[Bug 2038017] Re: ubiquity MATE Daily Build 23.10 autologin not working

[Erich Eickmeyer]

Attempted to reproduce using Ubuntu MATE 20231002 image:

Selected "Automatically log me in"
Result: Did not log in.
Verdict: Confirmed.

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  ubiquity MATE Daily Build 23.10 autologin not working

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Installing MATE 23.10 Daily Build and selecting "Login automatically',
  autologin should have been set in the configuration files however I
  was presented with the signon screen and was required to login on
  first boot. Getting into Settings >> Users and Groups >> gene >>
  Password: Not asked at login

  This is correctly indicated however the underlying configuration file
  is still not configured.

  I attempted to change this field toggling off/on to see if the
  underlying code existed to set the config file. I rebooted and
  confirmed that I was still required to login with my oassword.

  I was able to get autologin into this session by making manual modification of the file 
  /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/91-arctica-greeter-mate.conf

  [Seat:*]
  user-session=mate
  autologin-user=gene

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-5.5-generic 6.5.0
  Uname: Linux 6.5.0-5-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Mon Oct  2 03:29:15 2023
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-mate.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-10-02 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 23.10 "Mantic Minotaur" - Daily amd64 (20231001)
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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