Autologin not working anymore

Bazzite
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I’ve enabled autologin in the SDDM settings several months ago. After rebasing to the nvidia-deck image and back to the nvidia-desktop image, it’s not working anymore.

When I start the system the login screen appears. In the settings the autologin is enabled and the username is set correct. however I’m not able to change this. If I try to change it, my password is asked and nothing happens.

And this error message is displayed:
DBus Backend error: could not contact the helper. Connection error: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken… Message error:

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Hello

I had the same issue with auto login.
Just rename /etc/sddm.conf.d/steamos.conf to /etc/sddm.conf.d/steamos.conf.bak and autologin should work again.

For the other issue, I don’t know, sorry

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I already did a fresh installl, thank you though.

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Hi, Google points me here for this issue but could not find a fix. I have figured it out, created an account to see if it helps someone (does this count as a bug?)

Root cause is indeed confusing config leftovers in /etc/sddm.conf.d/ folder. Following steps should resolve:

  • Delete steamos.conf, or move it outside the folder. It will still execute if you rename it.
  • Edit kde_settings.conf and delete the following lines:
[Autologin]
Relogin=true
Session=
User=
  • Create autologin.conf with the content
[Autologin]
User=bazzite
Session=plasma.desktop

I think these are all the actions that mattered. Also made sddm settings in the system settings app functional again.

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