How to Enable Automatic Login on Debian 8 Jessie (for Console)?
 

Hello,

I would like to enable autologin without using inittab (since jessie hasnt) and without gdm.

I found this:





Are they other methods?


thank you

(more nfo: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=169483)

http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=123694

Your way is very much like the one above except that you don't have to make any directory, it's already there (Systemd stuff, i guess). It has worked for me both on my Jessie xfce install and Debian with standalone OpenBox install so i feel safe to venture that it should work for you too.

Hello

would you know if there is a simpler solution, I have in mind such as

apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree


or apt-get install console-autologin
dpkg-reconfigure console-autologin
give please username: myusername

et voila !

What could be simpler than copy-pasting 2 lines of code in the designated places and running exactly 1 command after that? Did you even open the link i posted? :)

Edit: Aha! I see now that you are a senior member and were just out to have some fun. I am such an ass for taking the bait. :LOL

quite tiring that we must always find a workaround, while someone could make it available to all of us, right.

Why to do x100-1000 times users things?

It's the sheer minimalism of the method that i am taken in by, even though i hardly know any bash to speak of, i daresay you couldn't find a more elegant way to do it. All i can hope to do is one day parse the code for myself and understand exactly how it worked.

That someone could be you! :)

Since the OP has neither marked this as solved nor has pursued it further i see fit to not let this thread go to waste and open a new one, for my question is related to what happens after implementation of auto-login and auto-startX as per the aforementioned method.

I succumbed to temptation and decided to make my openbox window pretty. Followed these instructions in the Debian OpenBox wiki faithfully;
. Because of the auto-login, or because i have rEFind installed on another partition that supersedes the boot loaders of all other partitions, whatever the reason, nothing happened, my session started normally without any wallpaper.

Next i created this .xsession file and made it executable.
.

Now here's curious part, this is what i get when i boot or reboot my computer, i see the wallpaper for a brief instant, then it disappears and i'm left with what's in the first Screenshot;

It is only after i "Exit" the openbox session from it's menu, sometimes twice, that the session restarts automaticlly and i get to what's in the second one.

On a hunch i went to my LMDE partition and did a fsck -y on this partition from it. Sure enough, it told me that there was an error on line 4 in my /etc/fstab which was magnanimously ignored (has to be by rEFind, this bootloader is a real blessing for the newbie), a "dirty bit" was removed and the partition was clean..tee-hee, "dirty bit". I booted back into my Debian partition and edited my /etc/fstab. Did a and now there was an autostart.sh file next to autostart. This time i put this line in /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart and saved it to ~/.config/openbox/autosart. Voila, problem solved! :D

The issue mentioned in the title of this thread should now either be considered resolved or followed up and it irks me no end that the OP despite his seniority has left it hanging out to dry and not had the courtesy to do either. :(

try to understand. What is simple for you might not be simple for everybody, you know...

I like to think about common Linux users.

Virtual console

Edit the provided unit either manually by creating the following drop-in snippet, or by running systemctl edit getty@tty1 and pasting its content:

/etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/override.conf

[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/agetty --autologin username --noclear I 38400 linux

or You !! :)





it would be seriously nice that there is a package

Code:

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apt-get install console-autologin

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to setup the whole thing with assistance !!!!!!!!!!

You do much injustice to "common Linux users" if you attribute to them an IQ level of a trained chimpanzee. Mine is not especially higher than that of one btw, i assure you. ;) Those who switch to Linux from other operating systems do so to understand their systems better and have more control over them if nothing else and not just to avoid spending money.

Or just to keep their system running after the original OS is no longer supported, but they don't feel there's any reason to purchase a new OS. That's been a lot of people since XP support went away.

There's that lot too..hmmm, do i really care if they want a Windows like system and won't lift a finger to type a basic command?

Believe me ... the simpler the things are the better. This is valid also for very intelligent people. You can believe me.

I don't. I'm perfectly happy recommending Mint to someone. It has everything they'll need, will run fine on XP machines, and has gui frontend for everything.

Making things simpler is the developer's prerogative, advanced users such as your good self IMHO, should either join them or help the new user adapt, not encourage his/her Windoze habits and fancies.

+1 to that, my Linux journey began with Ubuntu (8.10 Intrepid Ibex) and i switched to Mint after tiring of it in six months. I must confess Mint made me very complacent, honestly, it's that easy and convenient to use and will be on one my partitions for life. My move to Debian is fairly new as is my desire to "look under the hood". :-)

So what is stopping you from making this package?