Re: [gdm-list] problem with autologin on multiple displays

[Brian Cameron <Brian Cameron Sun COM>]

Jeff:

Yes, it is a known issue that GDM does not support autologin except for
the first display started in the configuration file.  Timed login also
doesn't work this way.  It would be a nice enhancement to make the
code support this.

Refer:

   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336174

I'd be happy to accept a patch that makes auto/timed login work for
multiple displays.

Brian


> I'm using Ubuntu Feisty as the basis for a carpc.  I have one display in the front for control, and two in the back so my kids can watch or play what they want on long trips.  Everything is working great, except I can't get more than one user to autologin.  Here is what I've tried:
>
> /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf-custom
>
> [daemon]
> AutomaticLoginEnable=true
> AutomaticLogin=/usr/sbin/gdm-autologin|
>
> [security]
> AllowRemoteAutoLogin=true
> DisallowTCP=false
>
> My custom shell script gdm-autologin which returns a user based on DISPLAY:
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> case $DISPLAY in
>   ":0")
>     echo "user1"
>     ;;
>   ":1")
>     echo "user2"
>     ;;
>   ":2")
>     echo "user3"
>     ;;
> esac
>
> User1 on display :0 automatically logs in as desired, but user2 and user3 don't.  I've tried various options to no avail so I'm hoping someone here can help.  Thanks!
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