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ubiquity package

oem-config forgets to update /etc/sddm.conf

Bug #1447144 reported by lordievader on 2015-04-22

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This bug affects 10 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ubiquity (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	High	Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre	Ubuntu ubuntu-17.05
Nominated for Bionic by Rik Mills

Bug Description

After running the oem-config wizard the file /etc/sddm.conf is not updated.
Causing sddm to fail after a reboot since it tries to autologin as the user oem, but that user doesn't exist.
Removing the /etc/sddm.conf file and restarting sddm fixes the problem.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Wed Apr 22 14:20:56 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-22 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150421.1)
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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lp:~rikmills/ubiquity/bug1447144

Merged into lp:ubiquity at revision 6598

Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre: Approve on 2018-03-26

lp:ubiquity

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lordievader (oliviervdtoorn) wrote on 2015-04-22:

#1

HookError_source_ubiquity.txt Edit (333 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (34.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (98 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquitySyslog.txt Edit (194.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Jonathan Riddell (jr) on 2015-04-22

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
milestone:	none → ubuntu-15.04

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Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote on 2015-04-22:

#2

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1447144

tags:

added: iso-testing

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote on 2015-04-22:

#3

Too late for vivid now, Jonathan says we'll ignore OEM mode for vivid. Probably not a big loss, most OEMs would prefer LTSes anyway?

tags:	added: oem-install
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
milestone:	ubuntu-15.04 → ubuntu-15.05

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Jonathan Riddell (jr) wrote on 2015-04-22:

#4

works for me when I install from today's daily

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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lordievader (oliviervdtoorn) wrote on 2015-07-28:

#5

It's in Wily Alpha2 still present. Perhaps the fact that I am running a KVM vm has something to do with this bug?
Also I manually need to start the oem-prepare script.

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Florian (floeschie) wrote on 2015-10-13:

#6

Did a fresh Vivid install, and ran into the same issue. First I thought it might be related to bug #1384401, but removing the /etc/sddm.conf file fixed it.

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Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) wrote on 2017-04-13:

#7

/etc/sddm.conf is created by user-setup when oem is set up, but never removed from the system when it is prepared for the end-user. Marking as High; this is an important bug breaking OEM setups.

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Triaged
importance:	Undecided → High
milestone:	ubuntu-15.05 → ubuntu-17.05
assignee:	nobody → Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)

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Rik Mills (rikmills) wrote on 2018-03-06:

#8

Nearly a year after this bug was marked as 'high' we have not solved this. With 18.04 LTS coming, a fix needs to be ready for that.

Rik Mills (rikmills) on 2018-03-29

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status:	Triaged → Fix Released

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