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Since Fedora 10 the old gdmsetup tool is deprecated, it is possible to change GDM behavior only through its XML schemas config file.

Just edit (being root or by sudo):

/etc/gdm/gdm.schemas

Search for:

<key>daemon/AutomaticLoginEnable</key>
<signature>b</signature>
<default>true</default>            <=== settare a true
</schema>

<schema>
<key>daemon/AutomaticLogin</key>
<signature>s</signature>
<default>NomeUtente</default>    <=== qui mettere il nome utente
</schema>

<schema>
<key>daemon/TimedLoginEnable</key>
<signature>b</signature>
<default>true</default>             <=== settare a true
</schema>

<schema>
<key>daemon/TimedLogin</key>
<signature>s</signature>
<default>NomeUtente</default>    <=== qui mettere il nome utente
</schema>

<schema>
<key>daemon/TimedLoginDelay</key>
<signature>i</signature>
<default>10</default>          <=== Attesa in secondi
</schema>

reboot your fedora and enjoy it!

BTW: Reboot is not mandatory, It is enough to restart X, for exaple switching from runlevel 5 to 3 and back to 5 with

init RunlevelNumber

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