Automatic login doesn't work :-(

Posted: 12-05-2006, 10:45 AM

yacoll

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Hello!

It's my first post to this newsgroup, so I say hello to everybody ;-)

I've installed Mandriva 2007 several days ago and I'm trying to get
accustomed to ;-)

Ad rem: the autologin feature doesn't work for me. I think that I did
proper configuration (as I can read from manuals). Relevant window in my
Control center looks like this (sorry for polish language):

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/472/aaakz0.png

And KDE settings are:

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/7071/bbbdl9.png

Apart from this every time I turn my PC on I get blue screen with login
and password :-(

Password for user 'gonsiorek' is empty - maybe that's an issue?

I've tried to find files with some relevant configuration. I've found
something like 'kderc' in /etc/kdm/<some_other_path>/

Here it goes (maybe it will be useful):

[General]
ConfigVersion=2.3
ConsoleTTYs=tty1,tty2,tty3,tty4,tty5,tty6
PidFile=/var/run/kdm.pid
ReserveServers=:1,:2,:3,:4,:5
ServerVTs=-7
StaticServers=:0

[Shutdown]
BootManager=Lilo
HaltCmd=/sbin/poweroff
RebootCmd=/usr/bin/reboot

[X-*-Core]
AllowNullPasswd=false
AllowRootLogin=false
AllowShutdown=None
AutoReLogin=false
ClientLogFile=.xsession-errors-%s
FailsafeClient=/usr/bin/xterm
Reset=/etc/X11/xdm/TakeConsole
Resources=/etc/X11/xdm/Xresources
ServerArgsLocal=-deferglyphs 16
Session=/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession
Setup=/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
Startup=/etc/X11/xdm/GiveConsole
SystemPath=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
UserPath=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin/

[X-*-Greeter]
AntiAliasing=true
ColorScheme=Galaxy
EchoMode=OneStar
FaceDir=/usr/share/faces
FaceSource=AdminOnly
FailFont=Sans,10,-1,5,75,0,0,0,0,0
FocusPasswd=false
ForgingSeed=1145020279
GUIStyle=
GreetFont=Sans,24,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
GreetString=Witaj w %n
GreeterPos=50,50
HiddenUsers=nobody,root
Language=pl
LogoArea=Clock
LogoPixmap=/usr/share/apps/kdm/pics/kdm-mdk-logo.png
MaxShowUID=65000
MinShowUID=500
Preloader=/usr/bin/preloadkde
PreselectUser=None
SelectedUsers=
ShowUsers=All
SortUsers=true
StdFont=Sans,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
Theme=/usr/share/mdk/dm
UseBackground=true
UseTheme=true
UserCompletion=false
UserList=true

[X-:*-Core]
AllowNullPasswd=true
AllowShutdown=All
NoPassEnable=false
NoPassUsers=gonsiorek
ServerCmd=/usr/bin/X -br

[X-:*-Greeter]
DefaultUser=gonsiorek
FocusPasswd=true
LoginMode=DefaultLocal
PreselectUser=Default

[X-:0-Core]
AutoLoginAgain=false
AutoLoginDelay=0
AutoLoginEnable=true
AutoLoginLocked=false
AutoLoginUser=gonsiorek
ClientLogFile=.xsession-errors

[Xdmcp]
Enable=false
Willing=/etc/X11/xdm/Xwilling
Xaccess=/etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess

Please, help.

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jjim

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Re: Automatic login doesn't work :-(

Posted: 12-05-2006, 02:27 PM

On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:45:03 +0100, yacoll wrote:

