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As the title says, automatic login is not working. I've tried a few things, turning it off and on, changing the password, and restarting the system. I always get asked for a password on login however, and with a forced long password it gets abit annoying to have to type it in every time I need to log in.

Output of lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are avalible.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy

EDIT: It seems that automatic login is configured correctly in accordance with GDM3, however it is simply refuseing to work.

Bekfast59
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  • You're missing some key details; you've told us your release (22.04) but not if this is a Server? Desktop? flavor? and what DM or display-manager you're using, as autologin relates mostly to the DM being used. Also please confirm if it's your password you're being asked for, and not a password to unlock your keyring. – guiverc Jan 27 '24 at 06:01
  • As far as I can tell the flavor is "Jammy Jellyfish", this is a desktop system, I do not have a keyring configured, and as far as I can tell, the display manager is /usr/sbin/gdm3 – Bekfast59 Jan 27 '24 at 06:14
  • jammy is a codename (jellyfish a second part of that codename); you're likely using Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 LTS (the desktop the missing bit from above), no flavor (which would be something like Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu-MATE etc which will report identically as you provided). If you changed your password after installing; the keyring may NOT auto-unlock on auto-login (keyring is autoconfigured using your original password given at install). The greeter (GDM3) is what you see before you login, keyring maybe asked post-login (desktop will be visible & password asked by apps) – guiverc Jan 27 '24 at 06:20
  • Alright. Yes I can confirm I am running no flavor. (Standard ubuntu) And yes it is asking for my password and not my keyring as it responds to me changing my user-password, unlike what the keyring seems to do according to a quick google search. From what you have told me the issue now seems to lie within GDM3. Do I change the display-manager now? Or can I change something within GDM3 to fix this? – Bekfast59 Jan 27 '24 at 06:26
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    Does this answer your question? How to auto-login in Xubuntu or Ubuntu Server with XFCE? – Daniel T Jan 27 '24 at 07:58
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    My linked question might say Xubuntu/XFCE, but scroll down and there is a gdm3 part. Does it work? – Daniel T Jan 27 '24 at 07:59
  • There may be repercussions from switching but it works in lightdm. – Organic Marble Jan 27 '24 at 14:30
  • Does enabling timed login instead with the delay set to a low value work? – Daniel T Jan 27 '24 at 21:12

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For Ubuntu (gnome) Edit the file

/etc/gdm3/custom.conf

In [daemon] add:

AutomaticLogginEnable=True AutomaticLoggin=username

Replace username by the right Save and reboot

For Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie Edit

/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

In [Seat:*] add:

autologin-user=username

Replace username by the right Save and reboot

NicolasSmith
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  • Hello! Unfortunately it seems that automatic login is in fact correctly configured in GDM3 as in accordance to this answer, however it is just refuseing to work. – Bekfast59 Jan 27 '24 at 14:17