I can't set autologin at startup and unlock

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Hello dear Manjaro users,

I freshly installed Manjaro Gnome but it seems that I can not set autologin.
Already went to Settings>>Users>>automatic access but still I am asked with a password.

What should I do?

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Hi,
try to edit as root in terminal: ( sudo nano/etc/gdm/custom.conf )
Contents:

# GDM configuration storage

[daemon]
AutomaticLoginEnable=True
# Uncomment the line below to force the login screen to use Xorg
# WaylandEnable=false

AutomaticLogin=

AutomaticLogin={username}

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the terminal doesnā€™t recognise the command

EDIT: substituted nano with gedit, made the change, saved but the problem still persist at startup

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that was a missing whitespace in the command - Iā€™m pretty sure nano is preinstalled and available.
sudo nano /etc/gdm/custom.conf

You wrote your actual username there or you wrote {username}?
ā€¦ no offense intended! - but you never know ā€¦

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For example: AutomaticLogin=R0b
+++
Test: create a new user with new password and test autologin with settings Editor of gnome?
If an extension is blocking AutoLogin, rename
/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions
to for example
/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions.bak
and restart or logout/loginā€¦
==> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GDM#Automatic_login

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Yes, I wrote my actual username :slight_smile:

Here is what I find in the path you showed me:

ļŒ’ ī‚° ļ¼ ~/.l/share/gnome-shell ī‚° ls ī‚² :heavy_check_mark:
application_state material-shell-state
gnome-overrides-migrated notifications

what next?

EDIT: I disabled the ā€œGNOME 4x UI improvementsā€
now autologin works

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Yeah - exprovements with improvements :innocent: