Automatic login fails and computer hangs (Lucid)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gdm
1) Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
2)
gdm:
Installed: 2.30.0-0ubuntu5
Candidate: 2.30.0-0ubuntu5
Version table:
*** 2.30.0-0ubuntu5 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
3) I expected Ubuntu to login "automatically" when booting:
In the screen System > Administration > Users and Groups > Password > Change I select the box 'Don't ask for password on login' (automatic login).
4) Instead, when I boot the computer:
- It boots fine until the login screen is loaded
- Then I select my account on the login screen.
- Next, I get a bunch of different error messages, in the following order:
(1) "Could not update ICEauthority file /home/user/
(2) Error message that reads something like: Problem with the configuration server, ....
(3) Error from Nautilus: (translated from dutch): Cannot create mandatory directories: /home/user/Desktop
/home/user/
(4) Update Window: "Record your encryption passphrase" > No idea what I have to do with this, if I execute the suggested action, this has no effect, and the system doesn't respond as indicated in the window itself.
(5) Now I get the blank default Desktop background, with nothing on it (no menu's, links, etc.)
I am sort of logged in however, because I can get a screen to shut down, restart etc., when pushing my computer's on/off button. And after a break I get the normal login window that asks my password. If I enter it, the system hangs.
> Maybe this bug has to do with messed up file permissions? I have no idea. Maybe it's related to the fact that my home directory is encrypted (encryptfs)
Work-around to be able to login again and turn autmatic login off: boot with recovery mode, log in manually from the command prompt, and run 'startx' to start up ubuntu.
thank you for your bug report, it's not likely a gdm bug though but rather a local issue, changing to a question where triagers can help to get the issue debugged