Re: [gdm-list] Auto-login demands password

["Ray Strode" <halfline gmail com>]

Hi,

> I have used the autologin feature of gdm's custom.conf for years on many
> versions of gdm & gnome without problem, however recently [...]
> rather than immediately logging me
> in, it displays a small panel which demands that I enter my password
> (though it already knows my username).  After I enter my password, it
> starts my session as normal.
[...]
> Is this a bug, is the documentation out-of-date, is there another
> configuration option?  Any ideas on what I must do to correct this?
It's a bug:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=344191

Should be fixed in an FC5 update next week (I already built the
package, but it just hasn't gone out yet).

--Ray