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Auto login and `startx` without a display manager (systemd)

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Re: Auto login and `startx` without a display manager -- jes

#16 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

Good stuff, glad you got it working :)

I'll edit the OP to reflect your very useful feedback -- thanks!
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Re: Auto login and `startx` without a display manager -- jes

#17 Post by Nili »

Heya there Head_on_a_Stick!!!

Good to be back, i was without system for 48h, during this time i fixed my mess :evil: mixing lenny with jessie :oops: let me outside.
...so glad to be back without formating :D

Ok lets go back right to question.

Perhaps you have posted somewhere, if so please guide me... Thank you.

ls -l /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants

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total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Jul 19 15:01 getty@tty1.service -> /lib/systemd/system/getty@.service
I think you know what i am looking for, an automatic login for one tty (tty1 precise) and an auto startx from /home/nili/.profile

Using this code

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    ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty -a <user name> %I $TERM
it's ok but log me in on both ttys 1&2. Let fix this first then checkup auto startx
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Re: Auto login and `startx` without a display manager -- jes

#18 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

@Nili -- I think this may be a systemd bug.

AFAIU, the getty@tty1.service should *only* run for TTY1 but clearly this isn't happening.

On both my Arch & Debian systems, autologin is set for *all* TTYs

Does your system do this or is it only for TTYs 1&2?

Please post the output of:

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ls -lR /etc/systemd/system | grep -i tty
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Re: Auto login and `startx` without a display manager -- jes

#19 Post by Nili »

Then it may be such as you explain, perhaps a systemd issue. I have read and tried many ways during these days but none succeeded.
At the moment have turned off autologin, i'm only proceeding with auto startx this time. I really don't want to have many logged my username on other terminals.

I have two tty because... if you remember a thread and a chat that we have done therefore I have two because i choosed to use two tty.

Concretely, i have actived NAutoVTs=2 from "/etc/systemd/logind.conf" that reduces tty usages, so i chosed number 2.

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[Login]
NAutoVTs=2
#ReserveVT=6
#KillUserProcesses=no
#KillOnlyUsers=
#KillExcludeUsers=root
#InhibitDelayMaxSec=5
#HandlePowerKey=poweroff
#HandleSuspendKey=suspend
#HandleHibernateKey=hibernate
#HandleLidSwitch=suspend
#PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=yes
#IdleAction=ignore
#IdleActionSec=30min
#RuntimeDirectorySize=10%
#RemoveIPC=yes
I can test with more tty numbers, I believe that will be the same will autolog on every tty actived...
I will do a test tomorrow because today I have no more time sorry.

the output
nili@debian:~$ ls -lR /etc/systemd/system | grep -i tty

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drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 19 15:01 getty.target.wants
/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Jul 19 15:01 getty@tty1.service -> /lib/systemd/system/getty@.service
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Re: Auto login and `startx` without a display manager -- jes

#20 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

Nili wrote:if you remember a thread and a chat that we have done therefore I have two because i choosed to use two tty.
From that thread:
I wrote:Disabling TTYs via /etc/logind.conf saves *no resources whatsoever*
The only TTY that is spawned at boot is TTY1, the other TTYs are spawned on demand -- ie, they do not exist until you switch to them.

Unless you want a TTY for root login there really is no harm having autologin on all TTYs; it certainly doesn't use up any extra resources.
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Re: Auto login and `startx` without a display manager -- jes

#21 Post by Nili »

Head_on_a_Stick wrote: From that thread:
I wrote:Disabling TTYs via /etc/logind.conf saves *no resources whatsoever*
Indeed there isn't any big memory benefits, simply an unnecessary fixation by my side :lol: I can bring back again as it was.