> Hello!
>
> It's my first post to this newsgroup, so I say hello to everybody ;-)
>
> I've installed Mandriva 2007 several days ago and I'm trying to get
> accustomed to ;-)
>
> Ad rem: the autologin feature doesn't work for me. I think that I did
> proper configuration (as I can read from manuals). Relevant window in my
> Control center looks like this (sorry for polish language):
>
> http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/472/aaakz0.png
>
> And KDE settings are:
>
> http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/7071/bbbdl9.png
>
> Apart from this every time I turn my PC on I get blue screen with login
> and password :-(
>
> Password for user 'gonsiorek' is empty - maybe that's an issue?
>
> I've tried to find files with some relevant configuration. I've found
> something like 'kderc' in /etc/kdm/<some_other_path>/
>
> Here it goes (maybe it will be useful):
>
> [General]
> ConfigVersion=2.3
> ConsoleTTYs=tty1,tty2,tty3,tty4,tty5,tty6 PidFile=/var/run/kdm.pid
> ReserveServers=:1,:2,:3,:4,:5
> ServerVTs=-7
> StaticServers=:0
>
> [Shutdown]
> BootManager=Lilo
> HaltCmd=/sbin/poweroff
> RebootCmd=/usr/bin/reboot
>
> [X-*-Core]
> AllowNullPasswd=false
> AllowRootLogin=false
> AllowShutdown=None
> AutoReLogin=false
> ClientLogFile=.xsession-errors-%s
> FailsafeClient=/usr/bin/xterm
> Reset=/etc/X11/xdm/TakeConsole
> Resources=/etc/X11/xdm/Xresources
> ServerArgsLocal=-deferglyphs 16
> Session=/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession
> Setup=/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
> Startup=/etc/X11/xdm/GiveConsole
> SystemPath=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
> UserPath=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin/
>
> [X-*-Greeter]
> AntiAliasing=true
> ColorScheme=Galaxy
> EchoMode=OneStar
> FaceDir=/usr/share/faces
> FaceSource=AdminOnly
> FailFont=Sans,10,-1,5,75,0,0,0,0,0
> FocusPasswd=false
> ForgingSeed=1145020279
> GUIStyle=
> GreetFont=Sans,24,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
> GreetString=Witaj w %n
> GreeterPos=50,50
> HiddenUsers=nobody,root
> Language=pl
> LogoArea=Clock
> LogoPixmap=/usr/share/apps/kdm/pics/kdm-mdk-logo.png MaxShowUID=65000
> MinShowUID=500
> Preloader=/usr/bin/preloadkde
> PreselectUser=None
> SelectedUsers=
> ShowUsers=All
> SortUsers=true
> StdFont=Sans,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
> Theme=/usr/share/mdk/dm
> UseBackground=true
> UseTheme=true
> UserCompletion=false
> UserList=true
>
> [X-:*-Core]
> AllowNullPasswd=true
> AllowShutdown=All
> NoPassEnable=false
> NoPassUsers=gonsiorek
> ServerCmd=/usr/bin/X -br
>
> [X-:*-Greeter]
> DefaultUser=gonsiorek
> FocusPasswd=true
> LoginMode=DefaultLocal
> PreselectUser=Default
>
> [X-:0-Core]
> AutoLoginAgain=false
> AutoLoginDelay=0
> AutoLoginEnable=true
> AutoLoginLocked=false
> AutoLoginUser=gonsiorek
> ClientLogFile=.xsession-errors
>
> [Xdmcp]
> Enable=false
> Willing=/etc/X11/xdm/Xwilling
> Xaccess=/etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess
>
> Please, help.

your pics look fine, but when you say that your password is blank? did
you assign one?

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James J. Dines

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Re: Automatic login doesn't work :-(

Posted: 12-05-2006, 03:41 PM

jjim wrote:
<snipped about 75 lines>

>
> your pics look fine, but when you say that your password is blank? did
> you assign one?
>

Damn jjim,

Please learn to trim your posts!

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yacoll

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Re: Automatic login doesn't work :-(

Posted: 12-06-2006, 07:34 AM

> jjim wrote:

>
>>your pics look fine, but when you say that your password is blank? did
>>you assign one?

No, user 'gonsiorek' has no password. When I come back home I'll try to
assign him one (I'm at work now), maybe it'll help...

Thanks for your response, anyway.
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David W. Hodgins

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Re: Automatic login doesn't work :-(

Posted: 12-05-2006, 07:46 PM

On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 05:45:03 -0500, yacoll <yacoll@nie-nie-nie.poczta.onet.pl> wrote:

> Ad rem: the autologin feature doesn't work for me. I think that I did
> proper configuration (as I can read from manuals). Relevant window in my
> Control center looks like this (sorry for polish language):

Run draksec (from a konsole as root). Either set the security level
standard under basic options (second lowest level under the first tab),
or use the third tab, System Options, and change the 6th entry, Autologin
from Default to Yes.

You may need to unselect/reselect the allowing of autologin, via the
mandriva control center, and the kde control center.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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yacoll

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Re: Automatic login doesn't work :-(

Posted: 12-06-2006, 07:48 AM

David W. Hodgins napisa³(a):

>
> Run draksec (from a konsole as root). Either set the security level
> standard under basic options (second lowest level under the first tab),
> or use the third tab, System Options, and change the 6th entry, Autologin
> from Default to Yes.
>

Thanks for your advice. I run draksec and set it in this way:

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/1797/draksec1ya8.png

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/2705/draksec2ll7.png

Short polish-english dictionary: ;-)

standardowy - standard
tak - yes
domyslny - default

BUT IT STILL DOESN'T WORK :-(

What else can be done...!?

This terrible login/password screen is very annoying, especially for my
wife ;-) I'm trying to convince her to drop Windows XP and switch to
Mandriva... Because login/pass screen doesn't appear in XP - she
complains...

Please, help!

