[mythtv-users] Autologin lost on upgrade to ubuntu 9.10

[Ross Campbell]

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 12:49 PM, sdavmor <sdavmor at systemstheory.net> wrote:
> Ross Campbell wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:42 AM, sdavmor
>> <sdavmor at systemstheory.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Stuart Larson wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One quick question since everything else on my upgrade from
>>>>>>  Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 went very well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Before the upgrade it would autologin and start mythtv. Now
>>>>>> I get the user login screen. Once I select the user
>>>>>> (there's only one on our media center server) and put in
>>>>>> the user password everything proceeds as before. Where do I
>>>>>> need to go to force-fix this so it starts up and logs
>>>>>> itself in as it used to do?
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are running mythbuntu on your Ubuntu system, you can
>>>>> just go to the mythbuntu control centre. There you can
>>>>> disable/enable the autologin. There is a way to manually do
>>>>> it as well but you can google that as easily as any of us.
>>>>
>>>> I googled it for the OP (I believe it's basically renaming the custom
>>>> config file in /etc/gdm to custom.conf, and ensuring
>>>> your username is in it.
>>
>> I believe some gnome behaviors changed between 9.04 and 9.10 that
>> have more subtle impact on the autologin functionality.
>>
>> In 9.04, I had autologin enabled, and whenever my myth box hung,
>> I'd hit ctrl-alt-backspace to restart the xserver. Autologin would
>> run a timer and then automatically start mythfrontend at end of
>> time if I did nothing. This was a simple "panic button" fix for
>> myhtv with a high WAF.
>>
>> With 9.10, initial boot autologin and start of mythfrontend works
>> as desired, HOWEVER... ctrl-alt-backspace is disabled by default.
>> After re-enabling it, I found that gdm doesn't auto-re-login, and
>> when I manually login, it doesn't auto-re-start mythfrontend.
>>
>> Anyone know how to change this back to the 9.04 behavior?
>>
>> Also, here's how to re-enable ctrl-alt-backspace -
>> http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-enabledisable-ctrlaltbackspace-in-ubuntu-9-10-karmic.html
>>  -- IMHO, this may be a useful default for mythbuntu.
>>
>> -Ross
>
> I haven't tested any of what is on this page, but this link provides
> info on "Frontend Auto Login". Option 3 for Karmic mentions dealing
> with mythfrontend crashes.
>
> <http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Frontend_Auto_Login#Note_on_Ubuntu_Karmic_.289.10.29>

different - that's just process restarting. I'm talking about dealing
with locked up x session by restarting x and having gdm ALWAYS
autologin (not just 1st boot)

-Ross