TTY1 = startx@WM || TTY2 = a backup console. This has been my goal. oK i'll leave so... manually auto login, automatically startx.
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Re: Auto login and `startx` without a display manager -- jes

#22 Post by mzsade »

Had mentioned somewhere i'd done a full install of Jessie on a 32 GB pen drive. Well, i tried this out on that.. cut the boot time by more than half, now i get what you meant by lightdm bloat, thank YOU!
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Re: Auto login and `startx` without a display manager -- jes

#23 Post by milomak »

instead of startx, how can i get kodi to run?
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Re: Auto login and `startx` without a display manager -- jes

#24 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

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startx `which kodi`
Or quote the full path to the binary explicitly ;)
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Re: Auto login and `startx` without a display manager -- jes

#25 Post by milomak »

like this?

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mythtv ~ # cat /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service | grep ExecStart
ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty -a mythtv %I $TERM

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mythtv@mythtv:~$ cat ~/.profile 
[[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && exec startx 'which /usr/bin/kodi'
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Re: Auto login and `startx` without a display manager -- jes

#26 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

milomak wrote:like this?
[...]

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mythtv@mythtv:~$ cat ~/.profile 
[[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && exec startx 'which /usr/bin/kodi'
Not quite, try:

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[[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && exec startx /usr/bin/kodi
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Re: Auto login and `startx` without a display manager -- jes

#27 Post by ralph.ronnquist »

.. or maybe

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[[ -z $DISPLAY -a $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && exec startx /usr/bin/kodi

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Re: Auto login and `startx` without a display manager -- jes

#28 Post by milomak »

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
milomak wrote:like this?
[...]

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mythtv@mythtv:~$ cat ~/.profile 
[[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && exec startx 'which /usr/bin/kodi'
Not quite, try:

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[[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && exec startx /usr/bin/kodi
this worked. thanks
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Re: Auto login and `startx` without a display manager -- jes

#29 Post by lachlanp »

The topic is old and I have a slightly different need.

I have a touch display but no keyboard. I want to autologin and auto-run a gui based program built with QT

As suggested I have edited: /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service to this:
ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty -a myname %I $TERM

As I still want to use the default gui console, I have not made any other changes.

However, I still get the login prompt on my default defaultgui display.

Can you suggest what I still need to change to get the auto-login

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Re: Auto login and `startx` without a display manager -- jes

#30 Post by GarryRicketson »

I noticed this :
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Is what it says , on the board/ topic title , and then :
Post by lachlanp » 2016-05-09 06:21
The topic is old and I have a slightly different need.
It seems that the logical conclusion would be to start a new topic, in the "support" discussions.

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Re: Auto login and `startx` without a display manager -- jes

#31 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

I agree with Gary but briefly:
lachlanp wrote:Can you suggest what I still need to change to get the auto-login
Try:

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# systemctl set-default multi-user.target
If there are any problems, open a new thread and link back to this one in the OP ;)
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Re: Auto login and `startx` without a display manager -- jes

#32 Post by lachlanp »

Thanks. I thought since the concepts of the topic were the same, then the people who previously posted probably had the required knowledge.
I have posted on the MATE/Debian forum as I am using mate Desktop.
The systemctl is already set to muti-user.target. Thanks
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Re: Auto login and `startx` without a display manager -- jes

#33 Post by milomak »

I am finding after doing updates (using sid), that

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/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service
reverts to default.

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Re: Auto login and `startx` without a display manager -- jes

#34 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

milomak wrote:I am finding after doing updates (using sid), that

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/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service
reverts to default.
OK, thanks for bringing that up.

My original method is a tad on the hacky side :)

For a more "correct" solution, create a file at /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/override.conf with the following content:

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[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --autologin <user name> --noclear %I $TERM
This can be used instead of modifying the unit file and should survive upgrades ;)

EDIT: Note added to the end of the OP.
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Re: Auto login and `startx` without a display manager -- jes

#35 Post by milomak »

happy to help.

I assume that the upgrade of one or both of the below packages will have triggered this

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[UPGRADE] systemd:amd64 229-5 -> 229-6
[UPGRADE] systemd-sysv:amd64 229-5 -> 229-6
I'll keep a look out when next they update

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