16.04 casper 15_autologin file contains obsolete lightdm configuration
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| accountsservice (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
| casper (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
/usr/share/
the lightdm section of the file contains a lightdm configuration that is incorrect for 15.10 and later
for example it writes out /root/etc/
according to the lightdm wiki this should be /root/etc/
Additionally using [SeatDefaults] is wrong. Again according the wiki [SeatDefaults] is obsolete and should be [Seat:*]
Think this is probably why manual live CD creators and those who use Pinguy ISO Builder cannot create a lightdm autologin live CD
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: lightdm 1.17.5-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-9-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Budgie:GNOME
Date: Sat Mar 5 21:07:13 2016
SourcePackage: lightdm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| fossfreedom (fossfreedom) wrote | #1 |
| Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) wrote | #2 |
| affects: | lightdm (Ubuntu) → casper (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in casper (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Changed in accountsservice (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| tags: | added: rls-z-incoming |
| tags: |
added: rls-aa-incoming removed: rls-z-incoming |
| Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) wrote | #3 |
| tags: | removed: rls-aa-incoming |
While this configuration is old, it will continue to work. However, if this file is changed then accountsservice should also be updated to look in the new location.
I did look at this a while ago and decided it was too much to fix (and I'm not confident enough in this area) when I changed the configuration file conventions. It should be updated however.
It should be fixed at some point though.