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Bug 774306 - Not able to log on GNOME on Xorg with auto-login enabled
Not able to log on GNOME on Xorg with auto-login enabled
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 773371
Product: gdm
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.22.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GDM maintainers
GDM maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-11-12 00:48 UTC by jeanpatrick.guerrero@gmail.com (Account disabled)
Modified: 2017-06-05 20:52 UTC
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Description jeanpatrick.guerrero@gmail.com (Account disabled) 2016-11-12 00:48:27 UTC 
1. Log on GNOME on Xorg through gdm
2. Enable the auto-login
3. Reboot
4. Fail: you always log on GNOME Wayland, automatically
Comment 1 mboquien 2017-01-08 20:49:04 UTC 
Duplicate of bug #775299?
Comment 2 wsxy162 2017-04-01 20:09:41 UTC 
5. Log out the session back to login screen, click on the option button, it shows that "GNOME on Xorg" is still in choosen.

So, gdm does remenber the last choosen session, but ignore it anyway in this case.
Comment 3 André Klapper 2017-06-05 20:52:36 UTC 
Thanks for taking the time to report this.
This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 773371 ***