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James J. Dines

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Re: Automatic login doesn't work :-(

Posted: 12-06-2006, 03:43 PM

yacoll wrote:

> David W. Hodgins napisa³(a):
>>

<snip>

>
> What else can be done...!?
>
> This terrible login/password screen is very annoying, especially for my
> wife ;-) I'm trying to convince her to drop Windows XP and switch to
> Mandriva... Because login/pass screen doesn't appear in XP - she
> complains...

It is better to teach the student than to let the student set the
curriculum :-)

If she really cannot enter a user name and password, then there is no
sense trying to get here to use Linux. She will complain about
*everything*, because in the end Linux is *NOT* the same as XP (thank GOD.)

Have you explained to her that there will be a learning curve, but in
the end everything will be much easier? No viruses. No adware. No
need to worry what attachments she can and cannot open in an E-Mail, etc?

My 67 year old mother can barely log on to a computer, but she is very
glad she made the switch.

>
> Please, help!
>

HTH,

Jim D.

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yacoll

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Re: Automatic login doesn't work :-(

Posted: 12-07-2006, 08:00 AM

James J. Dines napisa³(a):

>
> If she really cannot enter a user name and password, then there is no
> sense trying to get here to use Linux. She will complain about
> *everything*, because in the end Linux is *NOT* the same as XP (thank GOD.)
>

I don't agree with you. My wife can cope with PC very well. But actually
she stays at home, bringing up our two little sons (2 years; 3 months).
Younger of them is often carried by my wife on hands because of crying
:-( In this situation necessity of typing login name and password is nasty.

Thats a reason why I want do enable automatic login...

If you have children too then you should understand.

> Have you explained to her that there will be a learning curve, but in
> the end everything will be much easier? No viruses. No adware. No
> need to worry what attachments she can and cannot open in an E-Mail, etc?

She is informed very well.

> My 67 year old mother can barely log on to a computer, but she is very
> glad she made the switch.

I've never said we aren't.

Greetings.

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Andy

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Re: Automatic login doesn't work :-(

Posted: 12-07-2006, 08:38 AM

On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:00:22 +0100, yacoll wrote:

>> My 67 year old mother can barely log on to a computer, but she is very
>> glad she made the switch.
>
> I've never said we aren't.
>
> Greetings.

Hallo Mr.yacoll, no need to feel ofended, this guys here told me to kiss
off a few times ;-), just kidding ;-) but one of them whips me constantly
for not trimming my posts, his name is short like a bit with a capitol B ;-)
Automatic login is no good, your children will soon try to login very
soon, and you'll be back with another question ;-)

Take care

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James J. Dines

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Re: Automatic login doesn't work :-(

Posted: 12-07-2006, 07:40 PM

yacoll wrote:

> James J. Dines napisa³(a):
>>
>> If she really cannot enter a user name and password, then there is no
>> sense trying to get here to use Linux. She will complain about
>> *everything*, because in the end Linux is *NOT* the same as XP (thank
>> GOD.)
>>

I based the above on this statement from you: "This terrible
login/password screen is very annoying, especially for my wife ;-) I'm
trying to convince her to drop Windows XP and switch to Mandriva...
Because login/pass screen doesn't appear in XP - she complains... "

>
> I don't agree with you. My wife can cope with PC very well. But actually
> she stays at home, bringing up our two little sons (2 years; 3 months).
> Younger of them is often carried by my wife on hands because of crying
> :-( In this situation necessity of typing login name and password is nasty.
>
> Thats a reason why I want do enable automatic login...

While they are very young, I do understand, but see below for when they
get a bit older ...

>
> If you have children too then you should understand.
>

Actually, having children who are using your computer is the absolute
best reason I can think of *against* autologin. I don't know about you,
but I would prefer that any damage a child might do, either accidentally
or intentionally, be localized to their own personal account. If they
aren't old enough to enter a username and password, then so much the
better. Again, you don't want them just starting the thing up and going
to town.

>
>> Have you explained to her that there will be a learning curve, but in
>> the end everything will be much easier? No viruses. No adware. No
>> need to worry what attachments she can and cannot open in an E-Mail, etc?
>
> She is informed very well.
>

Well, given the new information, I don't agree with your position, but I
understand it. It is certainly a decision you should be making since it
involves your family, not mine.

>> My 67 year old mother can barely log on to a computer, but she is very
>> glad she made the switch.
>
> I've never said we aren't.
>

You did say you were having trouble convincing her two switch from XP to
Linux, and cited the need to enter a login and password as her
complaint, without elaborating on *why* that was an issue. Now that you
have elaborated, I fully understand your position. I may not agree with
you, but I will fight to my death to defend your right to your own
opinion on the matter!

> Greetings.
>

Peace ....

Jim D.
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