Auto Login issue - setting does not stick

[bruce64]

I installed Linux Mint 10 on a users machine a couple months back and because the user is elderly, I wanted to make it as simple as possible so I setup auto login. They only use the browser, so I knew they wouldn't be installing anything. He called me yesterday to say the auto login no longer works. This apparently started two weeks ago so I'm not sure what has changed. He told me he is the only one who has access. I went over and tried setting it back. I went into user settings and it allowed me to check the auto login box and upon restarting the machine, I was prompted to log in. Any clues as to where I should look in terms of an error log? Possible problem with a system update? Any help is much appreciated.

[exaeresis]

Try to do it manually. I guess you have gnome, right?

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sudo gedit /etc/gdm3/daemon.conf

Under it says [daemon] add these lines:

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AutomaticLoginEnable=true
AutomaticLogin=nameoftheuser

Where nameoftheuser is clearly the user you want to automatically log in.