Re: [tlug] Autologin/password trouble

[Thomas Blasejewicz <nyuwa@example.com>]

Sorry, this mail was also supposed to go to the list ...

On 2018/10/14 20:05, Raymond Wan wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
>
> On Saturday, October 13, 2018 10:55 PM, Thomas Blasejewicz
> wrote:
> > Since both phenomena occurred at the same time, I somehow suspect them
> > to be related.
> > They are not really "serious", but I would still like to know what is
> > going on - and if possible correct this glitch.
> >
> > Can anybody help me with this?
>
> I don't use Mint and don't have a suggestion to solve your
> problem...
>
> But as no one else has offered anything, I thought I'd
> suggest this at least, in case you haven't tried.
>
> Sometimes the OS can be set to install updates
> automatically.  I actually have that set and don't want
> that...but I'm too lazy to type the few keystrokes to find
> out how to stop it.
>
> But one way to probably rule that out is to try creating a
> new account on your computer.  Then, log in with it and see
> if you experience the same problem.  Sometimes, a setting
> might have been made within your home directory (i.e., maybe
> by you, but more likely by a program without telling you).
>
> If you see the same problem, then *maybe* it's caused by an
> update to the system.  (Or, it may not be...).  But if you
> don't see the same problem, then "good" news...it probably
> means there is some setting in your home directory that's
> causing it.
>
> Unfortunately, I wouldn't know what to do from here.  My
> next suggestion is perhaps dumb because it's quite time
> consuming.  I'd suggest doing a recursive ls of all your
> files in your home directory (focussing on those in the .*
> directories in your home directory) and sort by date.  Then
> focus on the files which have changed since the problem
> started.  If it wasn't too long ago, hopefully this list is
> small...but this list could also be very long and that's why
> this suggestion is dumb...
>
> Then, you'd compare these files with those in the new user's
> home directory and hopefully you can find the setting that
> caused this behaviour.  ...of course, another possibility is
> that this isn't caused by a setting but it truly is a bug.
> In that case, have you tried updating your OS or desktop?
>
> Ray
Thank you very much for your response.
Working with lots of commands in places I do not understand is probably 
beyond my computer skills.
And I think, it also is not really worth the time and effort that 
probably would be required.

* I did set up another account. -> Exactly the same behavior.
Wake up from suspend = password NOT accepted.
All other instances = password accepted.

* IF ... there were a way to tell the computer NOT to ask for the 
password after it has been idle
for 15 minutes (yesterday I set that time to 30 min, but it does not 
change anything),
THAT would solve the problem.
IS there a way to cut back on what I personally consider a sort of 
"password mania" in Linux?

I am sorry  for all  this uneducated commotion.
Thomas