Bug 881896

Summary:	If autologin is enabled and I log out, gdm doesn't let me log in again
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Matthew Miller <mattdm>
Component:	gdm	Assignee:	Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	rawhide	CC:	christianklomp, gdesmott, kparal, mclasen, rstrode
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Description Matthew Miller 2012-11-29 18:29:47 UTC

Description of problem:

Since laptop requires a disk encryption password to boot, and since I'm the only user, I felt fairly comfortable turning on autologin. It works fine, but there's a catch: if I log out, it won't let me log back in again.

Specifically, I'm presented with my name and the ability to select a different user -- with no password box. If I select another user, and type 'mattdm', I am then told that there is a UTF-8 error.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

gdm-3.6.2-1

How reproducible:

always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Turn on autologin in /etc/gdm/custom.conf
2. Boot to autologin
3. Log out
  
Actual results:

Log in screen that I can't do anything at

Expected results:

I think older GDM had a timer after which the default user would be logged in again, with a countdown and stuff? That seems reasonable. If the countdown is interrupted, a password dialog should be provided.

Alternately, I can see a case for just always asking for a password in this case.

Comment 1 Christian Klomp 2012-12-05 15:58:14 UTC

I have the exact same thing both at a virtual machine and on a physical one (although only the virtual machine also gets screen glitches after I log out and try to log on again).

The UTF-8 warning is probably because of the move to localectl but it doesn't matter if you correct that.

Comment 2 Kamil Páral 2012-12-13 12:04:21 UTC

Confirmed here.

Comment 3 Matthias Clasen 2012-12-17 13:58:38 UTC

Doesn't seem specific to autologin - I can only log in once

Comment 4 Ray Strode [halfline] 2012-12-17 20:26:11 UTC

seems to be http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=47c73024739a65614c6a0ddcdd1c08239798044a

I apparently never cherry-picked it back to the 3.6 branch

Comment 5 Ray Strode [halfline] 2012-12-17 20:28:02 UTC

Matthias, I assume you're seeing something different. I'll debug with you in person tomorrow.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2012-12-17 20:56:28 UTC

gdm-3.6.2-4.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gdm-3.6.2-4.fc18

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2012-12-18 21:30:12 UTC

Package gdm-3.6.2-4.fc18:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing gdm-3.6.2-4.fc18'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-20593/gdm-3.6.2-4.fc18
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 8 Kamil Páral 2012-12-19 13:48:02 UTC

gdm-3.6.2-4.fc18 fixes it.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2012-12-20 17:48:47 UTC

gdm-3.6.2-5.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gdm-3.6.2-5.fc18

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2013-01-02 21:52:11 UTC

gdm-3.6.2-5.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2013-01-11 23:33:48 UTC

gdm-3.6.2-4.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.