# AUTO-LOGIN not working with any Budgie i have tested

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-not-working-with-any-budgie-i-have-tested/2182>\
**Category:** Budgie Desktop\
**Created:** [June 23, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-not-working-with-any-budgie-i-have-tested/2182 "2019-06-23T19:32:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marasmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@Marasmo](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Marasmo)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-not-working-with-any-budgie-i-have-tested/2182/1 "2019-06-23T19:32:33Z")

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Hello!  
I have this auto login problem with any Budgie desktop. I mean, i have tested Ubuntu Budgie, solus budgie and manjaro budgie, all with the same results. You see, i configure the auto-login from the installer and it asks for a password at every login (loaded desktop) anyway. I configure auto login from the gnome control center too and again, the next start it asks for a password. I don’t know if this is a budgie, lightdm or gnome bug but i have no solution. Any idea?

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-not-working-with-any-budgie-i-have-tested/2182/2 "2019-06-23T19:57:25Z")

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On UB I have set autologin via the Menu - Login window. Have you tried that?

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**Author:** ![Marasmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@Marasmo](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Marasmo)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-not-working-with-any-budgie-i-have-tested/2182/3 "2019-06-23T23:07:41Z")

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Do you mean the gnome user configuration panel? I do that but next time it appears as auto login off again.

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-not-working-with-any-budgie-i-have-tested/2182/4 "2019-06-24T03:16:44Z")

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No. There is a menu option called Login Window.

This assumes you have lightdm-settings installed on your computer which is part of the default install of UB

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**Author:** ![Marasmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@Marasmo](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Marasmo)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-not-working-with-any-budgie-i-have-tested/2182/5 "2019-06-24T17:09:02Z")

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Lightdm-settigs: auto login user active. Really strange bug as you can see.

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-not-working-with-any-budgie-i-have-tested/2182/6 "2019-06-24T18:20:58Z")

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Please describe your installation… what options and configurable stuff did you choose?  
I cannot reproduce your issue … I normally just click next next next through the installer to install the defaults.

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**Author:** ![Marasmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@Marasmo](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Marasmo)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 11:21pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-not-working-with-any-budgie-i-have-tested/2182/7 "2019-06-24T23:21:02Z")

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This is what i do:  
1- install alongside windows (one swap and one root ext4 parition.)  
2- Choose minimal install  
3- Install updates while installing  
4- Auto login: ON.  
Auto login works first time, next time it will go directly to desktop and asks for admin password.  
By this time i go to the gnome control center and choose users-unblock and activate auto login. At next start asks for admin again, then i go to gnome control panel and it appears off again.  
If you go to lightdm settings it appears my username as if it was auto login active.  
The only problem i see is the gnome user control panel going off again and again every start.  
Curiosly, when i tested manjaro budgie and solus budgie i had the same problem. Came to my mind a shared bug of gnome or ligthdm, but in that ocassion seahorse was asking for the admin password because it was not unblocked during desktop start. Maybe seahorse bug? I don’t see seahorse on UB. What is used to manage keys?

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 4:40am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-not-working-with-any-budgie-i-have-tested/2182/8 "2019-06-25T04:40:28Z")

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Ah wait… you are not referring to desktop automatic logins.

You are talking about the gnome keyring dialog.

Have a look here as to why that dialog appears

> **[How to disable keyring in Ubuntu, elementary OS, and Linux Mint - FOSS Linux](https://www.fosslinux.com/2561/how-to-disable-keyring-in-ubuntu-elementary-os-and-linux-mint.htm)**
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> Ubuntu and its derivatives including Linux Mint and elementary OS ask for keyring every time a user reboots the computer and launches certain Internet browsers including Google Chrome and Chromium.

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**Author:** ![Marasmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@Marasmo](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Marasmo)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-not-working-with-any-budgie-i-have-tested/2182/9 "2019-06-25T20:55:06Z")

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Thanks, that did the trick.  
Seahorse was not installed, but how does UB manage keys without it? or maybe it is a “minimum install” problem during instalation?

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-not-working-with-any-budgie-i-have-tested/2182/10 "2019-06-25T21:20:22Z")

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Seahorse isn’t part of our install. Usually you dont need a key manager because stuff like lightdm will normally interact seamlessly with gnome-keyring. In this case you are using autologin, and it bypassed the interaction with gnome-keyring.