[SOLVED] set default user and/or password in console login, automate startx

azeri · 06-23-2010, 09:46 AM

Hello.

I use Slackware 13.0.

- is there a way to set the default user in console login so that all needed is to press enter(or event without it) to be able to input the password for that user

- also is it possible to console login without password, by just inputting user name and pressing enter

- how to put startx for that user right on login, so that the user doesn't input the command manually

Thanks in advance!

AlvaroG · 06-23-2010, 10:42 AM

Why bother with console login if you anyway want to automatically startx? Why don't you try setting 4 as the default runlevel and then use KDM to autologin?
Honest question, I'd like to know if what you want is possible :-)

Regards.

Fidori · 06-23-2010, 12:45 PM

You can simply put this at the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local:

Code:

su - username -c startx

Where username is the user you want to login as.

azeri · 06-24-2010, 06:55 AM

Thank you for your replies. Yes, the auto "startx" works now.
Also another question, if I change to GUI login, then my keyboard layout becomes English although once I login I get to see my previously set layouts(RU/DE). How can I change this behavior to have these layouts on GUI login and not the default English one? Thank you.

azeri · 06-25-2010, 10:47 AM

Does anyone know the answer to this 1000000000$ question of how to change the default kb layout in GUI login?

Dinithion · 06-25-2010, 11:12 AM

If you are not using english keyboard layout, there are two alternative ways of fixing this. Both are described in CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT on your slackware image/dvd.

AlvaroG · 06-25-2010, 11:13 AM

You'll have to edit the keyboard settings for HAL, and restart the hal daemon
Follow the instructions on this thread: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...13-0-a-751252/

Regards