Screen locking issue - automatic login ON but must enter password anyway

[jerrylamos]

Selected automatic login when I installed Wily.
Was working fine until upgrade this week.
Settings shows automatic login.
Every time I boot asks for password. Should not.
PC is in my home no one ever uses it except me.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: gnome-screensaver 3.6.1-7ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.1.0-3.3-generic 4.1.3
Uname: Linux 4.1.0-3-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.18-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Aug 15 19:41:49 2015
GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No
GnomeSessionInhibitors: None
GsettingsGnomeSession:
 org.gnome.desktop.session session-name 'ubuntu'
 org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay uint32 300
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-11 (4 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150808)
SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver
Symptom: security
Title: Screen locking issue
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[jerrylamos (jerrylamos)]

Here's the level of Wily that used to do automatic login like the settings say, until update this week automatic login no longer works:

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=15.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=wily
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu Wily Werewolf (development branch)"
Linux Lenovo2 4.1.0-3-generic #3-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 28 12:25:10 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

What do I do to get automatic login working?

BTW, problem occurs on this Lenovo desktop and also on my Acer laptop.

[jerrylamos (jerrylamos)]

Ubuntu forum post fixed problem on Lenovo. Will try Acer next:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2290845&p=13339649#post13339649

Xubuntu failed using autologin.
The fix is to remove the line "autologin-session=lightdm-autologin" from "/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf, as that option has been unimplemented, per post#8 from this
bug report. #1484083

I'm using Ubuntu Unity fix worked for me as well.