auto login and startx without a display manager - lenny

[intrinsic]

hey guys old thread but I need to know
I assume the user that's being logged in has no password since I see nothing in the posted code that indicates a password is given.

how would one modify

1:2345:respawn:/bin/login -f YOUR_USER_NAME tty1 </dev/tty1 >/dev/tty1 2>&1

with a password

[manishthatte]

I want to try meandean's method.

But how do i find the bash profile?

[manishthatte]

I tried iamtrying's method too. Doesnt work. Still the login screen is there.

What to do?

[manishthatte]

Below given method worked for me:

1) Edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf with sudo

2) Remove # from the line > autologin-user = manish

3) Save the file and reboot

[amaurot]

I am running Jessie and tried the rungetty method,
it does not work.
A login is still displayed.
I wonder how to troubleshoot this..
Many thanks

[naednaem]

I suspect that systemd breaks this method

[Bro.Tiag]

I suspect that systemd breaks this method

It does, here is a solution.

If you've modified /etc/inittab put it back to it's original.

From https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=Auto-Login_without_a_Graphical_Desktop_Manager_%26_with_Systemd with modification for debian.

From the console (as root);

mkdir /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d

Edit autologin.conf

vi /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/autologin.conf

with;

[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --autologin root --noclear %I 38400 linux

Now update your .bash_profile;

# Following automatically calls - startx when you login:
[[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && exec startx

Reboot.

Cheers

[milomak]

if say i want to build a media center (using kodi/xbmc), could i replace replace startx with kodi/xbmc?

edit - replacing startx with kodi effectively ran startx and then started kodi

i suppose what i wanted to see was how these prepackaged solutions load straight into a kodi without a de loading.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

i suppose what i wanted to see was how these prepackaged solutions load straight into a kodi without a de loading.

Create a file at ~/.xsession with the following content:

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#!/bin/bash
if [ -z "${DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS-}" ] && type dbus-launch >/dev/null; then
  eval $(dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session)
fi
source /etc/profile
exec kodi

[milomak]

i suppose what i wanted to see was how these prepackaged solutions load straight into a kodi without a de loading.

Create a file at ~/.xsession with the following content:

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#!/bin/bash
if [ -z "${DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS-}" ] && type dbus-launch >/dev/null; then
  eval $(dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session)
fi
source /etc/profile
exec kodi

thanks.

do i leave the changes i made to inittab?

[Head_on_a_Stick]

do i leave the changes i made to inittab?

I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with /etc/inittab or how to use it

If you have Kodi autostarting from there, then yes you should probably disable that.

[milomak]

thank you good sir. indeed not reverting the innitab changes has kodi loading twice.

you are a scholar and a gentleman.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

You're welcome

Thread Update for Debian jessie (systemd)

For automatic login, edit the file at /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service and change the "ExecStart=" line in the "[Service]" section to this:

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ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty -a <user name> %I $TERM

Replace "<user name>" with your user name.

For automatic `startx` use this snippet in ~/.bash_profile (or ~/.zprofile for zsh users):

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[[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && exec startx

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=123694

[Nili]

You're welcome
Thread Update for Debian jessie (systemd)

For automatic login, edit the file at /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service and change the "ExecStart=" line in the "[Service]" section to this:

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ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty -a <user name> %I $TERM

Replace "<user name>" with your user name.

Heya there Head_on_a_Stick,

This part of your code interests me (ofcourse i am using right now)

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ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty -a nili %I $TERM

...but I need a help, since i have actived only two tty "tty1 which startx autostart and tty2 as a backup".

I noticed after startx start on tty1 while on tty2 it is made nili (automatic login). I don't want to stay login all time tty2 (as well couldn't stop with exit because autostart again ) It must be stopped early on boot.

So, my question: Is there anyway to prevent autologin on tty2?

Many thanks...
Kindly regards

Nili

[Head_on_a_Stick]

@Nili -- could you post this in my Howto that is specifically for jessie please?
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=123694

This one is for lenny.

When you post in the other thread, include the output of:

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