Magento guest checkout option not showing up regardless of allow guest checkout setting

Question

I’m having a strange problem with my fresh magento installation. There is no option for guest checkout even though I have Disable Onepage Checkout: NO, and Allow Guest Checkout: YES.

I’ve looked at the core_config_data in the db and can’t find anything that would instigate this behavior. I have no template customizations and have disabled cache… I installed the latest magento via command line ssh and included the sample data pack. I installed another copy of magento on my local machine (without the test data) and it is working fine. Perhaps it has something to do with the sample data??

I’m at a loss here… Ideas anyone??

Answer 1

I'm having the same problem.

Answer 2

For me the problem had to do with the downloadable product configuration. Check settings > catalog > downloadable product.