I am running 5.3 on x86_64. I have it set to auto login X11 by editing the /etc/gdm/custom.conf file.
Seems like it does NOT always auto login. Seems like maybe 75% of the time it does but then sometimes it doesnt.
How can I find out why it doesnt always login? when it doesnt I dont see anything in dmesg or /var/log/messages.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Jerry
I think what is happening is UNKOWN keys are continuously getting spit out. So error keycodes perhaps stops the autologin process.
I get many errors about unknown key pressed released for e03e, e03f, e014.
This is a new HP HDX18 laptop. Thought it was a regular looking keyboard layout.
Anyone ran into this?
Jerry
On Fri, May 29, 2009, Jerry Geis wrote:
I think what is happening is UNKOWN keys are continuously getting spit out. So error keycodes perhaps stops the autologin process.
I get many errors about unknown key pressed released for e03e, e03f, e014.
This is a new HP HDX18 laptop. Thought it was a regular looking keyboard layout.
Anyone ran into this?
Probably not as autologin is an extremely Bad Idea(tm), particularly for laptops as it allows anybody who can turn the power on access to the machine.
Bill
On Fri, 29 May 2009, Bill Campbell wrote:
On Fri, May 29, 2009, Jerry Geis wrote:
I think what is happening is UNKOWN keys are continuously getting spit out. So error keycodes perhaps stops the autologin process.
I get many errors about unknown key pressed released for e03e, e03f, e014.
This is a new HP HDX18 laptop. Thought it was a regular looking keyboard layout.
Anyone ran into this?
Probably not as autologin is an extremely Bad Idea(tm), particularly for laptops as it allows anybody who can turn the power on access to the machine.
It may be bad by default, but it is not unreasonable for custom things. Like eg. a booth laptop or a media/TV setup.
On my CentOS-based TV system I also do autologin and it works fine there all of the time.
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Dag Wieers Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:55 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] X11 on 5.3 not ALWAYS autologin
On Fri, 29 May 2009, Bill Campbell wrote:
On Fri, May 29, 2009, Jerry Geis wrote:
I think what is happening is UNKOWN keys are continuously getting spit out. So error keycodes perhaps stops the autologin process.
I get many errors about unknown key pressed released for e03e, e03f, e014.
This is a new HP HDX18 laptop. Thought it was a regular looking keyboard layout.
Anyone ran into this?
Probably not as autologin is an extremely Bad Idea(tm), particularly for laptops as it allows anybody who can turn the power on access to the machine.
It may be bad by default, but it is not unreasonable for custom things. Like eg. a booth laptop or a media/TV setup.
On my CentOS-based TV system I also do autologin and it works fine there all of the time.
Not only that, but in a personal users notebook that only wants software freedom and doesn't care as much about the security aspect, I can see it too. Mind you, I'm too paranoid to have that turned on, but I _can_ see some users wanting it.
-- Gary L. Greene, Jr. IT Operations Minerva Networks, Inc. Cell: (650) 704-6633 Phone: (408) 240-1239
On Fri, May 29, 2009, Jerry Geis wrote:
/I think what is happening is UNKOWN keys are continuously getting
/>/spit out. So error keycodes perhaps stops the autologin process. />/ />/I get many errors about unknown key pressed released for />/e03e, e03f, e014. />/ />/This is a new HP HDX18 laptop. Thought it was a regular looking />/keyboard layout. />/ />/Anyone ran into this? / Probably not as autologin is an extremely Bad Idea(tm), particularly for laptops as it allows anybody who can turn the power on access to the machine.
Bill
Actually auto login is an extremely nice feature when it is done correctly. I was trying to be brief and save bandwith as to WHY I want to autologin. It is not for my personal laptop of course I would not do that. This is for a demostration laptop and I dont think some sales people have the ability to login to a laptop and remember the user id and password. SO to make things easy for them I have the laptop autologin.
There are no trade secrets on the laptop, nothing anyone wants I just want it to correctly auto login.
So I was hoping some else had perhaps ran into this issue or might shed some light on it.
Thanks all,
Jerry
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