[SOLVED] autologin xfce

ghartl1 · 09-21-2015, 06:02 AM

hi

i use 14.1 32bit with stock xfce

can anyone please tell me, what to do to accomplish autologin?

as far as i know, there is xdm installed...andf i am the only user on this box.

any hints would be appreciated..

thanks in advance

greets günter

ponce · 09-21-2015, 06:07 AM

maybe this can help

http://linux.derkeiler.com/Newsgroup...3-07/0373.html

consider that in Slackware we have /etc/rc.d/rc.local (instead of /etc/init.d/rc.local) and that you can configure the default desktop with xwmconfig.

ghartl1 · 09-21-2015, 06:32 AM

sorry, i forgot to mention...

the line in rc.local ( su ...username..) didnt work for me...

the box always hangs at the commandprompt in level 3 :-(

ponce · 09-21-2015, 07:57 AM

my bad, I blindly assumed that would work.

do like this (just tested):

- set runlevel 3 in /etc/inittab

- add this line at the end of the same file

Code:

a1:1235:wait:/sbin/agetty -l /usr/bin/autologin.sh -n 38400 tty1 linux

- create the file /usr/bin/autologin.sh with this content and make it executable

Code:

#!/bin/sh
exec /bin/su - youruser -c startx

then, at the next reboot, you will directly go in youruser desktop.

ghartl1 · 09-21-2015, 09:02 AM

hmm...no luck alas

i saw a message like this "could not find /usr/bin/windowmaker"
but in xwmconfig i have set xfce ?
btw: windowmaker is deinstalled...

the box starts till the prompt and thats it ...

you sure, there is no typo?

i tried it also without a password for the user..no luck.

slacker1337 · 09-21-2015, 09:16 AM

Try this on:
In /etc/inittab

Code:

c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -a <username> --noclear 38400 tty1 linux

Then on the last line of your .bash_profile

Code:

/usr/bin/startx

Be aware that using secure shell to connect to this machine will source your .bash_profile and attempt to start X. I haven't found a good way to avoid this so I just use CTRL+C to kill the startx and resume my ssh session.

ponce · 09-21-2015, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghartl1

hmm...no luck alas

i saw a message like this "could not find /usr/bin/windowmaker"
but in xwmconfig i have set xfce ?
btw: windowmaker is deinstalled...

that most probably happens because you have a previous ~/.xinitrc file (the one parsed by startx).
you have to run xwmconfig as user and choose xfce: that should create an ~/.xinitrc file that will launch xfce instead of windowmaker.

Quote:

the box starts till the prompt and thats it ...

you sure, there is no typo?

yes.

bassmadrigal · 09-21-2015, 09:40 AM

This is just a shot in the dark, since I don't use XFCE, but since KDE autologin works fine using KDM (I use it on my system), does it still work if you set KDM to boot XFCE? I'm not at home right now, but you should be able to access the settings in the KDE settings app... I think it's under:

System Settings -> Login Screen -> Convenience (tab) -> then enable autologin (might require root password) and select the default user.

ghartl1 · 09-21-2015, 10:21 AM

@ponce

that did the trick.

i had to set xwmconfig per user (didnt know that this is also possible...and work without
root credentials)

many thanks
solved

greets gnter

stormtracknole · 09-21-2015, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ponce

my bad, I blindly assumed that would work.

do like this (just tested):

- set runlevel 3 in /etc/inittab

- add this line at the end of the same file

Code:

a1:1235:wait:/sbin/agetty -l /usr/bin/autologin.sh -n 38400 tty1 linux

- create the file /usr/bin/autologin.sh with this content and make it executable

Code:

#!/bin/sh
exec /bin/su - youruser -c startx

then, at the next reboot, you will directly go in youruser desktop.

Thanks for sharing this ponce! I have used gdm in the past for autologin, but this is a much cleaner method.

ponce · 09-21-2015, 11:27 AM

I actually adapted a little hints from this thread, and in particular this post, so you really have to thank the people there!

stormtracknole · 09-21-2015, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ponce

I actually adapted a little hints from this thread, and in particular this post, so you really have to thank the people there!

Indeed! Great work by everyone involved!

BratPit · 09-21-2015, 12:52 PM

I think this line is more simple copy and paste to rc.local :-)

su --login username -c '/bin/bash -l -c startx &> /dev/null' &