# Auto Login Turns Off After Reboot - 22.04

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-turns-off-after-reboot-22-04/6572>\
**Category:** Budgie Desktop\
**Created:** [February 24, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-turns-off-after-reboot-22-04/6572 "2023-02-24T03:09:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cerviperus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/cerviperus/32/4277_2.png) [@Cerviperus](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Cerviperus)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-turns-off-after-reboot-22-04/6572/1 "2023-02-24T03:09:07Z")

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Brand new PC - literally assembled earlier this evening.

- AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
- MSI PRO B550M-VC WiFi
- NVMe M.2 SSD
- Ubuntu Budgue 22.04

I had zero issues installing the OS, normal install, default partitioning. Once logged in, I open the “Users” app, unlock my user, allow auto login, and reboot. Every time the machine restarts, I’m forced to login again. Under the “Login Window” app, under users, my name is also set to allow auto login.

I’m not sure what I’m missing. I’m running the same version on two other machines (one Dell AIO, and a Dell laptop), and have no issues at all. Auto login works like it should. Any ideas?

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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:** [February 24, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-turns-off-after-reboot-22-04/6572/2 "2023-02-24T12:24:02Z")

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can I confirm you are running slick-greeter with the new PC and not some other greeter? Or have you installed - for example - GDM3 or another login manager?

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**Author:** ![Cerviperus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/cerviperus/32/4277_2.png) [@Cerviperus](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Cerviperus)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-turns-off-after-reboot-22-04/6572/3 "2023-02-24T13:15:33Z")

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If that is the default login manager, then yes. I made no changes to the system.

- Installed Ubuntu Budgie 22.04 - Normal install, default configuration, no encryption.
- Logged into the system for the first time.
- Launched “Users”, unlocked my user, enabled auto login.
- Rebooted & was prompted to sign in again.
- Set my user for auto login again.
- Launched “Login Window”, verified my user was set to allow auto login.
- Rebooted & was prompted to sign in again.
- Repeated the above steps, installed “Seahorse” and tried blanking and then deleting login keyring.
- Rebooted & was prompted to sign in again.

Those are the only changes I made to the system.

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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:** [February 24, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-turns-off-after-reboot-22-04/6572/4 "2023-02-24T13:28:35Z")

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can I ask a silly question - is it the actual greeter login prompt of is it the keyring login prompt message you are seeing? i.e. are you at the actual desktop or are you seeing the login manager “purple” with offset list of users screen?

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**Author:** ![Cerviperus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/cerviperus/32/4277_2.png) [@Cerviperus](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Cerviperus)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-turns-off-after-reboot-22-04/6572/5 "2023-02-24T13:42:28Z")

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Not a silly question, I’ve seen that mistake made before. It is the actual greeter login prompt; the prompt, offset to the left side, my username with the password field.

Once I was signed in, I tried the keyring route just to see if it made any difference.

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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:** [February 24, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-turns-off-after-reboot-22-04/6572/6 "2023-02-24T13:46:52Z")

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not something I have seen. I am wondering - is the name you are trying to autologin with a standard ascii name - or something with some “special” characters? Just wondering if you have hit a strange slick-greeter / lightdm bug

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**Author:** ![Cerviperus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/cerviperus/32/4277_2.png) [@Cerviperus](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Cerviperus)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-turns-off-after-reboot-22-04/6572/7 "2023-02-24T13:48:02Z")

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Standard ascii - just my first name, all lower-case. ‘justin’

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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:** [February 24, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-turns-off-after-reboot-22-04/6572/8 "2023-02-24T13:50:23Z")

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lets try something - create a brand new user called “abc”, login with that user to initialise everything and then set that account to be the autologin account in login manager

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**Author:** ![Cerviperus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/cerviperus/32/4277_2.png) [@Cerviperus](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Cerviperus)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-turns-off-after-reboot-22-04/6572/9 "2023-02-24T13:54:05Z")

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I have tried that, and it made no different. The new user acts the same. However, I only set the auto login flag in the “Users” screen. I did not verify the settings in the “Login Window” app.

I’m at work now for the day, but will try again as soon as I get home this afternoon and report back. Any additional information that might be useful? Meaning, is there anything more I can provide about my system.

Edited for clarification.

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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:** [February 24, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-turns-off-after-reboot-22-04/6572/10 "2023-02-24T13:59:24Z")

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yeah - I’m interested in just using the “login window” to set autologin and seeing if that resolves matter - thats the tool the slick-greeter team has provided - I’ve never tried with the users screen.

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**Author:** ![Cerviperus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/cerviperus/32/4277_2.png) [@Cerviperus](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Cerviperus)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-turns-off-after-reboot-22-04/6572/11 "2023-02-24T14:00:58Z")

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10-4. I will report back later today.

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**Author:** ![Cerviperus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/cerviperus/32/4277_2.png) [@Cerviperus](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Cerviperus)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-turns-off-after-reboot-22-04/6572/12 "2023-02-25T00:20:14Z")

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Well, success, but not via the suggested action. Since the PC is new, I went ahead and installed 22.10, and I no longer have the issue. Auto login and all hardware appears to be working as it should, and it’s lightning quick. I do get a few “blacklist hash” errors on boot, but a quick search of that pulls up countless other instances of that, so I’m not too concerned there.

No idea what was going on with 22.04, but I’m perfectly content on 22.10 at the moment.

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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:** [February 25, 2023, 7:54am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-turns-off-after-reboot-22-04/6572/13 "2023-02-25T07:54:02Z")

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Hmm… i will keep an eye out for similar reports on 22.04 to see if there are any patterns to the issue. Yours is obviously the first!

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**Author:** ![ernie](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/ernie/32/4663_2.png) [@ernie](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/ernie)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/auto-login-turns-off-after-reboot-22-04/6572/14 "2023-09-15T13:48:15Z")

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I have exactly the same problem with 22.04 fresh install