both lines of custom.conf above I can again login normally again. But, clearly, autologin does not work.
What I want is an unattended box that I can wake when required and work on it remotely showing to a local user what I am doing. This also requires a functional VNC session but this is another chapter of the story......
Thanks for comments, D-E