Activity log for bug #500786

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2009-12-27 14:49:59 Wolfgang Kufner bug added bug
2009-12-27 16:59:12 Anita Kollmann removed subscriber Anita Kollmann
2009-12-27 20:03:13 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:~didrocks/casper/fix-derivative-live
2009-12-27 20:06:15 Didier Roche-Tolomelli casper (Ubuntu): status New Triaged
2009-12-27 20:06:48 Didier Roche-Tolomelli casper (Ubuntu): importance Undecided High
2010-01-05 09:13:31 Thierry Carrez casper (Ubuntu): status Triaged In Progress
2010-01-05 09:13:31 Thierry Carrez casper (Ubuntu): assignee Thierry Carrez (ttx)
2010-01-05 09:29:31 Thierry Carrez casper (Ubuntu): status In Progress Incomplete
2010-01-05 09:29:31 Thierry Carrez casper (Ubuntu): assignee Thierry Carrez (ttx) Didier Roche (didrocks)
2010-01-05 09:29:53 Thierry Carrez removed subscriber Ubuntu Sponsors for main
2010-01-05 12:46:17 Didier Roche-Tolomelli description 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. 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 [...] [ 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 < martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:54:36 +0100 It seems to fit the timing of the breakage exactly. Could you please take a look? Binary package hint: casper 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 [...]   [ 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 < martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:54:36 +0100 It seems to fit the timing of the breakage exactly. Could you please take a look?
2010-01-05 12:47:13 Didier Roche-Tolomelli casper (Ubuntu): status Incomplete Triaged
2010-01-05 13:56:37 Thierry Carrez casper (Ubuntu): assignee Didier Roche (didrocks)
2010-01-05 19:03:57 Martin Pitt casper (Ubuntu): status Triaged Fix Committed
2010-01-05 19:03:57 Martin Pitt casper (Ubuntu): assignee Didier Roche (didrocks)
2010-01-05 19:05:25 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:ubuntu/casper
2010-01-05 19:10:08 Launchpad Janitor casper (Ubuntu): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2010-01-09 11:41:03 Wolfgang Kufner casper (Ubuntu): status Fix Released Fix Committed
2010-01-09 12:38:04 Didier Roche-Tolomelli branch unlinked lp:ubuntu/casper
2010-01-09 12:55:41 Didier Roche-Tolomelli casper (Ubuntu): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2011-02-17 09:08:29 Daniel Holbach bug added subscriber Ubuntu Sponsors Team
2011-02-17 09:08:34 Daniel Holbach removed subscriber [DEPRECATED] Ubuntu Sponsors for main
2011-02-22 00:09:28 Benjamin Drung removed subscriber Ubuntu Sponsors Team
2011-09-01 12:39:34 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:ubuntu/lucid/casper