easy way of setting auto login?

KRiSX.cjb.net · 12-06-2004, 04:43 PM

hey

i'm just wanting to know the easiest way to setup debian to auto login... startx... start twm... and then run rdesktop to connect to an RDP server

i've been trying to work it out but can't

theYinYeti · 12-07-2004, 02:18 AM

The easiest way to get auto-login is to add X to your graphical runlevel.

In Mandrake, the graphical runlevel is 5, and text runlevel is 3, the difference being the "dm" service.

Instead, disable the "dm" service. That is: make runlevel 5 a copy of runlevel 3. Then in /etc/inittab, add a respawning process for runlevel 5 only with this command:

Code:

su - target_user -c startx

Yves.