[SOLVED] gdm.conf not working?? using wrong file ??

radiodee1 · 01-01-2011, 09:24 AM

HI,

I'm using an updated squeeze, and I want my gdm to log me in on my laptop automatically. I went to 'System -> Administration -> Login Window' and changed the property 'Enable Automatic Login' in the 'Security' tab. Didn't work. Then I copied a working 'gdm.conf' from another laptop to the '/etc/gdm/' folder of the one I wanted to change. Now the laptop in question seems to randomly automatically login and sometimes require me to login manually. Is there any reason why this should happen? Am I copying the wrong file? The file I copied is below.

Code:

# GDM Custom Configuration file.
#


[daemon]

AutomaticLoginEnable=true

AutomaticLogin=dave

[security]

[xdmcp]

[gui]

[greeter]



GraphicalTheme=happygnome

GraphicalThemes=happygnome

GraphicalThemeRand=true



GraphicalThemedColor=#000305


SoundOnLogin=false



[chooser]

[debug]

# Note that to disable servers defined in the GDM System Defaults
# configuration file (such as 0=Standard, you must put a line in this file
# that says 0=inactive, as described in the Configuration section of the GDM
# documentation.
#
[servers]

# Also note, that if you redefine a [server-foo] section, then GDM will
# use the definition in this file, not the GDM System Defaults configuration
# file.  It is currently not possible to disable a [server-foo] section
# defined in the GDM System Defaults configuration file.
#

I've taken out some of the comment lines from the file above.

paulsm4 · 01-01-2011, 12:28 PM

Hi -

Suggestions:
1. Restore the original "gdm.conf", and simply hand-edit your changes (if possible).
2. Two possible names: "/etc/gdm/gdm.conf", or "/etc/gdm/custom.conf". Check for possible conflicts.
... finally ...
3. See if you can remove EVERYTHING, and run "gdmsetup", to get back to a "known good state".

'Hope that helps!

radiodee1 · 01-09-2011, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulsm4

Hi -

Suggestions:
1. Restore the original "gdm.conf", and simply hand-edit your changes (if possible).
2. Two possible names: "/etc/gdm/gdm.conf", or "/etc/gdm/custom.conf". Check for possible conflicts.
... finally ...
3. See if you can remove EVERYTHING, and run "gdmsetup", to get back to a "known good state".

'Hope that helps!

Originally there was just 'gdm.conf'. There was also 'locale.conf' but I left that alone. I think originally I copied the gdm.conf file to another name, and edited the original gdm.conf file by hand, but that didn't work. What I think happened is that gdm continued to read the old file along with the new edited file. I had something like 'gdm.conf' and 'gdm.conf.old'. I think it was reading both. Could that be?

I tried removing the two files, mv'ed them to another directory. Then I ran gdmsetup, but no new file was generated. I even tried booting without any config file in the directory. After a while it put up the default debian gdm log-in screen. When I returned to /etc/gdm/ there still was no gdm.conf file created.

Finally I put a hand edited gdm.conf file in the directory. I made sure it was the only one (besides locale.conf which I never touched) and rebooted. For now it's doing what I want it to. Only many many reboots or logins will tell, though.