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Bug 637566 - Automatically select the user in GDM if there's only one
Automatically select the user in GDM if there's only one
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gdm
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: GDM maintainers
GDM maintainers
: 638161 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-12-19 13:38 UTC by Chris Wilson
Modified: 2018-05-24 10:32 UTC
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Description Chris Wilson 2010-12-19 13:38:10 UTC 
In many cases, a computer has only one user. Before logging in, you have to press Enter to select your user name, even if you're the only user on the computer. It's not that much of a problem, but it would be nice if that user is automatically selected for login so that you can immediately start to type in your password.

Originally requested at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/637519
Comment 1 below 2012-02-14 10:38:09 UTC 
Still open in 3.0.4-4 (Debian). I reported this in the Debian BTS: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=656092

And in my eyes, this is not about an enhancement. It is a usability bug that you have to pick the single option explicitly.
Comment 2 nodiscc 2014-05-01 20:28:42 UTC 
*** Bug 638161 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-24 10:32:10 UTC 
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