Re: [tlug] Autologin/password trouble

[Raymond Wan <rwan.kyoto@example.com>]

Hi Thomas,


On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 10:14 AM Thomas Blasejewicz <nyuwa@example.com> wrote:
> On 2018/10/18 16:36, Raymond Wan wrote:
> > I don't know about Mint, but with Ubuntu, I waited a bit too long with
> > a non-LTS version.  That is, I waited until its support had ended and
> > another version was released.  By then, I found out I couldn't do an
> > upgrade any more using the standard upgrade command.  Re-installation
> > was my only option.  So...I'm not trying to twist your arm, but you
> > can't wait too long.
> >
> Thank you for your help.
> The other day I installed Mint 19 - the newest release.
> Here too the autologin did not work, from the very first reboot after
> installation before anything else was done.
>
> Installtion the same software at home (on a rather old computer), worked
> just fine.
> Maybe this is due to broken hardware.
> I noticed a little later, when I tried to enter text, that "shift+t = T"
> and "shift+y = Y" are apparently broken.
>
> About the login after suspend - I found that unchecking the "lock
> screen" item under "screensaver" clears that problem.


I guess it could be a hardware problem or that it's an option that
wasn't available in the older version of Mint.

Hopefully the move to Mint 19 was seamless and didn't result in any
lost of data.  After my aforementioned mishap, I accepted the fact
that a re-installation may happen some day.  On Ubuntu, even an
upgrade from one LTS to another can result in a re-installation.
(i.e., a re-installation will solve my problem faster)

So I now placed /home and other directories in their own partitions.
(I had it all within root thinking that I didn't know how much the
various directories would grow...I almost always overestimate the root
partition, resulting in wasted space.)

Good luck!

Ray

PS:  About your suspicions about the broken hardware, have you tried
connecting an external keyboard to your computer?